New records of deep-water Scleractinia off Argentina and the Falkland Islands
Author
Cairns, Stephen D.
Author
Polonio, Virginia
text
Zootaxa
2013
3691
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.2
8aa312d2-5105-4aea-8c40-191f8ea619b3
1175-5326
222205
D25D3DD9-8C09-4F9B-91AB-48853F444756
Caryophyllia squiresi
Cairns, 1982
Figs. 2
F–G, 7
Caryophyllia squiresi
Cairns, 1982: 16
, pl. 4, figs. 5–9, map 3.—Cairns
et al.
, 2005: 33.—Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010: 113 (key).
FIGURE 2.
A–C,
Bathelia candida
: A, PAT1008DR5, rarely observed case of intratentacular budding; B–C, PAT0210DR10, a calice and branch fragment, respectively. D–E,
Caryophyllia antarctica
, PAT0209DR4, calicular and lateral views of corallum. F–G,
C. squiresi
, PAT1208DR6, calicular and lateral views of corallum. H–I,
C. kellerae
, holotype, stereo calicular and lateral views of corallum. J–K,
C. coronula
, holotype, stereo calicular and lateral views of corallum. L–M,
Crispatotrochus cornu
, PAT0209DR14, stereo calicular and lateral views of corallum.
FIGURE 3.
A–B,
Crispatotrochus cornu
, PAT0209DR16, calicular and lateral views of corallum. C–G,
Monohedotrochus capitolii
: C, PAT1008DR8, calicular view; D, PAT0209DR11, calicular view; E–F, PAT1008DR3, calicular and lateral views of corallum; G, PAT0108DR11, calicular view. H–I,
Desmophyllum dianthus
: H, PAT0108DR11, lateral view of corallum; I, PAT1008DR4, calicular view of corallum attached to a stylasterid. J,
Solenosmilia australis
, holotype. K–M,
Flabellum curvatum
: K–L, ATL09Lo66, lateral and calicular views of corallum; M, ATL10Lo89, lateral view of straight corallum. N–O,
F. thouarsii
, ATL10Lo89, lateral and calicular views of corallum with tissue.
FIGURE 4.
A–B,
Flabellum areum
, PAT0209DR4, lateral and calicular views of corallum. C–F,
F. cinctutum
: C,
WH
197/71, lateral view; D–F, holotype, oblique calicular, stereo calicular, and lateral views of corallum. G–H,
Javania antarctica
, PAT1008DR12, calicular and lateral views of corallum. I,
Desmophyllum dianthus
, PAT0108DR11, calicular view of
capense
form. J,
Javania antarctica
, PAT1208DR9, lateral view of corallum. K–M,
Javania cristata
: K–L, holotype, lateral and stereo calicular views of corallum; M, PAT1008DR10, calicular view.
Remarks.
This species was well described in the original description. It is characterized by having a thin, fragile, somewhat translucent theca that has a porcellaneous exterior, similar to that of a flabellid. Its septa are non-exsert, the calicular margin a series of equal-sized, equilaterally-shaped triangles. The axial edges of the S3 and the outer edges of the P3 are only slightly sinuous, and the septa are widely spaced, giving the impression of space within the corallum. It is similar to
C. antarctica
but differs in having a thinner theca, non-exsert septa, less sinuous septal and palar axial edges, more uniplanar septa (lacking in tall, rectangular septal face granules), and fewer and larger columellar elements (see Kitahara
et al.
2010).
Distribution.
Previously known only from off Tierra del Fuego and the
Falkland Islands
at
406–659 m
, these records extend its range slightly north (fig. 7) and expand its bathymetric range to
158–1629 m
.
Material.
PAT0108DR1, 1, MNCN; PAT0108DR11, 1, MNCN, and 1, USNM 1193275; PAT0108DR12, 1, MNCN; PAT0108DR14, 2, MNCN; PAT1008DR4, 4, MNCN; PAT1008DR6, 1, MNCN; PAT1008DR8, 3, MNCN; PAT1008DR9, 1, MNCN; PAT1108DR10, 2, MNCN; PAT1108DR11, 1, MNCN; PAT1208DR4, 1, MNCN; PAT1208DR6, 10, MNCN and 1, USNM 1193276; PAT1208DR7, 2, MNCN; PAT1208DR11, 4, MNCN; PAT1208DR14, 6, MNCN; PAT1208DR16, 2, MNCN; PAT1208DR17, 1, USNM 1193274; PAT0209DR5, 4, MNCN; PAT0209DR9, 3, MNCN; PAT0210DR9, 2, MNCN; PAT0210DR10, 1, USNM 1193273; ATL09Lo92, 1, MNCN; ATL09Lo93, 1, MNCN.