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New species of the Gorgonian genus Plumigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) with a review of the family Ifalukellidae

Philip Alderslade

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Three new species of the gorgonian genus Plumigorgia Nutting, 1910, are described and illustrated by scanning electron micrography.P. terminosclera sp.nov., P. schuboti sp.nov., and P. astroplethes sp.nov.were all collected on the Australian Great Barrier Reef.The family Ifalukellidae

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Key concepts: Octocorallia, Gorgonian, Coelenterata, Cnidaria, Genus, Biology, Zoology, Anthozoa