Corresponding author: Íris Sampaio (
Academic editor: B.W. Hoeksema
Sampaio Í, Stokvis FR, van Ofwegen LP (2016) New name for the soft coral
A review on the taxonomic literature of octocorals by the first author revealed the existence of a species described from Scandinavia under the same name,
Holotype (RMNH Coel. 33879) of
The first author is funded by an FCT Doctoral grant SFRH/BD/101113/2014 and received a Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE) travel grant to visit the Invertebrate Collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden. Koos van Egmond offered assistance in accessing this collection. This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No 678760 (ATLAS). This output reflects only the author’s view and the European Union cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. We would like to thank Maria Rakka for helping with the image processing and two anonymous referees for taking time to add valuable comments that improved the manuscript.