Cairns, S.D. 2012. New Zealand Primnoidae (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea). Part 1. Genera Narella, Narelloides, Metanarella, Calyptrophora, and Helicoprimnoa. Wellington, NZ: NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 126, 100 p.
Abstract
Eighteen species in five of the 17 primnoid genera known to occur off New Zealand are described and illustrated, three of the genera described as new: Narelloides, Metanarella, and Helicoprimnoa. Thirteen of the 18 species are also newly described, five in the genus Narella, five in the genus Calyptrophora, and three in the newly described genera. Comparative character tables are provided for the New Zealand species of Narella and Calyptrophora and for the primnoid genera having multiple pairs of medial abaxial scales; a dichotomous key is also provided for the species of New Zealand Narella. A brief review is given of the 10 primnoid species previously reported from New Zealand. One of the species reported herein, Calyptrophora clinata, was heretofore known only from the Northwest Atlantic. New morphological terminology is suggested for describing the arrangement of coenenchymal scales and for the ratio of body-wall scale lengths.
