<documentID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697"ID-GBIF-Dataset="89be094e-6732-48a6-b5aa-74053d16f748"ID-PMC="PMC9633978"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1066-1"ID-Pensoft-UUID="BD84F4C3157550C9B64120B2BE53F01A"ID-PubMed="36479134"ID-ZooBank="133CE040A5AF44F1BC9A558C2F06A8AA"ModsDocID="1313-2970-1066-1"checkinTime="1635480455043"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Filander, Zoleka N., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Sink, Kerry J. & Lombard, Amanda T."docDate="2021"docId="F022470C5DEE8F9F882904621442AFDD"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 1066: 1-198"docOrigin="ZooKeys 1066"docPubDate="2021-10-28"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697"docTitle="Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ephyala Alcock 1891"docType="treatment"docVersion="4"id="BD84F4C3157550C9B64120B2BE53F01A"lastPageNumber="1"masterDocId="BD84F4C3157550C9B64120B2BE53F01A"masterDocTitle="Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa"masterLastPageNumber="198"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1732486004380"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:affiliationid="9BCCD3B941E6E4C5E908E5F1E34EBBF0">Biodiversity and Coastal Research, Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries, Cape Town, South Africa & Zoology Department, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="FC8D5CE0FDDA00210A7B8314D3D3F26B">Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Departamento de Ciencias do Mar, Santos, Brazil & Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Sebastiao, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="202149F9EA857AFBB75B7A6FD773EB05">Cairns, Stephen D.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="7C79952007B15E0AAA269EF7F24FF85A">Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="F715126BA6AEBDDEC357EBDC4E9D3B4A">South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, South Africa & Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="B8ED43E01FE32390B9117F4D28F2EAC5">Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="EB9D6CB5A985037BAA0D2B7BDA39CF1E"captionStart="Figure 1"captionStartId="F1"captionText="Figure 1. A, B Anomocora fecunda (SAMC _ A 073042, off Shaka's Rock, 200 m) A calicular view B lateral view C, F Anomocora marchadi C, D (SAMC _ A 090093, off Durban, 49 m) C calicular view D lateral view E, F (SAM _ H 3100, off Shaka's Rock, 66 m) E calicular view F lateral view G, H Aulocyathus juvenescens (Mortensen 25, off Durban, 424 m) G calicular view H lateral view I, J Aulocyathus sp. cf. Aulocyathus matricidus (DIa 1, locality data unknown) I calicular view J lateral view K, L Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) grayi (USNM 91541, off Kosi Bay, 98 m) K calicular view L lateral view M, N Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) diomedeae (MN _ SM 129, off Margate, 850 m) M calicular view N lateral view N, O Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ephyala (SAMC _ A 072974, off Paternoster, 440 m) O Calicular view P Lateral view. Scale bars: 10 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697.figure1"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/604104"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">Fig. 1O, P</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9F674F5D39B7197C67F10E363C974CFA"author="Alcock, A"journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="B5"refString="Alcock, A, 1898. An account of the deep-sea Madreporaria collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 29 p. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.27614"title="An account of the deep-sea Madreporaria collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 29 p. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 27614"year="1898">Alcock 1898</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="02F21ACCB404C8E0B6DE1460945D96F3"author="Gardiner, J"journalOrPublisher="Marine Investigations of South Africa"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="97 - 129"refId="B99"refString="Gardiner, J, 1904. The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation. Marine Investigations of South Africa 3 (4): 97 - 129"title="The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation."volume="3"year="1904">Gardiner 1904</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="CEDF627ED6BF991498D188AFCF4A1B5B"author="Yabe, H"journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="387 - 390"refId="B316"refString="Yabe, H, Eguchi, M, 1932a. A study of the Recent deep-water coral fauna of Japan. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 8 (8): 387 - 390"title="A study of the Recent deep-water coral fauna of Japan."volume="8"year="1932 a">Yabe and Eguchi 1932a</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="0BBBAC2339D36A93AA2600E56B77CE0C"author="Cairns, S"journalOrPublisher="Annals of the South African Museum"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="213 - 292"refId="B50"refString="Cairns, S, Keller, N, 1993. New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 103 (5): 213 - 292"title="New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology."volume="103"year="1993">Cairns and Keller 1993</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="E23BC1A6B36E48396CE82D281906A89A"author="Wood-Mason, J"journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="B314"refString="Wood-Mason, J, Alcock, A, 1891. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7, Sixth series (37): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939109460573"title="Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer ' Investigator', Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7, Sixth series (37): 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939109460573"year="1891">Wood-Mason and Alcock 1891</bibRefCitation>
9.9 mm in CD, 2.4 mm in PD, and 23.0 mm in H. Costae poorly developed, but C1-2 more prominent and double the width of C3-4. C3-4 equal in width. All costae prominent at calicular margin, disappearing towards base, and separated by shallow and thin intercostal furrows. Theca glistening, with faint costal ridges. Corallum white to light brown.
