Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic
Author
Lima, Manuela M.
Author
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.
Author
Perez, Carlos D.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-05
4692
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journal article
24975
10.11646/zootaxa.4692.1.1
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Tanacetipathes longipinnula
Loiola & Castro, 2005
Fig. 35
Antipathes tanacetum:
Echeverría & Castro, 1995: 1–7
, figs. 2–5 (part) [non
Tanacetipathes tanacetum
(
Pourtalès, 1880
)
]
Tanacetipathes longipinnula
Loiola & Castro, 2005: 24–26
, fig. 14;
Loiola, 2007: 257
.
Type and type locality.
MNRJ 5595
(
holotype
):
20º28’58.8”S
,
36º4’59.88”W
, off
Vitória
,
Brazil
,
50 m
;
MNRJ 5146
(
paratype
):
22º21’59.76”S
,
37º34’59.988”W
,
Almirante Saldanha Bank
,
Brazil
,
240 m
;
MNRJ 2367
(
paratype
):
22º25’59.88”S
,
40º34’59.988”W
,
Cape of São Tomé
,
Brazil
,
106 m
;
23º0’59.976”S
,
40º57’0”W
,
Cabo Frio
,
Brazil
,
110 m
.
Diagnosis.
“Corallum monopodial, with long posterior primary pinnules (maximum length
23–40 mm
), long secondary pinnules (maximum length
47 mm
), long tertiary pinnules (maximum length
28 mm
), and short spines (
0.15 mm
or less) with small ornamentations; polyps not known” (
Loiola & Castro, 2005
).
Distribution.
Off
Rio de Janeiro
and off
Espírito Santo
,
Brazil
(fig. 35) (
Loiola & Castro, 2005
). From
50 m
to
240 m
depth (
Loiola & Castro, 2005
).