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For corals of the genera Anthothela and Victorgorgia, there was a revision in 2017, which now comprises seven nominal species worldwide:
"A taxonomic revision of Anthothela (Octocorallia: Scleraxonia: Anthothelidae) and related genera, with the addition of new taxa, using morphological and molecular data"
Anthothela aldersladei Moore & Miller in Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
Anthothela echinata (Kükenthal, 1915)
Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856)
Anthothela quattriniae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
Anthothela tropicalis Bayer, 1961
Anthothela pacifica (Kükenthal, 1913)
Anthothela vickersi (Benham, 1928)
The holotype of Anthothela quattriniae was a tangled colony with narrow branches and no main stem and is about 80 mm high and 90 mm wide, it was collected with the help of an ROV
six fragments of the colony were available for examination, all with polyps and calyxes arranged along narrow branches.
Color: Shortly after collection, the colony was described as white. .
The fragments examined show no anchoring or evidence of membranous growth forms, but in the photograph of the entire colony it appears to be attached to a single coral and may have more than one attachment point.
As a distinctly cold-water animal, Anthothela quattriniae is not suitable for home aquaria.
Etymology:
The species name "quattriniae" was named in honor of Andrea Quattrini, a then fellow student at Temple University, California, USA, who recognized that the specimens he was working on were possibly Anthothela and shared these specimens and their DNA sequences with the first author.
"A taxonomic revision of Anthothela (Octocorallia: Scleraxonia: Anthothelidae) and related genera, with the addition of new taxa, using morphological and molecular data"
Anthothela aldersladei Moore & Miller in Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
Anthothela echinata (Kükenthal, 1915)
Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856)
Anthothela quattriniae Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
Anthothela tropicalis Bayer, 1961
Anthothela pacifica (Kükenthal, 1913)
Anthothela vickersi (Benham, 1928)
The holotype of Anthothela quattriniae was a tangled colony with narrow branches and no main stem and is about 80 mm high and 90 mm wide, it was collected with the help of an ROV
six fragments of the colony were available for examination, all with polyps and calyxes arranged along narrow branches.
Color: Shortly after collection, the colony was described as white. .
The fragments examined show no anchoring or evidence of membranous growth forms, but in the photograph of the entire colony it appears to be attached to a single coral and may have more than one attachment point.
As a distinctly cold-water animal, Anthothela quattriniae is not suitable for home aquaria.
Etymology:
The species name "quattriniae" was named in honor of Andrea Quattrini, a then fellow student at Temple University, California, USA, who recognized that the specimens he was working on were possibly Anthothela and shared these specimens and their DNA sequences with the first author.
