#NewSpecies
New #deepsea #octocoral from #japan just came in:

Hemicorallium osmanthogemmum

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/1493EC49-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #HemicoralliumOsmanthogemmum

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #fauna #corals

Feather star perched on a possible bamboo coral, 3245 m East samoa basin seamount, #Okeanos #octocoral Friday