Gray, 1857: 291
Opresko & Sanchez, 2005: 497
Molodtsova, 2006: 148
Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic
Lima, Manuela M.
Cordeiro, Ralf T. S.
Perez, Carlos D.
Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-05
4692
1
1
67
F29Q
795029
Gray, 1857
Gray
1857
[151,521,1194,1221]
Anthozoa
Antipathidae
Antipathes
Animalia
Antipatharia
7
8
Cnidaria
species
furcata
Fig. 35
Antipathes furcata Gray, 1857: 291; Schultze, 1903:92; Opresko, 1974: 60–67, fig. 2; Loiola & Castro, 2001: 2–4, figs 2, 3, 4; Opresko, 2003: 487, fig. 3d; Opresko & Sanchez, 2005: 497, fig. 4; Molodtsova, 2006: 148.
Type and type locality. BMNH 1843.2.6or 8 ( holotype, see Opresko, 2003), Madeira, depth unknown.
Diagnosis.“Small colonies (less than ~ 20 cmin height) fan-shaped, branched mostly in one plane; with very long, straight, ascending branches. Larger colonies ( 20–40 cmin height) densely branched, in a thick plane with numerous overlapping branches. Branches directed upward and away from the centre, with most reaching to the top of the corallum; branch angles very narrow, 30° or less. Spines short, triangular, smooth, 0.05–0.1 mmtall and 0.07– 0.1 mmwide at their base; arranged in 6–8 rows with 30–40 spines per centimeter in each row. Spines occasionally bifid or forked. Polyps 0.7–1.0 mm in transverse diameter; arranged in a single series on one side of branches; 6–8 polyps per centimeter. Colonies white in color when alive.” ( Opresko & Sanchez, 2005).
Distribution.Madeira Island ( Gray, 1857), Caribbean Sea ( Opresko, 1974; Opresko & Sanchez, 2005), and Brazil(fig. 35) ( Loiola & Castro, 2001); from 15 m, in Caribbean Sea ( Opresko & Sanchez, 2005) to 2480 m, in Northeastern Atlantic ( Molodtsova, 2006).
2446839781
[427,1311,1396,1423]
1843-02-06
BMNH
Madeira
7
8
1
Madeira
holotype