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2015

Article
Zootaxa 4058 (1): 081–100 (15 Dec. 2015)
Deep-water octocorals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from Brazil: Family Chrysogorgiidae
Verrill, 1883
RALF T. S. CORDEIRO, CLOVIS B. CASTRO & CARLOS D. PÉREZ
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Article
Zootaxa 4033 (4): 484–506 (27 Oct. 2015)
Areas of endemism in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean based on the distribution of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)
THAÍS PIRES MIRANDA, GABRIEL NESTOR GENZANO & ANTONIO CARLOS MARQUES
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4032 (3): 327–332 (16 Oct. 2015)
Paraclausastrea vorarlbergensis sp. nov.; a new coral from the Lower Cretaceous of western Austria (Scleractinia; upper Barremian-lower Aptian; Schrattenkalk Fm.; Vorarlberg)
ROSEMARIE C. BARON-SZABO
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Article
Zootaxa 4021 (1): 156–168 (24 Sept. 2015)
A new species of Diadumene (Actiniaria: Diadumenidae) from the subtropical coast of Brazil
JULIA S. BENETI, SÉRGIO N. STAMPAR, MAXIMILIANO M. MARONNA, ANDRÉ CARRARA MORANDINI & FÁBIO LANG DA SILVEIRA
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3990 (2): 296–300 (24 Jul. 2015)
Nemopsis mianzani n. sp. (Hydrozoa, Bougainvilliidae), a new hydromedusa from central Chile
OTTO M. P. OLIVEIRA, GUILLERMO FELIÚ & SERGIO PALMA
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Article
Zootaxa 3986 (3): 332–356 (17 Jul. 2015)
Size-defined morphotypes in Zoanthus (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) populations on shores in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
JOHN S. RYLAND
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Article
Zootaxa 3974 (1): 277–289 (22 Jun. 2015)
Description of a new species of Leiopathes (Antipatharia: Leiopathidae) from the Hawaiian Islands
DANIEL WAGNER & DENNIS M. OPRESKO
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Article
Zootaxa 3972 (3): 369–392 (12 Jun. 2015)
Review of some little-known benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Southern Ocean
ÁLVARO L. PEÑA CANTERO
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Article
Zootaxa 3963 (2): 160–200 (26 May 2015)
Digitate and capitate soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from Western Australia with reports on new species and new Australian geographical records
MONIKA BRYCE, ANGELO POLISENO, PHILIP ALDERSLADE & SERGIO VARGAS
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Article
Zootaxa 3926 (3): 301–328 (6 Mar. 2015)
Coralliidae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the INDEMARES 2010 expedition to north and northwest Spain (northeast Atlantic), with delimitation of a new species using both morphological and molecular approaches
TZU-HSUAN TU, ÁLVARO ALTUNA & MING-SHIOU JENG
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Article
Zootaxa 3925 (3): 387–408 (2 Mar. 2015)
Hydroids of the genus Sertularella (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from the Pacific coast of Canada in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, with descriptions of four new species
HENRY H. C. CHOONG
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Article
Zootaxa 3919 (2): 327–334 (17 Feb. 2015)
A new alcyonacean octocoral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from Chilean fjords
ODALISCA BREEDY, STEPHEN D. CAIRNS & VERENA HÄUSSERMANN
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Article
Zootaxa 3918 (2): 239–249 (11 Feb. 2015)
A new genus of bamboo coral (Octocorallia: Isididae) from the Bahamas
LES WATLING
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3908 (1): 001–187 (15 Jan. 2015)
The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide
CINZIA GRAVILI, DORIS DE VITO, CRISTINA GIOIA DI CAMILLO, LUIS MARTELL, STEFANO PIRAINO & FERDINANDO BOERO
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2014

Article
Zootaxa 3900 (4): 581–591 (24 Dec. 2014)
Leptohelia flexibilis gen. nov. et sp. nov., a remarkable deep-sea stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the southwest Pacific
ALBERTO LINDNER, STEPHEN D. CAIRNS & HELMUT ZIBROWIUS
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3897 (1): 001–111 (18 Dec. 2014)
A review of the physonect siphonophore genera Halistemma (Family Agalmatidae) and Stephanomia (Family Stephanomiidae)
P.R. PUGH & E.J. BAXTER
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Article
Zootaxa 3893 (4): 595–600 (10 Dec. 2014)
Absence of consistent genetic differentiation among several morphs of Actinia (Actiniaria: Actiniidae) occurring in the Portuguese coast
ANA M PEREIRA, CRISTIANA BRITO, JOANA SANCHES, CARLA SOUSA-SANTOS & JOANA I ROBALO
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Article
Zootaxa 3852 (1): 001–050 (13 Aug. 2014)
New species and new records of hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Chile
HORIA R. GALEA, DIRK SCHORIES, GÜNTER FÖRSTERRA & VERENA HÄUSSERMANN
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (3): 343–354 (4 Jul. 2014)
A new species of Pachycerianthus (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Ceriantharia) from Tropical Southwestern Atlantic
SÉRGIO N. STAMPAR, ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI & FÁBIO LANG DA SILVEIRA
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (2): 293–300 (3 Jul. 2014)
New species of Heteropathes (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) expands genus distribution to the NE Atlantic
VALENTINA DE MATOS, ANDREIA BRAGA-HENRIQUES, RICARDO S. SANTOS & PEDRO A. RIBEIRO
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Article
Zootaxa 3826 (1): 055–100 (27 Jun. 2014)
Morphological revision of the genus Aiptasia and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea)
ALEJANDRO GRAJALES & ESTEFANÍA RODRÍGUEZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (3): 494–506 (20 May 2014)
Podocoryna loyola, n. sp. (Hydrozoa, Hydractiniidae): a probably introduced species on artificial substrate from southern Brazil
MARIA ANGÉLICA HADDAD, ARIANE LIMA BETTIM & MARIA PIA MIGLIETTA
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (3): 435–452 (20 May 2014)
Australia’s deep-water octocoral fauna: historical account and checklist, distributions and regional affinities of recent collections
PHILIP ALDERSLADE, FRANZISKA ALTHAUS, FELICITY MCENNULTY, KAREN GOWLETT-HOLMES & ALAN WILLIAMS
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (3): 455–468 (7 May 2014)
Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea
STEFANO PIRAINO, GIORGIO AGLIERI, LUIS MARTELL, CARLOTTA MAZZOLDI, VALENTINA MELLI, GIACOMO MILISENDA, SIMONETTA SCORRANO & FERDINANDO BOERO
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (1): 081–107 (16 May 2014)
Molecular parataxonomy as taxon description: examples from recently named Zoanthidea(Cnidaria: Anthozoa) with revision based on serial histology of microanatomy
TIMOTHY D. SWAIN & LAURA M. SWAIN
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3795 (2): 198–200 (12 May 2014)
A lectotype for Cyathophora richardi Michelin 1843
SHAAHIN ZAMAN & BERNARD LATHUILIÈRE
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3793 (5): 597–599 (2 May 2014)
First record of the genus Cladonema (medusae and polyps) in Colombia
CRISTINA CEDEÑO-POSSO
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Article
Zootaxa 3790 (2): 243–280 (17 Apr. 2014)
Revision of the Antarctic species of Halecium Oken, 1815 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae)
ÁLVARO L. PEÑA CANTERO
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Article
Zootaxa 3785 (4): 533–549 (7 Apr. 2014)
Sexual dimorphism in Tripedaliidae (Conant 1897) (Cnidaria, Cubozoa, Carybdeida)
ILKA STRAEHLER-POHL, ANDERS GARM & ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI

