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A Checklist Of The Ahermatypic Scleractinia Of The Gulf Of Mexico, With The Description Of A New Species, Stephen D. Cairns
A Checklist Of The Ahermatypic Scleractinia Of The Gulf Of Mexico, With The Description Of A New Species, Stephen D. Cairns
Gulf and Caribbean Research
A brief chronology of discovery of the 54 ahermatypic Scleractinia known from the Gulf of Mexico is presented. Of this total, 6 are new records for the Gulf. A checklist is provided for all species indicating their Gulf distribution and their overall bathymetric range. One new species of Pourtalosmilia is described, which represents a new record for this genus in the western Atlantic.