Candidella Bayer, 1954

Cairns, Stephen D., 2018, Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) of the Okeanos Explorer expeditions (CAPSTONE) to the central Pacific, Zootaxa 4532 (1), pp. 1-43 : 18

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Genus Candidella Bayer, 1954 View in CoL

Stenella Gray, 1870: 48 (junior homonym). Candidella Bayer, 1954: 296 View in CoL .— Cairns & Bayer 2004b: 476 –477; 2009: 46, fig. 16H–N.—Cairns, 2009: 440; 2012: 37; 2016b: 102.

Type Species. Primnoa imbricata Johnson, 1862 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Colonies dichotomously branching or unbranched (flagelliform). Polyps arranged in whorls, individual polyps standing perpendicular to branch. Each polyp with four large marginal scales, forming a distinct cowl around operculum. Other body wall scales much smaller, occurring in 2–4 sub-terminal transverse tiers. Opercular scales have a prominent keel. Coenenchymal scales elliptical, with concave outer surface.

Discussion. Four species are known in this deep-water genus, which has been reviewed by Cairns (2009) and Cairns & Bayer (2009).

Distribution. Amphi-Atlantic, central Pacific from Hawaii to New Zealand, 1115–2211 m.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Anthozoa
Order	Alcyonacea
Family	Primnoidae