Halopteris carinata Allman, 1877

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Halopteris carinata Allman, 1877

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Halopteris carinata Allman, 1877: 33 , pl. 19 figs 3–7.― Nutting, 1895: 224.― Nutting, 1900: 86, pl. 17 figs 7– 9.― Stechow, 1926: 106.― Fraser, 1943: 95.― Fraser, 1944: 360, pl. 78 fig. 351.― Fraser, 1947: 14.― Deevey, 1954: 271.― Vervoort, 1968: 54, fig. 26.― Wedler, 1975: 333.― Spracklin, 1982: 246, fig. 116J, K.― Flórez González, 1983: 121, figs 34–35.― Bandel & Wedler, 1987: 42.― Calder, 1993: 68.― Calder, 1997: 34, fig 8.― Schuchert, 1997: 123, fig. 45.― Calder & Maÿal, 1998: 73.― Ansín Agís et al., 2001: 156, fig. 67.― Vervoort, 2006: 256.― Calder & Kirkendale, 2005: 483.

Halopteris (Plumularia) carinata ― Bedot, 1923: 216, fig. 3.

Halopetris carinata ― Wallace, 1909: 137 [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Material examined. Stn.14: 0 1.12.2009, 15–25 m—several sterile cormoids, 5.3–9.0 cm high, from hard substrate (part as MNHN-IK.2009-815).

Remarks. For a description of this species, see Ansín Agís et al. (2001).

Caribbean records. Montserrat ( Fraser 1943), Colombia ( Fraser 1947; Wedler 1975; Flórez González 1983; Bandel & Wedler 1987), Tortugas ( Wallace 1909; Stechow 1926; Vervoort 1968), St. Thomas ( Vervoort 1968), Belize ( Spracklin 1982), Caribbean coast of Panama ( Calder & Kirkendale 2005).

World distribution. Restricted to the tropical parts of the Atlantic: Florida ( Allman 1877, Stechow 1926), Gulf of Mexico ( Deevey 1954), the Bahamas ( Nutting 1895, 1900), Bermuda ( Calder 1993, 1997), Brazil ( Calder & Maÿal 1998), Cape Verde ( Ansín Agís et al. 2001, Vervoort 2006).