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The small gorgonian Leptogorgia cortesi has only been found in the inner coral reefs of the very warm Golfo Dulce, a bay on the eastern Pacific of Costa Rica.
The holotype was an irregularly grown and looking colony with a height of 11.2 cm and a width of 15.5 cm.
Color: White
This species belongs to the Leptogorgia alba group, all species with white colonies, variable branching patterns, mostly lateral, and polyp mounds, ranging from flat to slightly protruding.
There are six valid species in the Leptogorgia alba group.
Various shrimp have been observed to associate with the gorgonian, such as Hippolyte sp. Periclimenes infraspinis and Periclimenes sp.
The naming was done for a long-time friend and colleague, Jorge Cortés, who first proposed to the two authors, Odalisca Breedy and Hector M. Guzman, to study the octocorals, and they hereby honor him as a pioneer of marine biodiversity research in Costa Rica.
Scientific source:
Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2012).
A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica.
Zootaxa. 3182: 65–68
The holotype was an irregularly grown and looking colony with a height of 11.2 cm and a width of 15.5 cm.
Color: White
This species belongs to the Leptogorgia alba group, all species with white colonies, variable branching patterns, mostly lateral, and polyp mounds, ranging from flat to slightly protruding.
There are six valid species in the Leptogorgia alba group.
Various shrimp have been observed to associate with the gorgonian, such as Hippolyte sp. Periclimenes infraspinis and Periclimenes sp.
The naming was done for a long-time friend and colleague, Jorge Cortés, who first proposed to the two authors, Odalisca Breedy and Hector M. Guzman, to study the octocorals, and they hereby honor him as a pioneer of marine biodiversity research in Costa Rica.
Scientific source:
Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2012).
A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica.
Zootaxa. 3182: 65–68