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Article 
Zootaxa 3768 (3): 291–326 (26 Feb. 2014)
Faunistic survey of Hydromedusae (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) from the coast of Paraná State, Southern Brazil
RENATO MITSUO NAGATA, MIODELI NOGUEIRA JÚNIOR & MARIA ANGÉLICA HADDAD

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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (5): 421–439 (09 Jan. 2014)
A comparative study of populations of Ectopleura crocea and Ectopleura ralphi (Hydrozoa, Tubulariidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

MAURÍCIO ANTUNES IMAZU, EZEQUIEL ALE, Gabriel Nestor Genzano
& ANTONIO CARLOS MARQUES
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2013

Article 
Zootaxa 3746 (2): 372–382 (11 Dec. 2013)
Timoides agassizii Bigelow, 1904, little-known hydromedusa (Cnidaria),
appears briefly in large numbers off Oman, March 2011, with additional notes about species of the genus Timoides
Jasmine Purushothaman, Lubna Al Kharusi, Claudia E. Mills , Hamed Ghielani,
& Mohammad Al Marzouki
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Article 
Zootaxa 3741 (3): 369–376 (28 Nov. 2013)
Armadillogorgia albertoi sp. nov.: a new primnoid from the Argentinean deep sea

NADIA CERINO & DANIEL LAURETTA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3737 (5): 501–537 (22 Nov. 2013)
Aglaopheniid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Aglaopheniidae) from bathyal waters of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass, and Grand Banks of Newfoundland (NW Atlantic)

ÁLVARO ALTUNA, FRANCISCO J. MURILLO & DALE R. CALDER

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Article 
Zootaxa 3737 (4): 473–487 (21 Nov. 2013)
Redescription of Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
CHERYL LEWIS, BASTIAN BENTLAGE, ANGEL YANAGIHARA, WILLIAM GILLAN,
JOHAN VAN BLERK, DANIEL P. KEIL, ALEXANDRA E. BELY & ALLEN G. COLLINS
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Article
Zootaxa 3710 (6): 578–590 (18 Sept. 2013)
Podocoryna martinicana, a new species of athecate hydroid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydractiniidae) from the Caribbean
HORIA R. GALEA & ROMAIN FERRY

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3710 (1): 100 (11 Sept. 2013)
Erratum: STEFAN SIEBERT, PHIL R. PUGH, STEVEN H. D. HADDOCK & CASEY W. DUNN (2013) Re-evaluation of characters in Apolemiidae (Siphonophora), with description of two new species from Monterey Bay, California. Zootaxa 3702 (3), 201–232
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Article
Zootaxa 3702 (3): 201–232 (27 Aug. 2013)
Re-evaluation of characters in Apolemiidae (Siphonophora), with description of two new species from Monterey Bay, California
STEFAN SIEBERT, PHIL R. PUGH, STEVEN H. D. HADDOCK & CASEY W. DUNN

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Article
Zootaxa 3700 (2): 237–258 (13 Aug. 2013)
Telopathes magna gen. nov., spec. nov. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Schizopathidae) from deep waters off Atlantic Canada and the first molecular phylogeny of the deep-sea family Schizopathidae
K.G. MacIsaac, M. Best, M.R. BRUGLER, E.L.R. Kenchington, L.J. Anstey & T. Jordan

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Article
Zootaxa 3691 (1): 058–086 (18 Jul. 2013)
New records of deep-water Scleractinia off Argentina and the Falkland Islands
STEPHEN D. CAIRNS & VIRGINIA POLONIO

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Article
Zootaxa 3691 (1): 001–057 (18 Jul. 2013)
Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from South Africa
STEPHEN D. CAIRNS & HELMUT ZIBROWIUS

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Article
Zootaxa 3686 (1): 001–050 (10 Jul. 2013)
New additions to the shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the French Lesser Antilles: Martinique
HORIA R. GALEA

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Article
Zootaxa 3666 (3): 389–397 (31 May 2013)
Zyzzyzus rubusidaeus (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Tubulariidae), a new species of anthoathecate hydroid from the coast of British Columbia, Canada

ANITA BRINCKMANN-VOSS & DALE R. CALDER

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Article
Zootaxa 3652 (4): 424–436 (20 May 2013)
Two new paralcyoniid octocorals from Japan (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea)

YUKIMITSU IMAHARA
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3648 (1): 1–72 (14 May 2013)
Some shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the central east coast of Florida, USA
DALE R. CALDER

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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (2): 149–159 (02 May 2013)
New sea anemone (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Patagonia: Andvakia manoloi sp. nov.

DANIEL LAURETTA

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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (2): 101–128 (23 Apr. 2013)
Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from ECOMARG 2003, 2008 and 2009 expeditions to bathyal waters off north and northwest Spain (northeast Atlantic) 
ÁLVARO ALTUNA
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (2): 113–122 (10 Apr. 2013)
Phytocoetes sinensis n. sp. and Telmatactis clavata (Stimpson, 1855), two poorly known species of Metridioidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Chinese waters

YANG LI, RUI-YU LIU (J. Y. LIU) & KUIDONG XU

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Article 
Zootaxa 3636 (1): 101–143 (3 Apr. 2013)
Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf
JAHANGIR VAJED SAMIEI, KOOSHA DAB, PARVIZ GHEZELLOU & ARASH SHIRVANI

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3630 (1): 198–199 (19 Mar. 2013)
The World’s largest known Gorgonian
LES WATLING, SONIA ROWLEY & JOHN GUINOTTE

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3626 (4): 576–582 (15 Mar. 2013)
Pocillopora aliciae: a new species of scleractinian coral
(Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) from subtropical Eastern Australia
SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT-ROACH, KAREN J. MILLER & NIKOS ANDREAKIS

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3624 (1): 1–100 (11 Mar. 2013)
New records of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, and Scotia Arc
ESTEFANÍA RODRÍGUEZ & PABLO J. LÓPEZ-GONZÁLEZ

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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (2): 101–124 (8 Feb. 2013)
The status of Plumularia lagenifera Allman, 1885 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and related species
PETER SCHUCHERT

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3602 (1): 1–105 (14 Jan. 2013)
A revision of the genus Thouarella Gray, 1870 (Octocorallia: Primnoidae), including an illustrated dichotomous key, a new species description, and comments on Plumarella Gray, 1870 and Dasystenella, Versluys, 1906
TAYLOR, M.L., CAIRNS, S. D., AGNEW, D.J. & ROGERS, A.D.

