Dokidisis australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleralcyonacea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Classis: Octocorallia
Ordo: Scleralcyonacea

Familia: Keratoisididae
Genera: Dokidisis
Species: Dokidisis australis

Name

Dokidisis australis Lapointe, A. & Watling, L., 2022

Type locality: Tasman Fracture Zone, Outer Wall, Tasmanian Seamounts, collected on 08 January 2009, 45°22′27″S 144°35′36″E / 45.3742°S 144.5933°E / -45.3742; 144.5933, 3256 m, 1.35° C bottom temp.

Holotype: TMAG K3834

Etymology: The species name is based on the Latin adjective australis = southern, a reference to the southern hemisphere where the specimen was collected.

References

  • Lapointe, A. & Watling, L. 2022. Towards a revision of the bamboo corals (Octocorallia): Part 5, new genera and species of Keratoisididae from the Tasmanian deep sea. Zootaxa 5168(2): 137–157. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.3 Reference page. 
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