Colangia immersa ( Pourtalès, 1871 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 22-24

Colangia immersa ( Pourtalès, 1871)

Figs. 4D–E

Colangia immersa Pourtalès, 1871: 31–32 .– Goreau & Wells, 1967: 448 (listed).— Porter, 1972: 112 (listed).— Wells & Lang, 1973: 57 (listed).— Cairns, 1979: 207 (listed); 1982: 290, fig. 128f. — Castañares & Soto, 1982: Table 1 (listed).— Hubbard & Wells, 1986: 129–130, figs. 13–16.—Humann, 1993: 168–171, 3 colour figs.— Fenner, 1993b: 12, 14 (listed).

Rhizosmilia maculata Cortés, 1992: 243 , fig. 1; 1996: 331. [Not Bathycyathus maculatus Pourtalès, 1874 ].

Remarks: The unique Colombian specimen is a single dead corallite in worn condition, which exhibits many sipunculid erosion holes. The specimen was collected at the calcareous algae seabed off Manaure (La Guajira Peninsula).

Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda ( Cairns 2000); from 0.5 to 347 m. In Colombia, it is only known from the northern coast off Manaure (La Guajira Peninsula) at 73 m depth.

Material: INV CNI683 , 1 specimen , E88.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A, Lophelia pertusa, INV CNI396, off La Guajira (Honda Bay), colony fragments, x 1; B–C, Oxysmilia rotundifolia, INV CNI687, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 1.1; D–E, Colangia immersa, INV CNI683, off La Guajira (Punta Gallinas), calicular and lateral views, both x 3; F–G, Phyllangia americana americana, INV CNI274, off La Guajira (Caricari Point), colony from calicular and oblique views, both x 2; H–I, Rhizosmilia maculata, INV CNI178, off Santa Marta, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; J–K, Phacelocyathus flos, INV CNI2940, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; L–M, Anomocora fecunda INV CNI2897 off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, x 3.2, x 1, respectively; N–O, Anomocora prolifera, INV CNI2725, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular view showing rejuvenescence stage and lateral view, both x 4.4; P–Q, Anomocora marchadi, INV CNI2303, off La Guajira, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; R, Coenosmilia arbuscula, INV CNI855, off San Bernardo Islands, branching pattern, x 1.5; S–T, Heterocyathus antoniae, paratype, INV CNI2076, off Manaure, calicular and lateral views, both x 4.5; U–W, Heterocyathus antoniae, INV CNI740, holotype, off Santa Marta (Neguanje Bay): U, basal view showing sipunculid holes, V, calicular view, and W, lateral view, all x 4.5. Scale bars for A–C, M, R = 1 cm; D–L, N–Q, S–W = 5 mm.