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 Heterogorgia uatumani Castro, 1990b Material Brazil : Espírito Santo , Santa Cruz ( MNRJ 03214 ), Vila Velha – Sapo Island ( MNRJ 4517 , 15 m), off mouth of Doce River ( 19°45′00″ S , 039°31′38″ W ) [ MNRJ 4909 , MNRJ 5075 , MNRJ 6021 , (these three lots 66–68 m )] ; Rio de Janeiro , Maricás Islands ( MNRJ 02779 ), Niterói – off Itaipu Beach ( MNRJ 00380 ) , Rio de Janeiro – Redonda Island ( MNRJ 00504 ) , Rio de Janeiro City – ‘ Laje de Santo Antonio’ (Ipanema) ( MNRJ 01977 , 03986 ), Grande Island – ‘ Ponta Grossa de Sítio Forte’ ( MNRJ 00508 , 8 m ; MNRJ 01233 , USNM 73432 , 8– 15 m ) , Ilha Grande Bay ( IGB ) – Pingo d’Água Island ( MNRJ 00631 , 6 m ; USNM 73569 , approximately 6 m ; MNRJ 01975 ), IGB – Portogalo ( MNRJ 02746 ) , São Paulo , São Sebastião Channel , ‘ Laje dos Moleques’ ( MNRJ 00507 , 9 m ; USNM 73431 , 9– 13 m ) , Santa Catarina , Amendoim Island ( MNRJ 01460 , 7 m ) , Arvoredo Island ( MNRJ 01459 , 33 m ) . Comparative material Heterogorgia papillosa Verrill, 1870b – Mexico , Gulf of California , La Paz ( YPM 8609 – Type specimen). Heterogorgia tortuosa Verrill, 1868b – Panama , off ‘ Pearl Islands’ ( YPM 1555 – Syntypes ). Heterogorgia verrucosa Verrill, 1868b – Mexico , Gulf of California (identified by F.M. Bayer ) ( USNM 56566 , 18 m); Panama , off ‘Pearl Islands’ ( YPM 1554 – Syntypes ).