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 1 1 67 journal article 24975 10.11646/zootaxa.4692.1.1 ead7ec31-b9d4-49f3-a006-a67fff6ad623 1175-5326 3528942 F054DC68-6A7E-4C80-9094-8ECCA4502CD6 Antipathes furcata Gray, 1857 Fig. 35 Antipathes furcata Gray, 1857: 291 ; Schultze, 1903:92; Opresko, 1974: 60–67 , fig. 2; Loiola & Castro, 2001: 2–4 , figs 2, 3, 4; Opresko, 2003: 487 , fig. 3d; Opresko & Sanchez, 2005: 497 , fig. 4; Molodtsova, 2006: 148 . Type and type locality. BMNH 1843.2.6 or 8 ( holotype , see Opresko, 2003 ), Madeira , depth unknown . Diagnosis. “Small colonies (less than ~ 20 cm in height) fan-shaped, branched mostly in one plane; with very long, straight, ascending branches. Larger colonies ( 20–40 cm in height) densely branched, in a thick plane with numerous overlapping branches. Branches directed upward and away from the centre, with most reaching to the top of the corallum; branch angles very narrow, 30° or less. Spines short, triangular, smooth, 0.05–0.1 mm tall and 0.07– 0.1 mm wide at their base; arranged in 6–8 rows with 30–40 spines per centimeter in each row. Spines occasionally bifid or forked. Polyps 0.7–1.0 mm in transverse diameter; arranged in a single series on one side of branches; 6–8 polyps per centimeter. Colonies white in color when alive.” ( Opresko & Sanchez, 2005 ). Distribution. Madeira Island ( Gray, 1857 ), Caribbean Sea ( Opresko, 1974 ; Opresko & Sanchez, 2005 ), and Brazil (fig. 35) ( Loiola & Castro, 2001 ); from 15 m , in Caribbean Sea ( Opresko & Sanchez, 2005 ) to 2480 m , in Northeastern Atlantic ( Molodtsova, 2006 ).