Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs Author Castro, C. B. Author Medeiros, M. S. Author Loiola, L. L. text Journal of Natural History 2010 2010-03-15 44 13 - 14 763 827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903441160 journal article 10.1080/00222930903441160 1464-5262 5207416 Muriceopsis metaclados sp. nov. Material Holotype . Brazil : Ceará : off Iguapé Point and Maceió Point ( NOAS #1693 , 03°30′ S , 037°56.5′ W , 49 m , August–December 1967 one colony plus five fragments) ( MNRJ 03281 ) ( Figure 3 ). Paratypes . Brazil : Ceará – off Acaraú (identified by F.M. Bayer as Muriceopsis sp. ) ( USNM 55799 , 44 m) , Bahia , off Todos os Santos Bay ( 13°04′30″ S , 038°23′30″ W ) ( MNRJ 05086 , 91 m ) , off Boipeba Island ( 13°36.67′ S , 038°47.212′ W ) ( MNRJ 05082 , 40–45.2 m ) , California Reef ( 18°07′ S , 038°34′ W ) ( MNRJ 04147 , 20–30 m ) , Hotspur Seamount ( 18°01′22″ S , 035°53′28″ W ) ( MNRJ 04131 , 60 m ) ; Espírito Santo , Vitória Seamount (off Vitória – 20°34.37′ S , 038°03.53′ W ( MNRJ 04869 , 55 m ) ; Rio de Janeiro , off São João da Barra ( 21°30′ S , 040°18′ W ) ( MNRJ 04872 , 52 m ), ( 21°31′00″ S , 040°18′00″ W ) [ MNRJ 4127 , MNRJ 4128 (both lots 52 m )] ( Figure 3 ). Other Specimens: Brazil : Maranhão – off Mangabeira Island ( NOAS #1750 , 00°04′ S , 044°33.5′ W , 52 m , August – December /1967, two fragments, UFPE-DO ), off Santana Island ( NOAS #1875 , 00°56′ S , 043°41.5′ W , 49 m , 23 April 1968 , two fragments, UFPE- DO), off Tubarão Bay ( NOAS N-NEII #1872 , 01°0′ S , 043°33.5′ W , 50 m , 23 April 1968 , two fragments, UFPE-DO ) ; Ceará – off Mundaú Point ( NOAS #1711 , 02°25′ S , 039°30.5′ W , 49 m , two fragments, UFPE-DO ), off Paracuru Point ( CN #66 , 02°41′ S , 039°10′ W , 63 m , two fragments, UFPE-DO ), off Cumicuará Point ( CN #61 , 02°59′ S , 038°58′ W , 60 m , more than 10 fragments, UFPE-DO ), off Pecém Cove ( CN #15 , 01°30′ S , 038°48′ W , 45–49 m , one colony + three fragments, UFPE- DO), off Iguapé Cape ( CN #23 and #26, 02°15′ S , 038°15′ W , 69–72 m ; CN #73 , 03°18′ S , 038°14′ W , 80 m – three lots, more than 70 fragments – UFPE-DO ) ; off Iguapé Point and Maceió Point ( NOAS #1693 , 03°30′ S , 037°56.5′ W , 49 m , August– December 1967 , one colony + five fragments, UFPE-DO ; CN #52 , 03°40′ S , 037°54′ W , 54 m , June 1965 to February 1966 , more than 10 fragments, UFPE-DO ), off Maceió Point ( CN #19 , 01°56′ S , 037°51′ W , 47–49 m , June 1965 to February 1966 , more than 50 fragments, UFPE-DO ; NOAS #1701 A , 01°57′ S , 037°46′ W , c. 50 m , more than 10 fragments, UFPE-DO ) ; Rio Grande do Norte – off Três Irmãos Point ( NOAS #1684 , 03°59.5′ S , 035°53.7′ W , 75 m , three fragments, UFPE-DO ; NOAS #1684 A , 03°59.5′ S , 035°53.7′ W , 140 m , six fragments, UFPE-DO ; NOAS #1684 B, 03°59.5′ S , 035°53.7′ W , 73 m , four fragments, UFPE-DO ) ; Paraíba – off Lucena Point ( NOAS N-NEII #1858 , 06°50′ S , 034°44′ W , 36 m , 17 April 68, three fragments, UFPE-DO ) . Comparative material Muriceopsis sulphurea (Donovan, 1825) – see list of studied material under the species heading. Muriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815) – Saint John , Virgin Islands , USA ( 4.6 m ), identified by F.M. Bayer (MNRJ 1262). Muriceopsis petila Bayer, 1961 , ( Paratype ) – Tongue of the Ocean , Bahamas ( 66 m ), identified by F.M. Bayer ( USNM 50384 ).