Grasshoffia profundica, Williams, 2017

Williams, Gary C., 2017, The Genus Grasshoffia with the Description of a New Deep-water Species from the Northern Philippines (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Virgulariidae), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (4), pp. 95-105 : 99

Key to species of the genus Grasshoffia Williams, 2015

1 A. Polyp leaves rolled, convoluted, or semicircular in shape. Polyp leaves appear densely congested along the rachis. Sclerites of polyp leaves and peduncle are rods with parallel sides and triangular ends, 0.02– 0.06 mm long. Type locality Niger River Delta , Gulf of Guinea........................................................... Grasshoffia virgularioides

1 B. Polyp leaves flattened and broadly ovate in shape. Polyp leaf pairs are separated by bare portions of the rachis. Sclerites of polyp leaves are rods, more-or-less rectangular in shape, 0.04– 0.08 mm long. Sclerites of peduncle are apparently absent. Type locality northern Philippines................................................ Grasshoffia profundica sp. nov .