Narella hawaiiensis Cairns & Bayer, 2007

Cairns, Stephen D., 2018, Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) of the Okeanos Explorer expeditions (CAPSTONE) to the central Pacific, Zootaxa 4532 (1), pp. 1-43 : 23

Narella hawaiiensis Cairns & Bayer, 2007 , nom. correct.

Fig. 1S

Narella hawaiinensis Cairns & Bayer, 2007: 108 –112, figs. 1B, 16A–E, 17A–F.

Types and Type Locality. The holotype (USNM 79396) and paratypes are deposited at the NMNH. Type Locality: Bushnell Seamount, 1921 m.

Material Examined. EX 1504-9-2: 16.14˚N, 167.85˚W (South Karen Ridge, southeast of Johnston Atoll), 1944 m, USNM 1297746.

Remarks. This species was adequately described and figured by Cairns & Bayer (2007) and thus will not be redescribed herein. In the original description the colony form was assumed to be unbranched. The in situ image of the Okeanos specimen also clearly shows an unbranched colony approximately 66 cm in length ( Fig. 1S ).

This additional specimen also extends the known distribution to a seamount southeast of Johnston Atoll and slightly extends the known bathymetric range from 1921 m to 1944 m.

The original intention of the authors was to name the species after the Hawaiian Islands, and thus the name is corrected to hawaiiensis .

Comparisons. The most similar species to N. hawaiiensis is N. ferula , which are compared in the description of the latter.

Distribution. Known from Pioneer Bank to Bushnell Seamount, Hawaiian Islands ( Cairns & Bayer 2007); South Karen Ridge (southeast of Johnston Atoll), 1492–1944 m.

Figures

FIGURE 1. In situ images of various species: A, Callogorgia cracentis, holotype. B, Calyptrophora lyra, holotype (not in situ). C, C. diaphana, EX1606-9-1. D, C. carinata, holotype. E, C. clarki, EX1605-L3-6. F, C. pourtalesi, holotype. G, C. distolos, holotype. H, Candidella gigantea, EX1606-6. I, Macroprimnoa ornata, holotype. J, Narella virgosa, holotype. K-L, N. aurantiaca, holotype. M, N. merga, holotype. N, N. horrida, EX1703-2-3. O, N. fordi, holotype. P, N. calamus, holotype. Q, N. virgosa, paratype, EX1504-L4-9-4. R, N. macrocalyx, EX1606-7. S, N. hawaiiensis, EX1504-9-2. T, Paracalyotrophora hawaiiensis, EX1703-2-1. U, P. echinata, EX1703-10-1. V, P. spiralis, holotype. W, Plumarella circumoperculum, EX1603-2-3. X, Thouarella hilgendorfi, EX1605-L1-17.