A new genus and species of primnoid octocoral, Heptaprimnoa patagonica, is described from deep water from the cold temperate/Subantarctic region off Argentina and Burdwood Bank. It is distinguished from other primnoid genera by having only seven rows of body wall scales.
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1 August 2012
New primnoid genus and species (Alcyonacea: Primnoidae) from the southwestern Atlantic
Stephen D. Cairns
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Alcyonacea
Argentina
new genus
new species
Octocorallia
Primnoidae
Subantarctic