Pseudodrifa nigra ( Pourtalès, 1868 )

Devictor, Susan T. & Morton, Steve L., 2010, Identification guide to the shallow water (0 - 200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight 2599, Zootaxa 2599 (1), pp. 1-62 : 31

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2599.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10538764

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scientific name

Pseudodrifa nigra ( Pourtalès, 1868 )
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Pseudodrifa nigra ( Pourtalès, 1868) View in CoL

( Figure 30A,B View FIGURE 30 )

Nephthya nigra Pourtalès, 1868:130

Paraspongodes nigra View in CoL .—Ma, 1900:148

Eunephthya nigra View in CoL .— Verrill 1883:44.— Kükenthal 1906:77.— Kükenthal 1907:350.—Deichman, 1936: 60; Plate 1 fig. 7; Plate 4 figs. 5–13; Plate 27 figs. 1–2.— Bayer 1961:55; Figs. 9j View FIGURE 9 , 10g –i View FIGURE 10 .

Pseudodrifa nigra View in CoL . — Utinomi 1961:241. — Cairns et al. 2002:33.

Material examined. USNM 55234 View Materials , 70– 95 m, SE of Charleston , SC, July 28, 1964 .

Remarks. This soft coral is generally found in deeper water along with other members of the Nephtheidae , and it is included in this guide based on one record. Pseudodrifa nigra is easily distinguished by the dark brown color (dull brown or gray in ethanol), pale longitudinal grooves from polyp tips to polyp base, and sclerites set en chevron along the length of the polyps. The stalk is short and fleshy with dozens of polyps crowded on a few very short branches. Sclerites from the coenenchyme are tuberculate rods, and the polyp walls contain clubs with foliate heads reaching 0.5 mm in length. This species has been found on Lophelia pertusa rubble and Keratoisis ornata colonies in deeper areas.

Atlantic distribution: South Carolina to the Florida Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, 60–1153 m ( Deichmann, 1936; Bayer, 1961; Utinomi, 1961; NMNH collections; SERTC collection).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Nephtheidae

Genus

Pseudodrifa

Loc

Pseudodrifa nigra ( Pourtalès, 1868 )

Devictor, Susan T. & Morton, Steve L. 2010
2010
Loc

Pseudodrifa nigra

Cairns, S. D. & Calder, D. R. & Brinckmann-Voss, A. & Castro, C. B. & Fautin, D. G. & Pugh, P. R. & Mills, C. E. & Jaap, W. C. & Arai, M. N. & Haddock, S. H. D. & Opresko, D. M. 2002: 33
Utinomi, H. 1961: 241
1961
Loc

Eunephthya nigra

Bayer, F. M. 1961: 55
Kukenthal, W. 1907: 350
Kukenthal, W. 1906: 77
Verrill, A. E. 1883: 44
1883
Loc

Nephthya nigra Pourtalès, 1868:130

Pourtales, L. F. de 1868: 130
1868
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