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Colonies of Ellisella limbaughi are sparsely branched, but have with long, slender branches.
The color of the coral was described as a dull orange in the initial description by Bayer.
The description of finds from Korea speaks of a strong orange.
The polyps are white and are located two lateral bands of the branches.
In Korea the shrimp Mesopontonia verrucimanus lives symbiotically on the gorgonian.
This species was named in memory of Conrad Limbaugh, who died in a diving accident.
Conrad Limbaugh had worked with Jacques Cousteau and Hans Hass.
Source:
Park J, De Grave S, Park T. 2020. On the genus Mesopontonia Bruce, 1967
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Korea, with the description of a new species.
PeerJ 8:e10190 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10190
The color of the coral was described as a dull orange in the initial description by Bayer.
The description of finds from Korea speaks of a strong orange.
The polyps are white and are located two lateral bands of the branches.
In Korea the shrimp Mesopontonia verrucimanus lives symbiotically on the gorgonian.
This species was named in memory of Conrad Limbaugh, who died in a diving accident.
Conrad Limbaugh had worked with Jacques Cousteau and Hans Hass.
Source:
Park J, De Grave S, Park T. 2020. On the genus Mesopontonia Bruce, 1967
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in Korea, with the description of a new species.
PeerJ 8:e10190 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10190