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Article 
Zootaxa 3599 (6): 549–563 (10 Jan. 2013)
Harry Beal Torrey (1873–1970) of California, USA, and his research on hydroids and other coelenterates
DALE R. CALDER

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2012

Article
Zootaxa 3565: 1–17 (28 Nov. 2012) 5 plates; 60 references                  Accepted: 31 Oct. 2012
New records of bathyal Leptolida (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from the Bay of Biscay and the northwestern Iberian Peninsula (northeastern Atlantic) 
ÁLVARO ALTUNA (Spain)

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Article
Zootaxa 3556: 1–38 (20 Nov. 2012) 11 plates; 17 references                Accepted: 25 Oct. 2012
First Inventory of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of the Mexican Caribbean 
RICARDO GONZALEZ-MUÑOZ (Mexico), NUNO SIMÕES (Mexico), JUDITH SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ (Mexico), ESTEFANIA RODRIGUEZ (USA) & LOURDES SEGURA-PUERTAS (Mexico)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3532: 45–50 (31 Oct. 2012) 0 plate; 51 references                 Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
Isaura Lamouroux, in Audouin, Bourdon, de Candolle, d’Aubebard de Férussac, Deshayes, Deslongchamps, É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Guérin, Guillemin, de Jussieu, Kunth, Delafosse, Lamouroux, Latreille, Prévost, Richard & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826, an available name and objective synonym of Isaurus Gray, 1828: reversal of precedence (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) 
MARTYN E. Y. LOW & JAMES DAVIS REIMER (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3527: 43–54 (26 Oct. 2012) 4 plates; 30 references               Accepted: 3 Oct. 2012
Medusoids in the life cycle of Dentitheca dendritica (Nutting, 1900) and Nemalecium gracile sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) 
HORIA R. GALEA, ROMAIN FERRY & JEAN-MARIE BERTOT (France)

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Article
Zootaxa 3523: 69–79 (23 Oct. 2012) 6 plates; 41 references           Accepted: 24 Sept. 2012
Redescription and notes on the reproductive biology of the sea anemone Urticina fecunda (Verrill, 1899), comb. nov. (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) 
PAUL G. LARSON (USA), JEAN-FRANÇOIS HAMEL (Canada) & ANNIE MERCIER (Canada)

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Article
Zootaxa 3523: 39–48 (23 Oct. 2012) 7 plates; 45 references            Accepted: 19 Sept. 2012
The genus Hybocodon (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with a revision of the species recorded from the area 
CAROLINA S. RODRIGUEZ (Argentina), THAÍS P. MIRANDA (Brazil), ANTONIO C. MARQUES (Brazil), HERMES MIANZAN (Argentina) & GABRIEL GENZANO (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3505: 39–52 (3 Oct. 2012) 5 plates; 45 references                  Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Resurrection of the octocorallian genus Antillogorgia for Caribbean species previously assigned to Pseudopterogorgia, and a taxonomic assessment of the relationship of these genera with Leptogorgia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae) 
GARY C. WILLIAMS & JEI-YING CHEN (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3485: 83–88 (17 Sept. 2012) 0 plate; 30 references                    Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Zoanthid housekeeping: some nomenclatural notes on the Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) 
MARTYN E. Y. LOW & JAMES DAVIS REIMER (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3485: 1–25 (17 Sept. 2012) 17 plates; 37 references                   Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
A revision of the soft coral genus, Eunephthya Verrill, 1869 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Nephtheidae), with a description of four new species from South Africa 
CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN (USA) & LEEN P. VAN OFWEGEN (The Netherlands)

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Article
Zootaxa 3476: 62–68 (10 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 18 references                   Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
Aulactinia sinensis, a new species of sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Yellow Sea
YANG LI & RUI-YU LIU (J. Y. LIU) (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3447: 56–68 (31 Aug. 2012) 7 plates; 48 references                     Accepted: 4 Jul. 2012
Porites fontanesii, a new species of hard coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the southern Red Sea, the Gulf of Tadjoura, and the Gulf of Aden, and its phylogenetic relationships within the genus
FRANCESCA BENZONI & FABRIZIO STEFANI (Italy)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3428: 1–67 (17 Aug. 2012) 57 plates; 31 references                 Accepted: 29 May 2012   
Descriptions of two new species and designation of three neotypes of Japanese Coralliidae from recently discovered specimens that were collected by Kishinouye, and the introduction of a statistical approach to sclerite abundance and size
MASANORI NONAKA, KATHERINE MUZIK & NOZOMU IWASAKI

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Article
Zootaxa 3422: 52–61 (14 Aug. 2012) 4 plates; 22 references                  Accepted: 7 Jun. 2012
Euphyllia baliensis sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Euphylliidae): a new species of reef coral from Indonesia
EMRE TURAK (France), LYNDON DEVANTIER (Australia) & MARK ERDMANN (Indonesia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3398: 1–21 (24 Jul. 2012) 6 plates; 93 references                     Accepted: 31 May 2012
Gelatinous zooplankton fauna (Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Thaliacea) from Baía da Babitonga (southern Brazil)
MIODELI NOGUEIRA JÚNIOR (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3395: 1–17 (23 Jul. 2012) 14 plates; 25 references                  Accepted: 29 May 2012
Precious corals (Octocorallia: Coralliidae) from the northern West Pacific region with descriptions of two New Species
TZU-HSUAN TU, CHANG-FENG DAI & MING-SHIOU JENG (Taiwan)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3375: 1–80 (4 Jul. 2012) 37 plates; 80 references                   Accepted: 10 Apr. 2011   
Taxonomy and distribution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) from deep water of the northeastern Pacific
WENDY E. EASH-LOUCKS & DAPHNE G. FAUTIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3348: 24–39 (15 Jun 2012) 8 plates; 25 references                  Accepted: 4 Apr. 2012
Discovery of Aphanipathes verticillata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Islands
D. M. OPRESKO, D. WAGNER, A. D. MONTGOMERY & M. R. BRUGLER (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3321: 1–21 (23 May 2012) 4 plates; 86 references                  Accepted: 13 Apr. 2012
Some hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from King George Island, Antarctica
HORIA R. GALEA (France) & DIRK SCHORIES (Chile)

