Coenocyathus parvulus ( Cairns, 1979 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 8-9

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2262.1.1

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scientific name

Coenocyathus parvulus ( Cairns, 1979 )
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Coenocyathus parvulus ( Cairns, 1979) View in CoL

Figs. 2H–I View FIGURE 2

Caryophyllia parvula Cairns, 1979: 62–63 View in CoL , pl. 9, figs. 6–8, pl. 10, figs. 5–6, Map 12.— Rezak et al., 1985: 225 (listed: stn. 120, Sidner Bank; stn. 118, Diaphus Bank, LA, 120 m).— Cairns et al., 1994: 6.

Coenocyathus parvulus Cairns, 2000: 75–76 View in CoL (new combination).— Reyes et al., 2005: 324 (listed).— Kitahara, 2007: 500–501, fig. 3A.— Santodomingo et al., 2007: 286 (listed).

Remarks: In contrast to the specimens described by Cairns (1979; 2000), which exhibit a colonial growth from a common basal coenosteum, all Colombian specimens are isolated corallites settled on carbonate substrates, such as limestone, bivalves or coral skeletons. Some of them exhibit brown-reddish pigmentation.

Distribution: Bahamas, off the northeastern coast of Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Brazil, but rare in the southern Caribbean; between 97 and 399 m depth ( Cairns 1979; 2000). In Colombia, it was found in La Guajira Peninsula (Dibulla) and San Bernardo Islands; from 21 to 160 m depth. These records extend the depth range for this species up to 21 m, as well as their geographical distribution up to the northern coast of South America. Specimens were compared with type material, USNM 46865 (holotype, 20º50'N, 73º34'W) and USNM 10094 (paratype, 23º11’N, 82º19’W).

Material: INV CNI670 , 21 specimens , E155; INV CNI671 , 5 specimens , E155; INV CNI672 , 6 specimens , E156; INV CNI673 , 14 specimens , E156; INV CNI674 , 1 specimen , E105; INV CNI2396 , 1 specimen , C1; INV CNI2397 , 3 specimens , C1; INV CNI2478 , 1 specimen , C3; INV CNI2503 , 29 specimens ,

D3; INV CNI2524 , 8 specimens , D12; INV CNI2752 , 1 specimen , D46; INV CNI2907 , 3 specimens , C3; INV CNI2932 , 7 specimens , C2.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Caryophylliidae

Genus

Coenocyathus

Loc

Coenocyathus parvulus ( Cairns, 1979 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen 2009
2009
Loc

Coenocyathus parvulus

Kitahara, M. V. 2007: 500
Santodomingo, N. & Reyes, J. & Gracia, A. & Martinez, A. & Ojeda, G. & Garcia, C. 2007: 286
Reyes, J. & Santodomingo, N. & Gracia, A. & Borrero-Perez, G. & Navas, G. & Mejia-Ladino, L. M. & Bermudez, A. & Benavides, M. 2005: 324
Cairns, S. D. 2000: 76
2000
Loc

Caryophyllia parvula

Cairns, S. D. & Opresko, D. M. & Hopkins, T. S. & Schroeder, W. W. 1994: 6
Rezak, R. & Bright, T. J. & McGrail, D. W. 1985: 225
Cairns, S. D. 1979: 63
1979
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