Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos - volume 32
Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia

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Standing on the eastern edge of the Australian tectonic plate, about 1,200 km east of Australia, New Caledonia has attracted the attention of several generations of coral biologists as it harbors the second largest coral reef site in the world. In 2007, these reefs received the status of World Heritage Area ??oeLagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems”. Nonetheless, one of the first mentions of scleractinian corals from this region refers to deep-sea corals ??oethe solitary corals, classified and in part described in this communication, are remarkable for a large number of new species” Gardiner (1899: 161). Since then, over 37 deep-sea expeditions off New Caledonia have taken place, enabling the most comprehensive collection of deep-sea scleractinians from the Western Pacific. Indeed, the New Caledonian azooxanthellate coral fauna is, by far, the most diverse known to date. This special volume comprises detailed descriptions of 267 species, of which 47 are new to science, and includes all scleractinian families that have azooxanthellate representatives. All examined species are illustrated, some of which have an exquisite perfect symmetry.

Auteurs :

Marcelo Visentini Kitahara is a professor of the Institute of Marine Science, Federal University of São Paulo, and a research-collaborator of the Center for Marine Biology, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Stephen Douglas Cairns is a Research Zoologist Emeritus of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, United States of America.

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