A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific
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Leptogorgia cuspidata
Verrill, 1865
(
Figs. 19
–21)
Leptogorgia rigida
(pars) Verrill, 1864: 32.
Leptogorgia cuspidata
Verrill, 1865: 186
; 1868b: 403; 1869b: 421; Nutting 1910: 5; Bielschowsky 1918: 29; 1929: 132; Kükenthal 1919: 772; 1924: 335.
Gorgonia
(
Eugorgia
)
cuspidata
Verrill, 1868: 415
.
Litigorgia cuspidata
Verrill, 1868a: 403
(1st. ed.).
Lophogorgia cuspidata
Harden 1979: 71
.
Material examined
.
Lectotype
(here designated):
MCZ 4061
(
MCZ 263
), Cape San Lucas,
Baja California
, no depth given, donor:
Smithsonian Institution, J
. Xantus, 1869–1861
.
Paralectotypes
:
MCZ 4058
(
MCZ 349
) (2), dry,
Acapulco
, no depth given, D
.
V
.
Vanbrunt
, 1863
;
YPM 954
,
1709
,
Baja California Sur
,
Cape San Lucas
, no depth given,
J. Xantus
, 1869–1861
;
USNM 1676
(
2 specimens
), dry,
Baja California Sur
,
Cape San Lucas
, no depth given,
J. Xantus
, 1869–1861
.
Other material examined:
COSTA RICA
: UCR 628–633, preserved,
Isla Chora
,
Bahía Sámara
,
7 m
,
H. Guzman
,
18 March 1984
;
UCR 755 (
3 specimens
), preserved,
Islote Chancha
,
Punta Salsipuedes
,
1–3 m
, VH1,
Victor Hensen Expedition
,
22 January 1984
;
UCR 773, preserved, S
Isla Colorada
,
3 m
,
J. Cortés
,
5 March 1994
;
UCR 789, preserved,
Archipielago Murcielago
,
27 m
,
J. Cortés
,
4 March 1994
;
UCR 790, preserved,
Los Pedrones
,
Cape Blanco
,
7 m
,
L. Mena
,
18 April 1999
;
UCR 1510, preserved,
San Pedrito
,
Archipielago Murcielago
,
20 m
,
O. Breedy
,
10 April 1996
;
UCR 1541, preserved,
Peñon Palmitas W
,
Culebra Bay
,
5 m
,
C. Jimenéz
,
28 August 1997
;
UCR 1523 (
2 specimens
), preserved,
Palmitas W
,
Culebra Bay
,
5 m
,
E. Ruiz
,
27 August 1997
;
UCR 1525, preserved,
Isla Chora
,
10–12 m
,
O. Breedy
&
H. Guzman
,
30 May 1997
;
UCR 1527 (
2 specimens
), preserved,
NE Cabeza de Mono
,
Culebra Bay
,
9 m
,
E. Ruiz
,
24 May 1997
;
UCR 1528, preserved,
Peñón Cabeza de Mono
,
10 m
,
O. Breedy
,
26 June 1997
;
UCR 1530 (
2 specimens
), preserved,
S Islote El Muerto
,
Salinas Bay
,
15 m
,
O. Breedy
,
9 July 2002
;
UCR 1534, preserved,
Cabeza de Mono
,
20 m
,
O. Breedy
,
21 November 1997
;
UCR 1664 (
2 specimens
), preserved,
Bajo Sámara
,
Bahía Sámara
,
18 m
,
O. Breedy
&
H. Guzman
,
1 March 1998
;
UCR 1665, preserved,
Roca Afuera
,
Punta Descartes
,
20 m
,
O. Breedy
,
9 June 2005
;
UCR 1666 (
3 specimens
), preserved,
Playa Nacascolito
,
Culebra Bay
,
15 m
,
O. Breedy
,
23 April 2002
.
PANAMA
: STRI 457, dry,
Isla Roncadores
,
Golfo
de
Chiriqui
,
10–20 m
,
H. Guzman
,
30 August 2002
;
STRI 554, dry,
Isla Bolañito
,
Golfo
de
Chiriqui
,
6 m
,
H. Guzman
,
16 April 2003
;
STRI 669, dry,
Isla Pacora
,
Golfo
de
Chiriqui
,
6 m
,
H. Guzman
,
7 May 2003
;
STRI 713, dry,
Los Octavios
,
Golfo
de
Chiriqui
,
7 m
,
H. Guzman
,
7 July 2003
;
UCR 1044, 1051, 1055, 1056, dry,
Isla Canal Afuera
,
3–12 m
,
H. Guzman
, 10 Decem- ber 2001; UCR 1107–1109, dry,
Roca Prosper
,
10–30 m
,
H. Guzman
,
11 December 2001
;
UCR 1196, dry,
Isla Jicaron
NE,
5–10 m
,
H. Guzman
,
18 April 2002
;
UCR 1313, dry,
Islote Punta Soledad
,
10 m
,
H. Guzman
,
20 April 2002
;
UCR 1397–1398, dry,
Islote Santa Cruz
,
5–10 m
,
H. Guzman
,
24 April 2002
;
UCR 1437, dry,
Islote Almohada
,
Golfo
de
Chiriqui
,
5–15 m
,
H. Guzman
,
29 April 2002
;
UCR 1524, preserved,
Isla Canal Afuera
,
3–12 m
,
H. Guzman
,
10 December 2001
;
UCR 1540, preserved,
Roca Prosper
,
10–20 m
,
H. Guzman
,
11 December 2001
.