@article {17,
	title = {The Alcyonacea of Southern Africa: Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa)},
	journal = {Annals of the South African Museum},
	volume = {101},
	number = {8},
	year = {1992},
	note = {0303-2515Accession Number: BACD199395005496; Publication Type: Article; Languages: English; Super Taxa: Cnidaria: Invertebrata, Animalia; Taxa Notes: Cnidaria: Animals, Invertebrates; Biosystematic Code: Cnidaria [41000]; Organism: Cnidaria, (Cnidaria); Miscellaneous Descriptors: DESCRIPTIONENDEMISMKEYNEW GEOGRAPHIC RECORDSSCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPYSUBLITTORALTAXONOMY24 SPECIES; Concept Code: 00504 [General biology - Taxonomy, nomenclature and terminology]07508 [Ecology: environmental biology - Animal]07512 [Ecology: environmental biology - Oceanography]11102 [Anatomy and Histology - Gross anatomy]11103 [Anatomy and Histology - Comparative anatomy]62800 [Animal distribution -]63508 [Invertebrata: general and systematic - Cnidaria]64008 [Invertebrata: comparative, experimental morphology, physiology and pathology - Cnidaria]},
	pages = {181-296},
	abstract = {Gorgonian octocorallian coelenterates representing the families Anthothelidae, Melithaeidae, Keroeididae, Acanthogorgiidae, Plexauridae, Gorgoniidae, Ellisellidae, Chrysogorgiidae, Primnoidae, and Isididae are described mainly from the shallow African sublittoral ( lt 200 m depth), south of 20 degree S. Twenty-two species are illustrated and described in detail from material in the marine invertebrate collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Most of this material has been collected recently by means of SCUBA and dredge. Eight additional species are mentioned from literature sources but, since satisfactory material is not available for examination, these are not illustrated or described in detail. Nine genera are represented that do not occur in lt 200 m depth; these are included in the text and key but most are not identified to species. There are at least seven genera in which species identification is uncertain or not possible at present. Several species are considered problematical. These belong mainly to the families Melithaeidae and Ellisellidae, which are in need of thorough revision before most material can be properly assigned even to genus. Two gorgonian genera are here considered southern African endemics: Homophyton and Ideogorgia. Scanning electron micrographs of sclerite form complement all detailed species descriptions. New information has allowed for the revision of taxonomic status and extent of intraspecific variation of several species. A key is provided to all identified species and genera that are considered valid and known to occur in southern Africa. This regional account of the gorgonian fauna includes ten families, 30 genera, and 24 identified species that are here considered valid. This includes six new combinations and 17 genera recorded from southern Africa for the first time. At least two species are known that are presently unidentified but probably represent undescribed species; these are not included in the present account.},
	keywords = {Biogeography (Population Studies), Ecology (Environmental Sciences), General Life Studies, Marine Ecology (Ecology) (Environmental Sciences), Physiology, Systematics and Taxonomy},
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	author = {Williams, Gary C.}
}
