SEA PENS (CNIDARIA: OCTOCORALLIA: PENNATULOIDEA) FROM THE MAR DEL PLATA SUBMARINE CANYON AND OUTSKIRTS
Jessica Risaro1, Daniel Lauretta2
1Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales; Bernardino Rivadavia- CONICET. Av. ngel Gallardo 470; Buenos Aires; Argentina. jessicarisaro@gmail.com.
Zootaxa
|January 14, 2024
Abstract:
During this work, over 200 specimens of sea pens (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatuloidea), collected in the Mar del Plata submarine canyon and outskirts (38S, up to 3500 m depth) during 2012 and 2013 were analyzed. Of the total, about 160 were identified in seven species of Anthoptilum, Distichoptilum, Kophobelemnon, Pseudumbellula, Solumbellula and Umbellula. Three of those represent new records for the southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Argentina.


