新物种（刺胞动物门，八放珊瑚亚纲，海鸡冠目），来自日本宫崎县的柳珊瑚科一种新的软珊瑚物种。

sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea), a new soft coral species in the family Xeniidae from Miyazaki, Japan.

作者信息

Koido Tatsuki, Imahara Yukimitsu, Fukami Hironobu

机构信息

Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan University of Miyazaki Miyazaki Japan.

Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation, 560 Nishidomari, Otsuki, Kochi 788-0333, Japan Kuroshio Biological Research Foundation Otsuki Japan.

出版信息

Zookeys. 2022 Feb 3;1085:29-49. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1085.77924. eCollection 2022.

A new soft coral species, (Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), is described from Miyazaki in the warm-temperate region of Japan. This new species has conspicuous and unique spindle sclerites in addition to the simple ellipsoid platelet-shaped sclerites typically found in the genus . These unique spindles are a specific key morphological characteristic for this new species and for differentiating this species among congeneric species.