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 Plumapathes fernandezi ( Pourtalès, 1874 ) Fig. 35 Antipathes fernandezii Pourtalès, 1874: 47 ; Pourtalès, 1880 : pl. 3, fig. 20. Parantipathes? fernandezi : Brook, 1889: 144 ; Looser, 1926: 272, fig. 38. Antipathes fernandezi : Opresko, 1972: 972–975 , fig. 4; Opresko, 2001: 362 ; Echeverría, 2002: 1075–1076 . Plumapathes fernandezi : Opresko, 2001 a: 362 –363; Loiola, 2007: 257 . Type and type locality: MCZ ANTI–25 ( lectotype ) and MCZ 139943 ( paralectotype ): Juan Fernández Archipelago , off Chile , between 118 and 402 m . Diagnosis. Branched colony, usually in a plane; main axis and branches pinnulate; single and bilateral pinnules, arranged alternately along the length of the axis; interpinnular distance of 2–4 mm . Spines smooth, compressed and ensiform on the pinnules; long, conical and acute on the branches and main axis; slightly larger on the side of the axis that carries the polyps; arranged in eight longitudinal rows; 55–60 per centimeter in each row. Small polyps, 1.0 mm in length and 0.2–0.5 mm apart from each other; in a single row and restricted to one side of the corallum ( Opresko, 1972 ). Distribution. Juan Fernandez Archipelago, off Chile ( Pourtalès, 1874 ; Opresko, 1972 ) and off Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil (fig. 35) ( Echeverría, 2002 ); from 118 m to 402 m depths ( Pourtalès, 1874 ).