The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species

By

Matsumoto, Asako K.
Ofwegen, L. P. van (Leendert P.), 1953-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

587

Pages

1-20

Subjects

Anthozoa , deep water , new records , Subtropical , taxonomy , temperate

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188

 

Abstract

Three new deep-water species of Bebryce from Japan are described and depicted using Scanning Electron Microscopy: B. otsuchiensis sp. n., B. rotunda sp. n., and B. satsumaensis sp. n. Bebryce studeri Whitelegge, 1897, was reported from Japanese waters for the first time, bringing the total of Japanese Bebryce species to six. Five of these six species seem to be endemic to Japanese waters and all occur in deep water up to 213 m. A key to the Bebryce species is presented.