Eudendrium carneum Clarke, 1882

Distribution in South America: polyp –Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 0.56°N to 1.4°S in Galápagos Archipelago (Fraser 1938a, 1939, 1948; Calder et al. 2003); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Venezuela, at Puerto Cabello, Brazil, from 3°S to 29.5°S (Vannucci 1954; Vervoort 1967; Wedler 1975; Bandel & Wedler 1987; Haddad 1992; Pires et al. 1992; Marques 1993; Marques & Moretzsohn 1995; Grohmann 1997; Grohmann et al. 1997, 2003; Nogueira et al. 1997; Rosso & Marques 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Kelmo & Santa Isabel 1998; Oliveira 2000; Oliveira et al. 2000; Marques 2001; Migotto et al. 2002; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Grohmann 2006; Marques et al. 2006; Menon et al. 2006, abstract; Miranda & Marques 2006, abstract; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a, abstract; Shimabukuro et al. 2006; Shimabukuro 2007; Campos & Alonso 2008, abstract; Maronna et al. 2008, abstract; Amaral et al. 2009; Cangussu et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011; Marques et al. 2013; Lindner et al. 2014; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 37m depth, on algae, fouling, barnacles, bryozoans, Clavelina oblonga, corals, hydroids, mud, mussels, Phragmatopoma caudata, polychaete tubes, rocks, Rhizophora mangle roots, Schizoporella sp., sand, shells, Teredenidae collecting device, test panels, other artificial substrates, wood (Fraser 1938a; Haddad 1992; Marques 1993; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Kelmo & Santa Isabel 1998; Marques 2001; Calder et al. 2003; Marques & Migotto 2003; Oliveira 2003; Marques et al. 2006; Menon et al. 2006; Shimabukuro et al. 2006; Shimabukuro & Marques 2006a; Shimabukuro 2007; Miranda et al. 2011). Species considered as generalist for substrates ( Marques 1993; Shimabukuro 2007; Fernandez et al. 2014, 2015).