Bebryce bocki Aurivillius, 1931

Matsumoto, Asako K. & van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2016, The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species, ZooKeys 587, pp. 1-20 : 3

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188

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scientific name

Bebryce bocki Aurivillius, 1931
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Alcyonacea Plexauridae

Bebryce bocki Aurivillius, 1931 View in CoL Figures 1, 2a

Bebryce brocki Aurivillius, 1931: 194, fig. 38, pl. 4 fig. 4; erroneous original spelling for bocki , in honor of Sixten Bock’s expedition to the Bonin Islands, Japan.

Bebryce bocki ; Matsumoto 2014: Table 1; Bayer and Ofwegen 2016: 308.

Bebryce boninensis ; Matsumoto et al. 2007: table 1.

Material examined.

Holotype UPSZTY2181 (UUZM84), East of Chichijima I., Ogasawara Is. (Bonin Is.), Japan, depth 120 m (100 m in Aurivillius 1931), coll. Dr. Sixten Bock, 1 August 1914; RMNH Coel. 42080 (AKM 806) Off Takarajima I., Tokara Is., Japan, East China Sea, 29°14.6410'N, 129°07.8392'E, depth 156 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT07-2 cruise, st. DT5 (D8), coll. H. Yokose, 2 March 2007; AKM1407, West of Chichijima I., Ogasawara Is. (Bonin Is.), Japan, 27°01.395'N, 142°07.412'E - 27°01.360'N, 142°07.467'E, depth range 139-144 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT09-02, st. TW01-01, coll. A.K. Matsumoto, 19 March 2009; AKM1445, same data as AKM1407; AKM 878, off Hachijo Jima I., Izu Is., Japan, 33°20.9082'N, 139°41.1841'E - 33°21.0775'N, 139°40.4931'E, depth range 185-213 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT07-31, st. 14 (L-7-200), chain bag dredge, coll. A.K. Matsumoto, 26 November 2007; AKM 251(BIK-G878), off Hachijo Jima I., Izu Is., Japan, 33°26.0'N, 139°41.9'E - 33°26.1'N, 139°41.6'E, depth range 160-190 m, RV Shinyo-maru, KS03 cruise, st. 17, coll. A.K. Matsumoto, 21 October 2003; AKM 264 (BIK-G00902), off Hachijojima I., Izu Is., Japan, 33°26.3'N, 139°42.3'E - 33°26.5'N, 139°42.0'E, depth range 157-172 m, RV Shinyo-maru, KS03 cruise, st. 18, coll. A.K. Matsumoto, 21 October 2003; AKM 294 (BIK-G00907), off Hachijojima I. Izu Is., Japan, 33°26.8'N, 139°42.7'E - 33°27.0'N, 139°42.4'E, depth 170-176 m, RV Shinyo-maru, KS03 cruise, st. 19, coll. A.K. Matsumoto, 21 October 2003; AKM 1334, off Kerama Is. Japan, East China Sea, 26°00.55'N, 127°12.87'E - 26°00.66'N, 127°12.61'E, depth range 97-100 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT08-33, KR-3, chain bag dredge, coll. A.K. Matsumoto, 18 December 2008.

Diagnosis.

Bebryce with rosettes with warty, rounded, or bristle-like projections. Those of calycular margin asymmetrically developed, with strong projecting blade. Coenenchymal sclerites are thick, warty disks.

Remarks.

Apparently this is the most common Bebryce species in sub-tropical to temperate Japanese waters, in a depth range of 97-213 m.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Plexauridae

Genus

Bebryce