
Paraspharascleridae) of the Gulf of Mexico
Abstract A new species Soft coral, PARASPHAASCLERA MCFADDENAE (Octocorallia: Escleralcyonacea: Parasphaerascleridae), is described in Hardbottom Mesophotom Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico, Western Ocean of the Northern Atlantic. Previously, this family was only known by the Tropical Indo-Pacific and South Africa; Therefore, we extend the distribution of the Parasphaerascleridae family to the North Atlantic Ocean….