<paragraphid="D17DCE0D3DDD5E91D72343CB91DC8D09"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">Septa hexamerally arranged in four complete cycles according to the formula: S1 ≥ S2> S3> S4 (48 septa). S1 highly exsert, and extend towards columella with slightly sinuous axial margins. S2 equal to or slightly less wide and exsert than S1, but otherwise similar in profile. Higher cycle septa progressively less exsert, but S4 more exsert than S3. S4 joining neighbouring S1-2 and forming a slightly lanceted calicular margin. S32/3 the width of S2, but have a more sinuous axial margin. Each S3 bears a thin and sinuous pali (12 P3). S4 rudimentary, with straight to slightly sinuous axial margins. All septa and pali covered in granules. Fossa of moderate depth, containing a fascicular columella composed of five or six ribbon-like elements.</paragraph>
<bibRefCitationid="3D600C24E398B36618855DB7AEE11FF7"author="Gardiner, J"journalOrPublisher="Marine Investigations of South Africa"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="97 - 129"refId="B99"refString="Gardiner, J, 1904. The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation. Marine Investigations of South Africa 3 (4): 97 - 129"title="The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation."volume="3"year="1904">Gardiner 1904</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="D3E68D58EE34AE9B5C5D809BA5CE7D82"author="Gardiner, J"journalOrPublisher="Marine Investigations of South Africa"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="97 - 129"refId="B99"refString="Gardiner, J, 1904. The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation. Marine Investigations of South Africa 3 (4): 97 - 129"title="The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation."volume="3"year="1904">Gardiner 1904</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="555D549C60627A314E7781A03263339B"author="Yabe, H"journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="387 - 390"refId="B316"refString="Yabe, H, Eguchi, M, 1932a. A study of the Recent deep-water coral fauna of Japan. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan 8 (8): 387 - 390"title="A study of the Recent deep-water coral fauna of Japan."volume="8"year="1932 a">Yabe and Eguchi 1932a</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="CC527E382AD4F4B360C86D55717D6BB1"author="Cairns, S"journalOrPublisher="Annals of the South African Museum"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="213 - 292"refId="B50"refString="Cairns, S, Keller, N, 1993. New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum 103 (5): 213 - 292"title="New taxa distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology."volume="103"year="1993">Cairns and Keller 1993</bibRefCitation>
belongs to the largest morphological group of the genus, having septa hexamerally arranged in four complete cycles, and when keyed out comes closest to
Alcock, 1902 in having a slightly lanceted calicular margin, poorly developed costae, and a thin pedicel, but can be differentiated by having a circular calice, corallum attached, and consistently having four complete septa cycles. This species was previously reported from South Africa, off Mossel Bay extending north of Richards Bay (
<bibRefCitationid="8F0FF3556515044F4D1BF88F87890378"author="Gardiner, J"journalOrPublisher="Marine Investigations of South Africa"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="97 - 129"refId="B99"refString="Gardiner, J, 1904. The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation. Marine Investigations of South Africa 3 (4): 97 - 129"title="The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation."volume="3"year="1904">Gardiner 1904</bibRefCitation>
