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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Genus
Taxipathes
Brook, 1889
Type-species.
Taxipathes recta
Brook, 1889
(by monotypy).
Diagnosis.
Corallum branched, stem and branches pinnulate. Pinnules simple, arranged bilaterally in four to eight rows (usually six), and also in alternating semispiral groupings. Spines simple, conical, hooked upwards. Polyps about
2.5 mm
in transverse diameter. (
Brook, 1889
;
Opresko, 2002
).
Distribution.
South Atlantic,
Ascension Island
(
Brook, 1889
), and Caribbean Sea, off
ColĂ´mbia
(Smithsonian, USNM 86892, identified by D. M. Opresko; available in <http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/>).