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Article
Zootaxa 3320: 6 1–68 (22 May 2012) 1 plate; 59 references                  Accepted: 12 Apr. 2012
Discovery and redescription of type material of Nausithoe simplex (Kirkpatrick, 1890), comb. nov. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Coronatae: Nausithoidae) from the North Atlantic
ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI (Brazil) & GERHARD JARMS (Germany)

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Article
Zootaxa 3297: 57–63 (2 May 2012) 1 plate; 27 references                     Accepted: 29 Feb. 2012
Sertularella maureenae, a new species of hydroid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from the Pacific coast of Canada
HENRY H. C. CHOONG, DALE R. CALDER, & ANITA BRINCKMANN-VOSS (Canada)

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Article
Zootaxa 3296: 19–67 (1 May 2012) 13 plates; 114 references                  Accepted: 7 Mar. 2012
Some hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from Central Chile and the Strait of Magellan
HORIA R. GALEA (France) & DIRK SCHORIES (Chile)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3204: 6 1–64 (23 Feb. 2012) 1 plate; 20 references                     Accepted: 9 Jan. 2012
The first record of Cavernulina orientalis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Veretillidae) from the Bay coast of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 
S. VEENA & P. KALADHARAN (India)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3182: 65–68 (03 Feb. 2012) 1 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 09 Jan. 2012
A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia)
from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica
ODALISCA BREEDY & HECTOR M. GUZMAN (Costa Rica)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3171: 1–77 (24 Jan. 2012) 55 plates; 338 references                      Accepted: 30 Nov. 2011   
On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydroidolina) from the west coast of Sweden, with a checklist of species from the region 
DALE R. CALDER
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Article
Zootaxa 3158: 60–64 (12 Jan. 2012) 2 plate; 20 references                           Accepted: 14 Nov. 2011
Lucernariopsis capensis Carlgren, 1938 (Cnidaria, Staurozoa) in Brazil: first record outside its type locality in South Africa
LUCÍLIA S. MIRANDA (Brazil), MARIA A. HADDAD (Brazil), CLAUDIA E. MILLS (USA)
 
& ANTONIO C. MARQUES (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3154: 2 1–39 (9 Jan. 2012) 9 plate; 36 references                           Accepted: 2 Nov. 2011
A new genus and species of the family Isididae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from a CMAR Biodiversity study, and a discussion on the subfamilial placement of some nominal isidid genera
PHILIP ALDERSLADE (Australia) & CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3129: 1–28 (14 Dec. 2011) 6 plates; 124 references                      Accepted: 28 Oct. 2011
Revision of the genus Filellum Hincks, 1868 (Lafoeidae, Leptothecata, Hydrozoa)
ANTONIO C. MARQUES (Brazil), ÁLVARO L. PEÑA CANTERO (Spain), THAÍS P. MIRANDA (Brazil) & ALVARO E. MIGOTTO (Brazil)
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2011

Editorial
Zootaxa 3148: 19–23 (23 Dec. 2011
Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
ANDREA L. CROWTHER
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Article
Zootaxa 3138: 51–64 (21 Dec. 2011) 6 plates; 24 references                      Accepted: 18 Oct. 2011
A new species of Leiopathes (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Great Meteor seamount (North Atlantic)
TINA N. MOLODTSOVA (Russia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3135: 35–54 (19 Dec. 2011) 8 plates; 66 references                     Accepted: 18 Oct. 2011
Cnidocysts of Caryophylliidae and Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia): Taxonomic Distribution and Phylogenetic Implications
NATASHA PICCIANI, DÉBORA O. PIRES & HÉLIO R. SILVA (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3122: 01–36 (07 Dec. 2011) 14 plates; 117 references                        Accepted: 17 Oct. 2011
New species, new records and redescriptions of Thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from Southern Australia
JEANETTE E. WATSON (Australia)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3120: 63–66 (06 Dec. 2011) 00 plates; 45 references                        Accepted: 25 Oct. 2011
Saving an octocoral genus from a “zoanthid” genus: reversal of precedence of Palythoe Lamouroux, 1812, and Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia)
MARTYN E. Y. LOW & JAMES DAVIS REIMER (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3107: 59–64 (23 Nov. 2011) 04 plates; 09 references                         Accepted: 17 Oct. 2011
Polysertularella polyseriata, a new genus and species of hydroid (Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Sertulariidae) from the Sea of Okhotsk
ALEXANDER ANTSULEVICH (Russia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3107: 38–46 (23 Nov. 2011) 04 plates; 16 references                         Accepted: 25 Oct. 2011
A probably invasive new genus and new species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Brazil
L.P. VAN OFWEGEN (The Nitherlands) & M.A. HADDAD (Brazil)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3104: 64–68 (21 Nov. 2011) 2 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 13 Oct. 2011
A new sclerite-free genus and species of Clavulariidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia)
PHILIP ALDERSLADE (Australia) & CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3027: 09–18 (15 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 04 Aug. 2011
A new vermiform sea anemone (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Argentina: Harenactis argentina sp. nov. 
DANIEL LAURETTA (Argentina), ESTEFANÍA RODRÍGUEZ (USA) & PABLO E. PENCHASZADEH (Argentina)

