Horowitz Jeremy, Barajas Mina, McCartin Luke J, Vohsen Samuel A, Herrera Santiago
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA.
Department of Zoology, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA, USA.
Zookeys. 2025 Mar 13;1231:331-346. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.136967. eCollection 2025.
A new species of black coral, , represented by two specimens collected 738 m and 1604 m deep off Puerto Rico and Hawaii, respectively, is recognized in the family Schizopathidae. The new species is characterized by a monopodial, unbranched corallum; simple, suboppositely arranged pinnules in two anterolateral rows along the stem with nearly 90° distal angles, spaced 12-17 mm apart in a row, and with smooth and triangular spines 0.05-0.08 mm tall; and polyps 4-9 mm in transverse diameter. A phylogeny composed of 90 taxa representing species in Schizopathidae and Cladopathidae (rooted in Cladopathidae) was reconstructed from 794 nuclear loci to show their systematic relationships. Herein, we provide morphological and molecular evidence to show that this new species is distinct from other species in the genus .
一种新的黑珊瑚物种， ，由分别在波多黎各和夏威夷近海738米和1604米深处采集的两个标本代表，被确认为裂殖珊瑚科的成员。该新物种的特征是具有单轴、无分支的珊瑚体；在茎干两侧的前侧有两排简单、近对生排列的羽片，远端角度近90°，一排中羽片间距为12 - 17毫米，且有高0.05 - 0.08毫米的光滑三角形刺；息肉横径为4 - 9毫米。从794个核基因座重建了一个由代表裂殖珊瑚科和枝状珊瑚科（以枝状珊瑚科为根）的90个分类单元组成的系统发育树，以显示它们的系统关系。在此，我们提供形态学和分子证据表明这个新物种与该属的其他物种不同。
