Pacifigorgia cairnsi, Breedy & Guzman, 2003

Breedy, Odalisca & Guzman, Hector M., 2003, Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae), Zootaxa 281 (1), pp. 1-60 : 9

Pacifigorgia cairnsi , new species

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Figures

FIGURE 2. Pacifigorgia cairnsi new species, holotype (UCR 913), SEM­micrographs of the sclerites: A–C, spindles; D, rectangular warty rod; E, six­radiate; F, capstans; G, anthocodial rods; H, immature sclerite; I, spindly capstans.

PLATE 3. Pacifigorgia cairnsi new species, holotype (UCR 913) (preserved specimen); A, entire colony; B, detail of the branches; C, photomicrograph of the sclerites.