Heteropathes Opresko, 2011
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Heteropathes Opresko, 2011 emended
Diagnosis. Corallum monopodial and pinnulate. Pinnules in two lateral rows and in one or more anterior rows. Lateral pinnules simple or with a small ramified subpinnule; anterior pinnules short, generally not longer than 1 cm, and subpinnulate. Polyps 5 to 6 mm in transverse diameter.
Remarks. The new species, described below, followed the original description by Opresko (2005) with the exception of some of the lateral pinnules presenting a ramified subpinnule similar to the anterior pinnules in all but its smaller size.
Species assigned to Heteropathes . Included in the genus are H. americana Opresko (2003b) , H. heterorhodzos Cooper (1909) , and H. pacifica Opresko (2005) .
Distribution. Heteropathes americana is known to occur in the western Atlantic Ocean at 3563 and 4511 m depths, H. heterorhodzos ( Cooper, 1909) ( Opresko 2003b) in the Indian Ocean at 1079 m depths and H. pacifica Opresko, 2005 in the north Pacific Ocean at 2200 m depths.
Cooper, C. F. (1909) Antipatharia. Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London, Series 2 (Zoology), 12, 301 - 323.
Opresko, D. M. (2003 b) A new species of Allopathes (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the eastern Atlantic. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 345, 275 - 280.
Opresko, D. M. (2005) New genera and species of antipatharian corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the North Pacific. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 79, 129 - 165.
Opresko, D. M. (2011) Nomenclatural note: Heteropathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Cladopathidae): A new name for Heliopathes Opresko, 2003. Zootaxa, 2782, 67 - 68.
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