Tanacetipathes longipinnula Loiola & Castro, 2005

Lima, Manuela M., Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. & Perez, Carlos D., 2019, Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 4692 (1), pp. 1-67 : 33-34

Tanacetipathes longipinnula Loiola & Castro, 2005

Fig. 35

Antipathes tanacetum: Echeverría & Castro, 1995: 1–7 , figs. 2–5 (part) [non Tanacetipathes tanacetum ( Pourtalès, 1880) ] Tanacetipathes longipinnula Loiola & Castro, 2005: 24–26 , fig. 14; Loiola, 2007: 257.

Type and type locality. MNRJ 5595 (holotype): 20º28’58.8”S, 36º4’59.88”W, off Vitória, Brazil, 50 m ; MNRJ 5146 (paratype): 22º21’59.76”S, 37º34’59.988”W, Almirante Saldanha Bank , Brazil, 240 m ; MNRJ 2367 (paratype): 22º25’59.88”S, 40º34’59.988”W, Cape of São Tomé , Brazil, 106 m ; 23º0’59.976”S, 40º57’0”W, Cabo Frio , Brazil, 110 m.

Diagnosis. “Corallum monopodial, with long posterior primary pinnules (maximum length 23–40 mm), long secondary pinnules (maximum length 47 mm), long tertiary pinnules (maximum length 28 mm), and short spines (0.15 mm or less) with small ornamentations; polyps not known” ( Loiola & Castro, 2005).

Distribution. Off Rio de Janeiro and off Espírito Santo, Brazil (fig. 35) ( Loiola & Castro, 2005). From 50 m to 240 m depth ( Loiola & Castro, 2005).

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FIGURE 35. Geographic distribution of antipatharians species occurring in the Southwestern Atlantic not analyzed in the present work.