Phyllogorgia dilatata (Esper, 1806), 1514

Castro, C. B., Medeiros, M. S. & Loiola, L. L., 2010, Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs, Journal of Natural History 44 (13 - 14), pp. 763-827 : 836

Phyllogorgia dilatata (Esper, 1806)

Material

Brazil: Maranhão, Parcel do Manuel Luis ( MNRJ 02710, 03279), Ceará, Mucuripe Beach ( MNRJ 00461); Rio Grande do Norte: off Atol das Rocas ( MNRJ 00477, 5–12 m); Pernambuco, Fernando de Noronha ( FN) (identified as Phyllogorgia quercifolia Dana by R. Rathbun) ( USNM 5258, 5307, 5308), FN – Leão Beach ( MNRJ 00979), Rio Formoso (identified as Phyllogorgia quercifolia Dana by R. Rathbun) ( USNM 5305); Bahia, Periperí ( USNM 5304 and 5248 – identified as Phyllogorgia quercifolia Dana by R. Rathbun, YPM 4505 – specimen used to describe a new variety – Phyllogorgia quercifolia Dana variety lacerata Verrill, 1912 , YPM 4506 – specimen used by Verrill, 1912, to illustrate Phyllogorgia quercifolia Dana variety quercifolia ), Morro de São Paulo ( MSP) ( MNRJ 03152), MSP – Tinharé Island, Prainha ( MNRJ 00886), MSP – Caitá Island, off Terceira Praia ( MNRJ 01396), Porto Santa Cruz de Cabrália – off Coroa Vermelha Point (UFPb 273), Porto Seguro – Fora Reef ( MNRJ 01688, 01981), Arraial da Ajuda – Mucuri Beach ( MNRJ 01687), ‘Abrolhos Reefs’ ( YPM 1514 – types of Phyllogorgia frondosa Verrill, 1912), Parcel das Paredes ( PP) ( MNRJ 02740), PP – ‘chapeirão’ off the northern border of Lixa Reef (UFPb 276), PP – Lixa Reef ( MNRJ 00466), PP – Lixa Reef, ‘Vigilante’ (UFPb 287), Abrolhos Archipelago (AA) ( MNRJ 02724, 17°46′ S, 039°02′ W), AA – northern shore of Sueste Island (UFPb 292), AA – southern shore of Sueste Island (UFPb 280), AA – southern shore of Redonda Island (UFPb 283), AA – between Siriba and Redonda Island ( MNRJ 01185), Parcel dos Abrolhos – near a wreck indicated in the Brazilian Nautical Chart n. 1300 ( MNRJ 00462, 4–7 m), Nova Viçosa – Coroa Vermelha Reef ( MNRJ 02727), Viçosa Reef ( MNRJ 02202); Espírito Santo, Guarapari (G) – Três Ilhas ( MNRJ 00463 [± 3 m]), G – Setiba Beach ( MNRJ 00493), G – Castanheiras Beach ( MNRJ 00636, 02709); G – Meaípe ( MNRJ 00638), Ubú – Parati Beach ( MNRJ 01145), Piúma – Cabritos Island ( MNRJ 01146), Trindade Island – Portugueses Beach ( MNRJ 02513); Rio de Janeiro, São João da Barra – ‘Baixio dos Moleques’, off the mouth of the Itabapoana River ( MNRJ 00478, 1.5–4 m), Armação dos Búzios ( AB) – João Fernandes Beach ( MNRJ 00464, 04336), AB – Tartaruga Beach ( MNRJ 03991), Cape Frio ( MNRJ 00465), Arraial do Cabo ( AC) – Saco do Cherne ( MNRJ 00468, 4 m), AC – Forno Beach ( MNRJ 00185 and 00186, 3–4 m), AC – Cabo Frio Island ( MNRJ 00467, 4 m).