Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia)

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2024-05-31
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Horowitz, Jeremy
 Opresko, Dennis M.
 Herrera, Santiago
 Hansel, Colleen M.
 Quattrini, Andrea M.
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Deep sea
 Fauna of Puerto Rico
 Genome skimming
 Mesophotic
 Molecular phylogenetics
 New genus
 New species
 Taxonomy
 Ultraconserved elements
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A new family of antipatharian corals, Ameripathidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia), is established for Ameripathes pseudomyriophylla Opresko & Horowitz, gen. et sp. nov. The new family resembles Myriopathidae and Stylopathidae in terms of the morphology of the polyps and tentacles and the pinnulate branching of the corallum. Phylogenetic analysis using a genomic data set of 741 conserved element loci indicates that the new family is sister to a clade containing the Myriopathidae, Stylopathidae, Antipathidae, and Aphanipathidae.
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© The Author(s), 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Horowitz, J., Opresko, D. M., Herrera, S., Hansel, C. M., & Quattrini, A. M. (2024). Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia). ZooKeys, 1203, 355–375, https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1203.121411.
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Horowitz, J., Opresko, D. M., Herrera, S., Hansel, C. M., & Quattrini, A. M. (2024). Ameripathidae, a new family of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Antipatharia). ZooKeys, 1203, 355–375.
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