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Knopia octocontacanalis Alderslade & McFadden, 2007
Knopia octocontacanalis Alderslade & McFadden, 2007
Daniel Knop classified it as Clavularia in the "Coral Guide Indo-Pacific" some time ago (this was a guess because it resembles other Clavularia species externally), but the taxonomist created a new genus for it (see the attached PDF = link).
Genus "Knopia": In contrast to the pinnate Clavularia species, Knopia octocontacanalis has no pinnate polyps, but "paddle-like" or petal-like polyps.
Just getting a species is a tremendous honor, but a genus is, after all, a superior taxon. And having a genus named after a person happens extremely rarely! What an honor... This can certainly be seen as recognition for years of effort to build bridges between marine aquaristics and science.
Congratulations to the editor-in-chief of KORALLE magazine, Daniel Knop.
Keeping coral is simple. Medium light, medium current, It is not very susceptible. This tube coral has symbiotic algae.
Etymology. The genus is named after Daniel Knop, who collected most of the material and provided color pictures of the living colonies.
Knopia octocontacanalis Alderslade & McFadden, 2007
Daniel Knop classified it as Clavularia in the "Coral Guide Indo-Pacific" some time ago (this was a guess because it resembles other Clavularia species externally), but the taxonomist created a new genus for it (see the attached PDF = link).
Genus "Knopia": In contrast to the pinnate Clavularia species, Knopia octocontacanalis has no pinnate polyps, but "paddle-like" or petal-like polyps.
Just getting a species is a tremendous honor, but a genus is, after all, a superior taxon. And having a genus named after a person happens extremely rarely! What an honor... This can certainly be seen as recognition for years of effort to build bridges between marine aquaristics and science.
Congratulations to the editor-in-chief of KORALLE magazine, Daniel Knop.
Keeping coral is simple. Medium light, medium current, It is not very susceptible. This tube coral has symbiotic algae.
Etymology. The genus is named after Daniel Knop, who collected most of the material and provided color pictures of the living colonies.
