02244nas a2200205   4500008004100000245007700041210006900118260000900187300001100196490000600207520163500213100001601848700002101864700002001885700002001905700002701925700001801952700001701970856005101987       2012                        eng d00aDeep-sea origin and in-situ diversification of chrysogorgiid octocorals.0 aDeepsea origin and insitu diversification of chrysogorgiid octoc  c2012  ae383570 v73 aThe diversity, ubiquity and prevalence in deep waters of the octocoral family Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883 make it noteworthy as a model system to study radiation and diversification in the deep sea. Here we provide the first comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Chrysogorgiidae, and compare phylogeny and depth distribution. Phylogenetic relationships among 10 of 14 currently-described Chrysogorgiidae genera were inferred based on mitochondrial (mtMutS, cox1) and nuclear (18S) markers. Bathymetric distribution was estimated from multiple sources, including museum records, a literature review, and our own sampling records (985 stations, 2345 specimens). Genetic analyses suggest that the Chrysogorgiidae as currently described is a polyphyletic family. Shallow-water genera, and two of eight deep-water genera, appear more closely related to other octocoral families than to the remainder of the monophyletic, deep-water chrysogorgiid genera. Monophyletic chrysogorgiids are composed of strictly (Iridogorgia Verrill, 1883, Metallogorgia Versluys, 1902, Radicipes Stearns, 1883, Pseudochrysogorgia Pante & France, 2010) and predominantly (Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) deep-sea genera that diversified in situ. This group is sister to gold corals (Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857) and deep-sea bamboo corals (Keratoisidinae Gray, 1870), whose diversity also peaks in the deep sea. Nine species of Chrysogorgia that were described from depths shallower than 200 m, and mtMutS haplotypes sequenced from specimens sampled as shallow as 101 m, suggest a shallow-water emergence of some Chrysogorgia species.1 aPante, Eric1 aFrance, Scott, C1 aCouloux, Arnaud1 aCruaud, Corinne1 aMcFadden, Catherine, S1 aSamadi, Sarah1 aWatling, Les  uhttps://deepseaoctocoral.myspecies.info/node/300989nas a2200133   4500008004100000245011600041210006900157300001200226490000700238520052100245100001700766700002100783856005100804       2011                        eng d00aA New Genus and Species of Bamboo Coral (Octocorallia: Isididae: Keratoisidinae) from the New England Seamounts0 aNew Genus and Species of Bamboo Coral Octocorallia Isididae Kera  a209-2200 v523 aSampling along the New England Seamount Chain has produced a large number of new octocoral species, especially of the bamboo corals in the subfamily Keratoisidinae. The new genus described here is unusual in that it branches from the internodes yet has sclerites at the base of the polyp body that are arranged obliquely, and in having tentacles that can be pulled completely into the top of the polyp over the retracted oral disk. The genus and species are characterized using both morphological and molecular data.1 aWatling, Les1 aFrance, Scott, C  uhttps://deepseaoctocoral.myspecies.info/node/600376nas a2200133   4500008004100000245004200041210003600083300001400119490000900133100001700142700001500159700001700174856005100191       2013                        eng d00aThe World’s largest known Gorgonian0 aWorld s largest known Gorgonian  a198–1990 v36301 aWatling, Les1 aRowley, S.1 aGuinotte, J.  uhttps://deepseaoctocoral.myspecies.info/node/1