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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Plumarella circumoperculum
Cairns, 2010
Fig. 1W
Plumarella circumoperculum
Cairns, 2010
: 422
–425, figs. 1C, 6–7 (synonymy).
Types and Type Locality
. The
holotype
(USNM 1072129) and
paratypes
are deposited at the NMNH. Type Locality: 23˚14’24”N, 163˚31’21”W (Blank Bank, Northwest Hawaiian Islands),
1373 m
.
Material Examined
.
EX
1603-2-03
, 23˚56’45”N, 166˚02’W (French Frigate Shoal, Northwest Hawaiian Is- lands),
1221 m
, colony fragment,
USNM 1424051
.
Remarks
. This species was adequately described and figured in the original description (Cairns 2009) and thus will not be redescribed, discussed, or fully figured herein. The
Okeanos
site of collection is also just kilometers from previously collected specimens. The only addition to the knowledge of this species is by providing an
in situ
photograph of the living colony, which measures about
25 cm
in width (
Fig. 1W
).
Distribution
. Northwest Hawaiian Islands between Brooks Bank and Blank Bank,
432–1373 m
.