ABSTRACT
Five new species of antipatharian corals are described from the New Zealand region. Differential diagnoses are given and comparisons are made to related nominal species. Described as new are: Anozopathes psednocrada, Aphanipathes rosemariae, and Acanthopathes candelabra in the family Aphanipathidae; Triadopathes trilix in the family Stylopathidae; and Lillipathes ventalina in the family Schizopathidae.
Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank the funding agencies, and the participants in the research voyages and MPI Observers for their efforts in collecting the corals discussed in this paper. Special thanks go to Dennis Gordon, Di Tracey, Rob Stewart, Sadie Mills, Kareen Schnabel, and Dean Stotter for their hospitality during visits to Wellington, and to Diana Macpherson and Amelia Connell of NIWA and to Belinda Glasby of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa for their virtual assistance with information needed for the manuscript. The author also wishes to thank S. Cairns, W. Keel, W. Moser, and K. Reed for their support during visits to the NMNH. The photomicrographs were prepared in the NMNH SEM Laboratory (S. D. Whittaker, director). Special thanks to T. Molodtsova and J. Horowitz for their careful and thorough reviews of the manuscript, and to NZJZ editor J. Banks for his help with the submission. D.M. Opresko is a Research Associate of the NMNH, and gratefully acknowledges that affiliation.
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