Caryophyllia sp.

Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena & Försterra, Günter, 2005, A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 1018 (1), pp. 15-46 : 28-32

Caryophyllia sp. cf. C. quadragenaria Alcock, 1902

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Caryophyllia quadragenaria Alcock, 1902: 91–92 . — Cairns, 1994: 46–47, pl. 20c–h, 41 c–d (description, synonymy, figures); 1995: 45–46, pl. 7 g –h (description, synonym, figures); 1998: 375.

New Record. — Anton Bruun 18A­687, 34°07'S, 72°19', 730–750 m, 5 Aug 1966, 1 specimen, USNM 1021992 .

Remarks. —One small specimen measuring 6.2 x 5.5 mm in CD and 10.1 mm in height is tentatively assigned to this species, collected on the continental slope off Punta Topocalma. The species is otherwise known only from the western Pacific ( Japan to New Zealand and Western Australia) at depths of 54–430 m ( Cairns 1998). C. quadragenaria is distinctive among the 58 species in the genus by have decameral septal symmetry, tertiary septa that are as large or larger than the secondary septa, and widely spaced septa. This identification is provisional because of the small size of the single specimen at hand and the unusually deep collection.

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Figures

FIGURE 2. A–C, Caryophyllia huinayensis (A, paratype, USNM 1021991; B–C, holotype, ZSM 20050146): A, stereo view of calice, x 5.3; B, calicular view, x 5.3; C, lateral view of corallum, x 4.5; D–E, Caryophyllia diomedeae, USNM 83522, calicular and lateral views, x 3.0, x 2.0, respectively; F, H, Tethocyathus endesa (F, holotype, ZSM 20050148; H, paratype, USNM 1021980): F, stereo calicular view, x 5.2; H, calicular view, x 4.9; G, Caryophyllia sp. cf. C. quadragenaria, USNM 1021992, calicular view, x 7.3; I, Deltocyathus parvulus, USNM 1021993, oblique calicular view, x 6.1; J, Solenosmilia variabilis, USNM 1022415, colony fragment, x 0.75. Scale bars for A–C, F–I = 2 mm; D–E = 5 mm; J = 2 cm.