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Article
Zootaxa 3001: 33–48 (23 Aug. 2011) 10 plates; 28 references                         Accepted: 2 Jun. 2011
Three new species of pennatulacean octocorals with the ability to attach to rocky substrata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Pennatulacea) 
GARY C. WILLIAMS (USA) & PHILIP ALDERSLADE (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 2995: 64–68 (15 Aug. 2011) 0 plates; 52 references                         Accepted: 29 Jul. 2011
Parazoanthus Haddon & Shackleton, 1891, and Parazoanthidae Delage & Hérouard, 1901: Conservation of usage by Reversal of Precedence with Bergia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860, and Bergiidae Verrill, 1869 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) 
MARTYN E. Y. LOW & JAMES DAVIS REIMER (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 2995: 27–44 (15 Aug. 2011) 11 plates; 36 references                         Accepted: 19 Jul. 2011
A revision of the genus Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) ODALISCA BREEDY (Costa Rica) & HECTOR M. GUZMAN (Republic of Panama)
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Article
Zootaxa 2980: 23–36 (29 Jul. 2011) 4 plates; 88 references                         Accepted: 15 Jun. 2011
Cryptic species, life cycles, and the phylogeny of Clytia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanulariidae)
ALBERTO LINDNER (Brazil), ANNETTE F. GOVINDARAJAN (USA) & ALVARO E. MIGOTTO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2971: 49–58 (20 Jul. 2011) 4 plates; 66 references                         Accepted: 17 Jun. 2011
The taxonomic position of the pelagic ‘staurozoan’ Tessera gemmaria as a ceriantharian larva
CAROLINA S. RODRIGUEZ (Argentine), ANTONIO C. MARQUES (Brazil), SÉRGIO N. STAMPAR
(Brazil), ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI (Brazil), ERNESTO CHRISTIANSEN (Argentine), GABRIEL N. GENZANO (Argentine) & HERMES W. MIANZAN (Argentine)
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Article
Zootaxa 2902: 59–68 (1 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 17 references                        Accepted: 10 May 2011
The hydroid and early medusa stages of the deep sea jellyfish Earleria purpurea (Hydrozoa: Mitrocomidae) from the Monterey Bay Submarine Canyon, USA
CHAD L. WIDMER (UK)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2782: 67–68 (3 Mar. 2011) 0 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
Nomenclatural note: Heteropathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Cladopathidae): A new name for Heliopathes Opresko, 2003
D. M. OPRESKO (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 2775: 37–49 (24 Feb. 2011) 5 plates; 21 references                       Accepted: 20 Jan. 2011
Corallimorphus niwa new species (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), New Zealand members of Corallimorphus, and redefinition of Corallimorphidae and its members
DAPHNE GAIL FAUTIN (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 2755: 36–56 (2 Feb. 2011) 2 plates; 50 references                           Accepted: 11 Nov. 2010
Morphology and life cycle of Carybdea morandinii, sp. nov. (Cnidaria), a cubozoan with zooxanthellae and peculiar polyp anatomy
ILKA STRAEHLER-POHL & GERHARD JARMS (Germany)

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Article
Zootaxa 2753: 53–68 (31 Jan. 2011) 6 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 29 Dec. 2010
Naming the Bonaire banded box jelly, Tamoya ohboya, n. sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Tamoyidae)
ALLEN G. COLLINS (USA), BASTIAN BENTLAGE (USA), WILLIAM (BUD) GILLAN (USA), TARA H.
LYNN (USA), ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI (Brazil) & ANTONIO C. MARQUES (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2741: 1–37 (17 Jan. 2011) 5 plates; 85 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2010
Characterizations of juvenile stages of some semaeostome Scyphozoa
(Cnidaria), with recognition of a new family (Phacellophoridae)
ILKA STRAEHLER-POHL (Germany), CHAD L. WIDMER (UK) & ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI (Brazil)

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2010

Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2713: 52–54 (6 Dec. 2010) 1 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 10 Nov. 2010
Carybdea alata auct. (Cubozoa): rediscovery of the Alatina grandis type
BASTIAN BENTLAGE (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 2673: 56–64 (10 Nov. 2010) 2 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 12 Oct. 2010
Myxidium finnmarchicum n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxidiidae) from the gall
bladder of whiting Merlangius merlangus (L.) (Pisces: Teleostei) in North Norway
KEN MACKENZIE (UK), CATHERINE COLLINS (UK), CHAGANTI KALAVATI (India) & WILLY
HEMMINGSEN (Norway)
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Article
Zootaxa 2671: 3 1–39 (9 Nov. 2010) 3 plates; 33 references                             Accepted: 14 Oct. 2010
Voragonema tatsunoko (Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae), a new species of benthopelagic medusa, host to the hyperiid amphipod Mimonectes spandli (Physosomata: Mimonectidae)
DHUGAL LINDSAY (Japan) & FRANCESC PAGÈS (Spain)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2624: 67–68 (24 Sep. 2010) 1 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 31 Aug. 2010
Resurrection of Porites hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907; a Hawaiian coral obscured by small size, cryptic habitat, and confused taxonomy
ZAC H. FORSMAN, JONATHAN A. MARTINEZ, JIM E. MARAGOS & ROBERT J. TOONEN (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 2616: 48–68 (17 Sep. 2010) 16 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
Redescription of Thouarella brucei Thomson and Ritchie, 1906 (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Primnoidae) and description of two new Antarctic primnoid species
REBECA ZAPATA-GUARDIOLA & PABLO J. LÓPEZ-GONZÁLEZ (Spain)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2599: 1–62 (31 Aug. 2010) 50 plates; 78 references                           Accepted: 29 Jul. 2010
Identification guide to the shallow water (0–200 m) octocorals
of the South Atlantic Bight
SUSAN T. DEVICTOR & STEVE L. MORTON
(USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2590: 1–91 (31 Aug. 2010) 49 plates; 437 references                        Accepted: 15 May 2010
Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps
(Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago
DALE R. CALDER
(Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 2570: 1–40 (18 Aug. 2010) 8 plates; 158 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2010
Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from
Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles
HORIA R. GALEA (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2518: 49–59 (25 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 17 May 2010
Haliclystus californiensis, a “new” species of stauromedusa (Cnidaria:
Staurozoa) from the northeast Pacific, with a key to the species of Haliclystus
AMANDA S. KAHN (USA), GEORGE I. MATSUMOTO (USA), YAYOI M. HIRANO (Japan) & ALLEN
G. COLLINS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2494: 29–44 (4 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 62 references                             Accepted: 21 Apr. 2010
On a new Antarctic species of Symplectoscyphus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Sertulariidae), with an annotated checklist of the Antarctic species of the genus
ÁLVARO L. PEÑA CANTERO (Spain)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2464: 1–97 (14 May 2010) 42 plates; 372 references                            Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
Revision of the genus Chrysaora
Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) 
ANDRÉ C. MORANDINI
& ANTONIO C. MARQUES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2439: 24–34 (28 Apr. 2010) 2 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 15 Mar. 2010
Csiromedusa medeopolis: a remarkable Tasmanian medusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) comprising a new family, genus and species
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN & WOLFGANG ZEIDLER (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2361: 57–67 (17 Feb. 2010) 4 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2009
Bathykorus bouilloni: a new genus and species of deep-sea jellyfish from the Arctic Ocean (Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae, Aeginidae)
KEVIN A. RASKOFF (USA)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2343: 66–68 (25 Jan. 2010) 0 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 14 Dec. 2009
First record of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis (Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae) in Southern Hemisphere waters
JANINE F. SILVA, CARLOS A. C. LIMA, CARLOS D. PEREZ & PAULA B. GOMES (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2336: 1–18 (15 Jan. 2010) 5 plates; 68 references                             Accepted: 15 Dec. 2009
Notes on a small collection of thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)
from Tristan da Cunha, south Atlantic
HORIA R. GALEA (Romania)

