Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) of the Okeanos Explorer expeditions (CAPSTONE) to the central Pacific
Author
Cairns, Stephen D.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-17
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.1
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Narella hawaiiensis
Cairns & Bayer, 2007
, nom. correct.
Fig. 1S
Narella hawaiinensis
Cairns & Bayer, 2007
: 108
–112, figs. 1B, 16A–E, 17A–F.
Types and Type Locality
. The
holotype
(USNM 79396) and
paratypes
are deposited at the NMNH. Type Locality: Bushnell Seamount,
1921 m
.
Material Examined
.
EX
1504-9-2
: 16.14˚N, 167.85˚W (South Karen Ridge, southeast of
Johnston Atoll
),
1944 m
, USNM 1297746.
Remarks.
This species was adequately described and figured by
Cairns & Bayer (2007)
and thus will not be redescribed herein. In the original description the colony form was assumed to be unbranched. The
in situ
image of the
Okeanos
specimen also clearly shows an unbranched colony approximately
66 cm
in length (
Fig. 1S
).
This additional specimen also extends the known distribution to a seamount southeast of
Johnston Atoll
and slightly extends the known bathymetric range from
1921 m
to
1944 m
.
The original intention of the authors was to name the species after the Hawaiian Islands, and thus the name is corrected to
hawaiiensis
.
Comparisons
. The most similar species to
N. hawaiiensis
is
N. ferula
, which are compared in the description of the latter.
Distribution
. Known from Pioneer Bank to Bushnell Seamount, Hawaiian Islands (
Cairns & Bayer 2007
); South Karen Ridge (southeast of
Johnston Atoll
),
1492–1944 m
.