摘要

The pennatulacean genus Sclerobelemnon has previously been distributed in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, with only one described species from Western Atlantic Ocean. Specimens from an undescribed shallow-water species attributable to this genus (Family Kophobelemnidae) has been collected from Northern Brazil, representing the first record in the country and the most austral record of the family in the Atlantic Ocean. The new species of Sclerobelemnon is distinguished from other closely related species of this genus mostly by having five to six autozooids longitudinal rows, smooth sclerites with digitiform margins, but not serrated, and sclerites absent in the tentacles.

  • 出版日期2012