Sphaerasclera McFadden & Ofwegen 2013

Bryce, Monika, Poliseno, Angelo, Alderslade, Philip & Vargas, Sergio, 2015, Digitate and capitate soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from Western Australia with reports on new species and new Australian geographical records, Zootaxa 3963 (2), pp. 160-200 : 181

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5680261
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scientific name	Sphaerasclera McFadden & Ofwegen 2013
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Genus Sphaerasclera McFadden & Ofwegen 2013 View in CoL

Type species. Eleutherobia flammicerebra Williams, 2003 , by original designation Diagnosis. Colonies with capitate growth form, with distinct, spherical polyparium raised on a bare stalk. Polyps are monomorphic and form rounded coenenchymal mounds over the entire surface of the capitulum. Sclerites are coloured spheroids and smaller radiates. Polyp sclerites are absent. Species are found mostly in deep water. Azooxanthellate. (adapted from McFadden & Ofwegen 2013).