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Altumia
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Diagnosis. Clavulariinae with a thin and soft encrusting base, sometimes resembling a short stolon. Polyps erect when expanded, separate from each other; the stolon may feature a few polyps, occasionally only one. Polyps fully retractile into base of the colony, forming low truncated dome-shaped mounds. No sclerites in any part of the colony. Colonies lack symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae). Type species: Altumia delicata sp. n. by original designation and monotypy.
Benayahu, Yehuda, McFadden, Catherine S., Shoham, Erez (2017): Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: I. A new sclerite-free genus from Eilat, northern Red Sea. ZooKeys 680: 1-11, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12727, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12727
Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Latin ' altum', deep, referring to the habitat of the new genus at MCE depths and beyond. Gender female.
Benayahu, Yehuda, McFadden, Catherine S., Shoham, Erez (2017): Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: I. A new sclerite-free genus from Eilat, northern Red Sea. ZooKeys 680: 1-11, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12727, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12727
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