An enigmatic new octocoral species (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Malacalcyonacea) from Isla del Coco National Park

Odalisca Breedy; Catherine McFadden; Jorge Cortés

doi:10.3897/arphapreprints.e100678

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https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e100678 (25 Jan 2023)

Published in: ZooKeys https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1169.100576

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doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e100678

First posted 25 Jan 2023

Authors

Odalisca Breedy

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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama

University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

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Catherine McFadden

Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, United States of America

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Jorge Cortés

Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica

www.cimar.ucr.ac.cr

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Author contributions

OB Conception and design of the work, data collection, collection and curation of specimens, morphological analyses, taxonomic interpretation, preparation of figures and writing the article.

CMF Molecular and phylogenetic analyses, design and interpretation, writing the article and final approval of the version to be submitted.

JC Specimen collection and photographs. Financial support.

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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