Abstract
The genus Antillogorgia Bayer, 1951 is resurrected for species of zooxanthellate, pinnately-branched gorgonians with sc-lerite complements that include well-developed scaphoids, and inhabit coral reefs of the western Atlantic, particularlyfrom the Bahamas through the Caribbean. These species were previously assigned to the Indo-Pacific genus Pseu-dopterogorgia Kükenthal, 1919 by Bayer, 1958 (thus making Antillogorgia a junior synonym of Pseudopterogorgia), butare shown here to warrant generic separation. Both morphological as well as molecular evidence is provided to justify distinguishing the two genera. Taxonomic relationships to a third gorgoniid genus, Leptogorgia, are also discussed.References
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