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2009

 Erratum 
Zootaxa 2269: 68 (21 Oct. 2009
Erratum—Forsman, Z. H. & Birkeland, C. (2009) Porites randalli: a new coral
species (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from American Samoa. Zootaxa, 2244, 51–59.
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2262: 1-39 (12 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 139 references                               Accepted: 3 Sep. 2009
Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean

JAVIER REYES (Colombia), NADIEZHDA SANTODOMINGO (The Netherlands) & STEPHEN
CAIRNS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2244: 60-68 (1 Oct. 2009) 2 plates; 39 references                               Accepted: 23 Sep. 2009
Hincksella brevitheca, a new species of hydroid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa:
Syntheciidae) from Cuba
HORIA R. GALEA (Romania)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2244: 51-59 (1 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 24 references                                 Accepted: 3 Sep. 2009
Porites randalli: a new coral species (Scleractinia, Poritidae)
from American Samoa
ZAC H. FORSMAN & CHARLES BIRKELAND (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2198: 41-50 (14 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 46 references                               Accepted: 1 Jul. 2009
The invasive hydromedusae Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910 (Cnidaria:
Blackfordiidae) in southern Brazil, with comments on taxonomy and distribution of the genus Blackfordia
JULIANA BARDI & ANTONIO CARLOS MARQUES (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2151: 1-46 (7 Jul. 2009) 27 plates; 45 references                                  Accepted: 4 Jun. 2009
A revision of the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)
ODALISCA BREEDY (Costa Rica), HECTOR M. GUZMAN (Panama) & SERGIO VARGAS (Costa
Rica)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2147: 1-48 (2 Jul. 2009) 29 plates; 110 references                             Accepted: 23 May 2009
A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (Class Hydrozoa, Order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species
P.R.PUGH (UK)

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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 2143: 68 (29 Jun. 2009
Erratum—Daly, M. & Ljubenkov, J.C. (2008) Edwardsiid sea anemones of California (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 1860, 1-27.
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2095: 60-68 (8 May 2009) 2 plates; 34 references                              Accepted: 11 Apr. 2009
Diversity of Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Western
Caribbean Sea: new records from deep-water trawls
REBECA GASCA (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2088: 41-50 (1 May 2009) 3 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 28 Mar. 2009
Carybdea branchi, sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa)
from South Africa
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN (Australia) & MARK J. GIBBONS (South Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2058: 1-52 (30 Mar. 2009) 34 plates; 57 references                          Accepted: 25 Feb. 2009
Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf
K. SAMIMI NAMIN (Iran) & L.P. VAN OFWEGEN (The Netherlands)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2058: 53-61 (30 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 20 Feb. 2009
Three new species of shallow water, yellow zoanthids (Hexacorallia:
Zoanthidea: Epizoanthidae) from southern California, USA, and southern Australia
NICHOLAS A. PHILIPP & DAPHNE G. FAUTIN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2051: 41-48 (25 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 4 Mar. 2009
Isozoanthus antumbrosus, a new species of zoanthid (Cnidaria: Anthozoa:
Zoanthidea) symbiotic with Hydrozoa from the Caribbean, with a key to hydroid and sponge-symbiotic zoanthid species
TIMOTHY D. SWAIN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2030: 59-65 (9 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
Clarifying the identity of the Japanese Habu-kurage,
Chironex yamaguchii, sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida)
CHERYL LEWIS & BASTIAN BENTLAGE (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2027: 1-27 (4 Mar. 2009) 21 plates; 43 references                               Accepted: 2 Feb. 2009
New data on soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Nha Trang
Bay, South China Sea
TATYANA N. DAUTOVA & OLEG V. SAVINKIN (Russia)

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Zootaxa 2019: 1-28 (23 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 109 references                              Accepted: 1 Jan. 2009
New additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the
fjords region of southern Chile
HORIA R. GALEA (Romania), VERENA HÄUSSERMANN(Chile) & GÜNTER FÖRSTERRA (Chile)

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2008

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Zootaxa 1953: 1-145 (5 Dec. 2008) 47 plates; 106 references                          Accepted: 6 Oct. 2008
Revision of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer and Ainuyusurika Sasa et Shirasaki (Diptera: Chironomidae)
EMMANUEL ADEOYE OYEWO & OLE A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1940: 59-68 (24 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 33 references                              Accepted: 30 Oct. 2008
New records of the genus Crispatotrochus (Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with description of a new species
MARCELO V. KITAHARA (Australia) & STEPHEN D. CAIRNS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1930: 56-68 (12 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 48 references                              Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
An overview of the shallow-water calcified hydroids from Brazil (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria), including the description of a new species
FERNANDA M. D. AMARAL (Brazil), ANDREA Q. STEINER (Brazil), MATT K. BROADHURST (Australia) & STEPHEN D. CAIRNS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1897: 27-42 (10 Oct. 2008) 6 plates; 34 references                              Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
A new species of sea anemone from the Chilean fjord region, Paraisanthus fabiani (Actiniaria: Isanthidae), with a discussion of the family Isanthidae Carlgren, 1938
VERENA HÄUSSERMANN & GÜNTER FÖRSTERRA (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1878: 1-54 (17 Sept. 2008) 9 plates; 172 references                           Accepted: 31 Jul. 2008
On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles
HORIA R. GALEA (Romania)

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Zootaxa 1860: 1-27 (1 Sep. 2008) 11 plates; 54 references                             Accepted: 30 Jun. 2008
Edwardsiid sea anemones of California (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae), with descriptions of eight new species

