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The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isididae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Zealand and the Antarctic
Grant, R. (1976). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isididae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Zealand and the Antarctic. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 66. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: Wellington. 4-54 pp.
Part of: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Wellington. ISSN 0083-7903, more
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Keywords
    New Zealand
    Taxonomic status > New taxa > New genus
    Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species
    Acanella simplex Verrill, 1883 [WoRMS]; Acanella spiculosa Verrill, 1883 [WoRMS]; Chathamisis Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Chathamisis bayeri Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Circinisis Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Circinisis circinata Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Keratoisis glaesa Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Keratoisis hikurangiensis Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Keratoisis projecta Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Keratoisis tangentis Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Keratoisis zelandica Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Lepidisis solitaria Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Minuisis Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Minuisis pseudoplanum Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]; Peltastisis nuttingi Grant, 1976 [WoRMS]
    New Zealand [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Grant, R.
Abstract
    A systematic study of the Isididae held in the collections of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute is presented. After brief introductory remarks on morphology, 19 species belonging to 10 genera are described. These include three new monotypic genera, Circinisis, Minuisis, and Chatharnisis; five new species of Keratoisis; one new species of Lepidisis; and one new species of Peltastisis. Circinisis is placed in a new subfamily Circinisidinae, and Minuisis, Chathamisis, and Peltastisis in a new subfamily Peltastisidinae. Already-described species are Acanella sibogae, A. japonica, A. eburnea, Mopsea elongata, Primnoisis antarctica, P. ambigua, P. forrnosa, Echinisis spicata, and Keratoisis flexibilis. Other genera of Gorgon­acea belonging to the suborder Holaxonia identified in the collections are listed in an appendix.
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