Two new species and a new record of the genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Leendert Pieter van Ofwegen; Yehuda Benayahu

Two new species and a new record of the genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Leendert Pieter van Ofwegen, Yehuda Benayahu

School of Zoology

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Abstract

Two new species of the genus Sinularia (family Alcyoniidae), featuring leptoclados-type clubs, are described and depicted from the Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan: S. penghuensis sp. nov. and S. wanannensis sp. nov. Sinularia slieringsi Ofwegen & Vennam, 1994, a new zoogeographical record for Taiwan which features clubs of the same type, is described and discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	383-398
Number of pages	16
Journal	Zoological Studies
Volume	51
Issue number	3
State	Published - May 2012

Keywords

Coral reefs
New species
Octocorallia
Sinularia
Taiwan

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