MARYMEGAN DALY & JOHN C. LJUBENKOV (USA)
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Zootaxa 1856: 1-15 (25 Aug. 2008) 3 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 7 Jul. 2008
The life cycle of Eucheilota medusifera ? (Torrey, 1902), comb. nov. [=Campalecium medusiferum] (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Lovenellidae) from the Bay of Biscay (northeastern Atlantic), including a description of the adult medusa
ALVARO ALTUNA (SPAIN)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1826: 59-68 (21 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 30 Jun. 2008
Cladonema timmsii, a new species of hydromedusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from a salt lake in South Australia
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN & WOLFGANG ZEIDLER (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1764: 41-52 (7 May 2008) 3 plates; 35 references                                Accepted: 4 Apr. 2008
Two new jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from tropical Australian waters
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN & WOLFGANG ZEIDLER (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1750: 1-18 (16 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 79 references                               Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the temperate southwestern Atlantic Ocean: a review
GENZANO GABRIEL (Argentina), HERMES MIANZAN (Argentina) & JEAN BOUILLON (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1744: 1-18 (9 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 36 references                               Accepted: 14 Mar. 2008
Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN & WOLFGANG ZEIDLER (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1707: 49-59 (20 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 12 Jan. 2008
Two New Species of Chrysopathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Western Atlantic
D. M. OPRESKO (USA) & L. de LAIA LOIOLA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1682: 1-26 (16 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 245 references                             Accepted: 6 Dec. 2007
Literature analysis and present state of knowledge of benthic Medusozoa (Cnidaria) from the Bay of Biscay and nearby areas (northeastern Atlantic), with emphasis on biodiversity
AVARO ALTUNA (Spain)
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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 127-182 (21 Dec. 2007)  254 references                                      Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity three hundred years after Linneaeus 
MARYMEGAN DALY, MERCER R. BRUGLER, PAULYN CARTWRIGHT, ALLEN G. COLLINS, MICHAEL N. DAWSON, SCOTT C. FRANCE, CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN, DENNIS M. OPRESKO, ESTEFANIA RODRIGUEZ, SANDRA ROMANO, JOEL STAKE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 183-244 (21 Dec. 2007) 278 references                                       Accepted: 23 Nov. 2007
Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species
DAPHNE GAIL FAUTIN, TARAS ZELENCHUK & DINESH RAVEENDRAN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1659: 55-68 (11 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 1 Nov. 2007
Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1650: 55-68 (30 Nov. 2007)  4 plates; 60 references                            Accepted: 26 Oct. 2007
Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile
HORIA R. GALEA, GUNTER FORSTERRA & VERENA HAUSSERMANN (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1627: 1-22 (31 Oct. 2007)  1 plates; 58 references                            Accepted: 16 Sep. 2007
A taxonomic revision of the genus Zyzzyzus Stechow, 1921 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Tubulariidae)
CARLOS J. A. CAMPOS (UK), ANTONIO C. MARQUES (Brazil) & ALVARO E. MIGOTTO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1612: 63-68 (10 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 5 Sep. 2007
Breaking molds: Oswaldella laertesi, sp. nov., a unique Antarctic species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Kirchenpaueriidae)
ALVARO L. PENA CANTERO (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1607: 1-19 (3 Oct. 2007)  11 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
The genus Alcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Chile
L.P. VAN OFWEGEN (The Netherland), V. HAUSSERMANN (Chile) & G. FORSTERRA (Chile)

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Zootaxa 1597: 1-116 (28 Sep. 2007)  23 plates; 230 references                        Accepted: 25 Jul. 2007
Hydroids and hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile
HORIA R. GALEA (Chile)

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Zootaxa 1595: 53-59 (26 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
The hydroid and medusa of Amphinema rollinsi (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), a new species of pandeid from the Monterey Bay Submarine Canyon, USA
CHAD L. WIDMER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1549: 55-62 (15 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 11 Jul. 2007
Halecium arcticum (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), a new species of hydroid from Spitsbergen
MARTA RONOWICZ (Poland) & PETER SCHUCHERT (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1484: 39-49 (28 May 2007) 4 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 18 Apr. 2007
On some morphologically aberrant, auto-epizootic forms of Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from southern Chile
HORIA R. GALEA (Chile) & LUCAS LECLERE (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1441: 21-33 (5 Apr. 2007) 1 plate; 31 references                                Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive
Archipelago
M. PICHON (France) & F. BENZONI (Italy)
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2006

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1419: 1-90 (8 Mar. 2007) 70 plates; 59 references                            Accepted: 24 Nov. 2006
A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
(Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific
ODALISCA BREEDY (Costa Rica) & HECTOR M. GUZMAN (Panama)
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Zootaxa 1400: 27-44 (29 Jan. 2007)  10 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 23 Nov. 2006
Pinnule-less polyps: a new genus and new species of Indo-Pacific Clavulariidae and validation of the soft coral genus Acrossota and the family Acrossotidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia)
P. ALDERSLADE (Australia) & C.S. McFADDEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1366: 45-54 (27 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 32 references                           Accepted: 12 Oct. 2006
The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids
E. NEVES (Brazil), R. JOHNSSON (Brazil), C. SAMPAIO (Brazil) & M. PICHON (France)

