A new family of stoloniferous coral (Octocorallia: Malacalcyonacea) from the Irish Continental Margin, Northeast Atlantic.

The deep sea harbours diverse benthic communities of octocorals that are rarely identified to species rank, in part due to a lack of expertise and the large amount of undescribed diversity. Even in relatively well-studied areas, such as the Irish Mar…

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