Dendronephthya perezi, Cordeiro & Van Ofwegen, 2018

Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. & Van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2018, A new name for Dendronephthya kukenthali Gravier, 1908 (Octocorallia, Nephtheidae): Dendronephthya perezi nom. n., Zootaxa 4508 (4), pp. 576-578 : 576

Dendronephthya perezi nom. n.

to replace Dendronephthya kukenthali Gravier, 1908 .

Etymology: The epithet “perezi” is given in honor of Dr. Carlos Daniel Pérez, a prominent octocoral taxonomist and former advisor of the first author.

Type-specimens: Gravier’s syntypes (two specimens) are available at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle ( MNHN-IK-2000-153 ) ( Fig. 1B,C ) . Part of the syntype (one uncatalogued specimen) is possibly deposited at Natural History Museum of Denmark ( SNM), labeled by Tixier-Durivault and Prevorsek as “ Spongodes kükenthali (Gravier) , from Gulf of Tadjoura, coll. by Ch. Gravier (1904)” ( Fig. 1A ).

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FIGURE 1. Syntype of Dendronephthya kukenthali Gravier, 1908, renamed as Dendronephthya perezi nom. n. A: uncatalogued specimen (SNM collections) examined by Tixier-Durivault, presumably part of the syntype (photo courtesy: Laura Pavesi); B: complete colony (MNHN-IK-2000-153); C: illustration of the arrangement of sclerites in the polyp body wall. B and C from Gravier (1908) (magnification unavailable).