Two new species of Rosalinda (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata) from West African cold-water coral mounds

In this paper, two new species of the genus Rosalinda found growing on bivalves from West African cold-water coral mounds are described. Rosalinda nowaldi sp. nov. was found on Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen, 1955) off northern Angola, and Rosalinda lundalvi sp. nov. on Acesta excavata (Fabri...

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Autores: Gil, Marta, Freiwald, André, Ramil, Fran
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/360752
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/360752
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85096924619
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Angola
Deep-waters
Mauritania
Rosalinda lundalvi sp. nov.
Rosalinda nowaldi sp. nov.
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Sumario:In this paper, two new species of the genus Rosalinda found growing on bivalves from West African cold-water coral mounds are described. Rosalinda nowaldi sp. nov. was found on Acesta angolensis (Adam & Knudsen, 1955) off northern Angola, and Rosalinda lundalvi sp. nov. on Acesta excavata (Fabricius, 1779) off Mauritania. Both new species have a similar cnidome, but they can be easily differentiated by the structure of their hydrorhizae and number of tentacles of the hydranths. The differences between the new species and all other species included in the genus Rosalinda on the basis of their morphology, habitat and geographical distribution were also established.