Pacifigorgia curta, Breedy & Guzman, 2003

Breedy, Odalisca & Guzman, Hector M., 2003, Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae), Zootaxa 281 (1), pp. 1-60 : 12

Pacifigorgia curta , new species

( Plate 4 , Fig. 3 )

Figures

FIGURE 3. Pacifigorgia curta new species, holotype (UCR 650), SEM­micrographs of the sclerites: A, D, spindles; B–C, capstans; E, anthocodial rods; F, immature sclerite; G, four­radiate.

PLATE 4. Pacifigorgia curta new species, holotype (UCR 650) (preserved specimen); A, entire colony; B, detail of the branches; C, photomicrograph of the sclerites.