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Zootaxa 1358: 49-57 (16 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 12 Oct. 2006
Psammocora albopicta sp. nov., a new species of Scleractinian Coral from the Indo-West Pacific (Scleractinia; Siderastreidae)
F. BENZONI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1343: 1-42 (26 Oct. 2006)  21 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 4 Sept. 2006
The taxonomic status of the genus Moseria (Siphonophora, Physonectae)
P.R. Pugh (UK)
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Zootaxa 1258: 57-68 (14 Jul. 2006)  4 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 19 Jun. 2006
Rediscovery and redescription of Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Comau Fiord, southern Chile
H.R. GALEA  (Chile) 
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Zootaxa 1232: 1-57 (15 Jun. 2006) 34 plates; 59 references                           Accepted: 20 Feb. 2006
Nematocysts of the Cubozoa
L.-A. GERSHWIN (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1231: 1-42 (12 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 116 references                          Accepted: 10 Mar. 2006
Comments on Chiropsalmus (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida): a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae, with descriptions of two new genera and two new species
L.-A. GERSHWIN (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1224: 59-68 (5 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 29 Apr. 2006
Ceratomyxa thunni sp. n. (Myxozoa: Ceratomyxidae) in Atlantic northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) caught in the Adriatic Sea, Island of Jabuka
I. MLADINEO & I. BOCINA (Croatia) 
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Zootaxa 1219: 47-57 (30 May 2006) 5 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile
L.P. VAN OFWEGEN (The Netherlands), V. HÄUSSERMANN (The Netherlands) & G. FÖRSTERRA (Chile) 
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Zootaxa 1200: 43-60 (11 May 2006)  3 plates; 50 references                           Accepted: 13 Apr. 2006
Description and life cycle of the hydrozoan Hydractinia uniformis, sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydractiniidae), from the coast of southeastern Brazil
S.N. STAMPAR, V.B. TRONOLONE & A.C. MORANDINI (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1199: 19-47 (11 May 2006)  20 plates; 21 references                        Accepted: 24 Mar. 2006
New subfamilies and a new genus and species of Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) with comparative data on the structure of both melithaeid and subergorgiid axes
P. ALDERSLADE (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1188: 55-62 (28 Apr. 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 7 Mar. 2006
Porites decasepta: a new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from Oman
M.R. CLAEREBOUDT (Sultanate of Oman) 
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Zootaxa 1184: 29-42 (24 Apr. 2006) 6 plates; 39 references                            Accepted: 23 Feb. 2006
Morphometrical analysis, histology, and taxonomy of Thyroscyphus ramosus (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the coast of Brazil
V. SHIMABUKURO & A.C. MARQUES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1165: 57-68 (3 Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2006
On two new species of Halopteris Allman, 1877 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Chile
H.R. GALEA (Chile)
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Zootaxa 1135: 29-48 (27 Feb. 2006) 13 plates; 24 references                         Accepted: 13 Dec. 2005
Redescription of Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the Brazilian coast, with designation of a neotype
A.C. MORANDINI (Brazil), F.L. DA SILVEIRA (Brazil) & P.F.S. CORNELIUS (UK)
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Zootaxa 1084: 1-30 (22 Nov. 2005) 6 plates; 76 references                            Accepted: 10 Oct. 2005
Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji Syndrome
L.-A. GERSHWIN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1081: 1-31 (15 Nov. 2005) 16 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Tanacetipathes Opresko, 2001 (Cnidaria: Antipatharia: Myriopathidae) from Brazil, including two new species
L. L. LOIOLA & C. B. CASTRO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1018: 15-46 (15 Jul. 2005) 8 plates, 52 references                           Accepted: 24 May 2005
A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species
S.D. CAIRNS (USA), V. HÄUSSERMANN (Germany) & G. FÖRSTERRA (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1014: 1-72 (5 Jul. 2005) 46 plates; 45 references                               Accepted: 26 May 2005
Systematics of the bubblegum corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) with description of new species from New Zealand and the Eastern Pacific
J.A. SANCHEZ (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 919: 1-16 (29 Mar. 2005) 3 plates; 60 references                              Accepted: 11 Mar. 2005
Lafoeina amirantensis (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Campanulinoidea), the hydroid stage of the medusa Cirrholovenia tetranema (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Lovenelloidea)
A.E. MIGOTTO & A.S. CABRAL (Brazil
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Zootaxa 899: 1-11 (14 Mar. 2005) 7 plates; 22 references                               Accepted: 24 Feb. 2005
A new species of Leptogorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the shallow waters of the eastern Pacific
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H.M. GUZMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 890: 1-12 (10 Mar. 2005) 8 plates; 5 reference s                                  Accepted: 1 Mar. 2005
A new species of Tanacetipathes from Brazil, with a redescription of the type species T. tanacetum (Pourtales) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia)
C. D. PÉREZ (Brazil) , D. L. COSTA (Brazil) & D. M. OPRESKO (USA) 
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Zootaxa 852: 1-10 (8 Feb. 2005) 6 plates, 10 references                                    Accepted: 2 Feb. 2005
A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the southern California Bight
D.M. OPRESKO  (USA)
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Zootaxa 630: 1-12 (6 September 2004) 3 plates; 50 references                      Accepted: 24 Aug. 2004
New records of octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the south western Atlantic Ocean, with zoogeographic considerations
C.D. PÉREZ (Brazil) & M.O. ZAMPONI 
(Argentina)
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Zootaxa 590: 1-5 (3 Aug. 2004) 1 plate; 10 references                                      Accepted: 17 July 2004
Acropora rongelapensis sp. nov., a new species of Acropora from the Marshall Islands (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) 
Z.T. RICHARDS & C.C. WALLACE
(Australia)

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Zootaxa 541: 1-15 (18 June 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 19 May 2004
New species of the gorgoniian genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Pacific Panama
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H.M. GUZMAN (Panama)

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Zootaxa 532: 1-8 (4 June 2004)  4 plates, 6 references                                    Accepted: 24 May 2004
Calathiscus tantillus, a new genus and new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the Gulf of Oman
MICHEL R. CLAEREBOUDT & ISSA S. AL-AMRI (Sultanate of Oman)

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Zootaxa 416: 1-8 (30 January 2004) 3 plates; 24 references                  Accepted: 16 January 2004
Anthopleura mariscali, a new species of sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Galápagos Islands
M. DALY & D.G. FAUTIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 324: 1-7 (10 October 2003) 2 plates; 26 references                       Accepted: 8 October 2003
Taxonomic status of Pennatula argentina Acuña & Zamponi, 1992 (Cnidaria: Octocorallia)
C.D. PÉREZ & B.T. SILVA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 323: 1-8 (10 October 2003) 4 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 6 October 2003
First record of the family Coralliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the western South Atlantic, with a description of Corallium medea Bayer, 1964
C.B. CASTRO, C.M. THIAGO & M.S. MEDEIROS (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 309: 1-12 (26 September 2003) 3 plates; 29 references         Accepted: 19 September 2003
Crossota millsae (Cnidaria: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae), a new species of viviparous hydromedusa from the deep sea off California and Hawaii
E.V. THUESEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 307: 1-12 (24 September 2003) 3 plates, 50 references         Accepted: 19 September 2003
Eudendrium caraiuru sp. n. (Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Eudendriidae) from the southeastern coast of Brazil
A.C. MARQUES  & O.M.P.OLIVEIRA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 299: 1-19 (16 September 2003) 3 plates, 55 references          ccepted: 10 September 2003
Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) collected on the continental shelf of Brazil during the Geomar X Oceanographic Operation
P.A. GROHMANN, C.C. NOGUEIRA & V.M.A.P. da SILVA  (Brazil) 

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Zootaxa 281: 1-60 (2 September 2003) 27 plates, 38 references                   Accepted: 7 August 2003
Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H.M. GUZMAN (Panama)
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Zootaxa 194: 1-15 (14 May 2003) 60 references                                                  Accepted: 1 May 2003
A checklist of the Medusae (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) of Mexico
L. SEGURA-PUERTAS, E. SUÁREZ-MORALES & L. CELIS (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 175: 1-10 (3 April 2003) 4 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 26 March 2003
A new genus and new species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from the south western region of Australia
P. ALDERSLADE (Australia) 

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Zootaxa 128: 1-10 (10 January 2003) 4 plates; 21 references               Accepted: 20 December 2002
A new species of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Panamá
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H. M. GUZMÁN (Panamá)

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