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

By

Horowitz, Jeremy
Opresko, Dennis
Herrera, Santiago
Hansel, Colleen
Quattrini, Andrea

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1203

Pages

355--375

Subjects

deep sea , fauna of Puerto Rico , genome skimming , mesophotic , molecular phylogenetics , new genus , new species , taxonomy , ultraconserved elements

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1203.121411

 

Abstract

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.