Dokidisis, Lapointe & Watling, 2022
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.3 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EAC9B7FB-6339-4690-940F-87201679D4A5 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6877145 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8032D56E-AC5F-FFFC-12C5-D718C79AFBC5 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Dokidisis |
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gen. nov. |
Dokidisis new genus
Diagnosis. Colony unbranched or rarely with a branch at the node. The axis is large and thick throughout the colony. The polyp body and tentacles contain short, blunt rods, with no septal needles, and the pharynx contains very few sclerites. The coenenchyme contains elongated, flat rods.
Type species. Dokidisis australis new species, by monotypy
Remarks. See below.
Etymology. The genus name is based on the Greek noun dokidos = small beam or rod, a reference to the shape of the sclerites in the polyp body and tentacles.
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