Psammogorgia pax Breedy, Guzman, Murillo & Vargas, 2020

Breedy, Odalisca & Guzman, Hector M., 2020, A revision of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, ZooKeys 961, pp. 1-30 : 1

Psammogorgia pax Breedy, Guzman, Murillo & Vargas, 2020

Psammogorgia pax Breedy et al., 2020: 5-7.

Type locality.

Hannibal Bank, Gulf of Chiriquí, Pacific Panamá.

Diagnosis.

Colonies white, flabellate and branching in one plane, profuse irregularly dichotomous with occasional anastomosis. Calyces slightly raised, not close together with spiny lobes around polyp apertures. Thorny, irregularly-shaped spindles, and wart clubs around the calyx rims; wart clubs up to 0.26 mm long. Coenenchyme granular. Coenenchymal sclerites white, irregular spindles with acute or bifurcated ends or combinations of both as well as warty and irregular radiates. Anthocodial spindles orange, thin and spiny, in collaret and points arrangements. We refer to Breedy et al. (2020) for a full description of the species.

Distribution.

This species has only been reported from its type locality in the upper mesophotic habitats of the Hannibal Bank at 63 m depth.