Heteropathes Opresko, 2011

Matos, Valentina De, Braga-Henriques, Andreia, Santos, Ricardo S. & Ribeiro, Pedro A., 2014, New species of Heteropathes (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) expands genus distribution to the NE Atlantic, Zootaxa 3827 (2), pp. 293-300 : 294

Heteropathes Opresko, 2011 emended

Diagnosis. Corallum monopodial and pinnulate. Pinnules in two lateral rows and in one or more anterior rows. Lateral pinnules simple or with a small ramified subpinnule; anterior pinnules short, generally not longer than 1 cm, and subpinnulate. Polyps 5 to 6 mm in transverse diameter.

Remarks. The new species, described below, followed the original description by Opresko (2005) with the exception of some of the lateral pinnules presenting a ramified subpinnule similar to the anterior pinnules in all but its smaller size.

Species assigned to Heteropathes . Included in the genus are H. americana Opresko (2003b) , H. heterorhodzos Cooper (1909) , and H. pacifica Opresko (2005) .

Distribution. Heteropathes americana is known to occur in the western Atlantic Ocean at 3563 and 4511 m depths, H. heterorhodzos ( Cooper, 1909) ( Opresko 2003b) in the Indian Ocean at 1079 m depths and H. pacifica Opresko, 2005 in the north Pacific Ocean at 2200 m depths.