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
Neospongodes atlantica
Kükenthal, 1903
Material
Brazil
: ‘Norte’ [
North
] (
MNRJ 00335
)
;
Rio Grande do Norte
, off
Natal
(
MNRJ 00334
,
05°33.4′ S
,
035°00.2′ W
)
;
Bahia
, off Parupe (identified by
F.M. Bayer
as
Neospongodes atlantica
Kükenthal
) (
USNM 55655
)
, ‘
Punta da Torque’
(identified by
F.M. Bayer
as
N. atlantica
Kükenthal
) (
USNM 56678
)
,
Salvador
(
MNRJ 02678
,
03390
,
03818
)
,
Todos os
Santos Bay – Itaparica Island
(
MNRJ 02475
)
,
Morro de São Paulo
(
MNRJ 01393
,
01960
,
01961
)
,
Itacolomis Reefs – ‘
Pedra do Silva’
(
MNRJ 04305
)
,
Timbebas Reefs (
MNRJ 02848
,
04304
)
,
Lixa Reef (
MNRJ 01842
,
01962
,
02948
)
,
Paredes Reef (
MNRJ 03062
)
,
Parcel dos Abrolhos (
MNRJ 04877
)
,
Abrolhos Archipelago (
MNRJ 02738
)
,
west of
Abrolhos Archipelago
(
MNRJ 02238
,
MNRJ 02763
,
10 m
)
.
Comparative material
Neospongodes portoricensis
(Hargitt; in Hargitt and Rogers 1901) –
Cuba
: off
Havana
(identified by
F.M. Bayer
) (
USNM 7184
)
;
Puerto Rico
? (identified by E.
Deichmann
) (
USNM 43777
)
;
Barbados
: northwest of ‘
Pelican Island’
(identified by
F.M. Bayer
) (
USNM 49521
)
, west coast of
Barbados
, (identified by F.M.
Bayer
) (
USNM 52525
)
;
Surinam
: off
Paramaribo
(identified as
Neospongodes
sp.
by
F.M. Bayer
) (
USNM 55649
)
.
Siphonogorgia caribaea
(Deichmann, 1936)
–
Barbados
: west coast (identified by F.M. Bayer) (USNM 52532); northwest of Gulf of Mexico, edge of continental shelf (identified by F.M. Bayer) (USNM 51592).
Siphonogorgia agassizi
(Deichmann, 1936)
–
27°02′ N
,
082°32′ W
, Gulf of
Mexico
[identified by
F.M. Bayer
(1953) as
Neospongodes agassizi
Deichmann
(see
Remarks
)] (
USNM 51015
)
.