Alcyonidium albescens (Ectoprocta : Ctenostomata) a new species from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States

Authors
Winston, JE Key, MM
Citation
Je. Winston et Mm. Key, Alcyonidium albescens (Ectoprocta : Ctenostomata) a new species from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, B MARIN SCI, 64(3), 1999, pp. 509-512
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00074977 → ACNP
Volume
64
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
509 - 512
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-4977(199905)64:3<509:AA(:CA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Alcyonidium albescens, new species, is described from colonies encrusting b lue crabs from the Beaufort, North Carolina area. The species is characteri zed by its whitish to gray coloration, flat colony surface, low orificial p apillae, sparse kenozooids, distinct zooid boundaries, and preference for m otile substrata, particularly living blue crabs and horseshoe crabs.