Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS) Schejter, L. Genzano, G. Pérez, C. D. Acuña, F. Cordeiro, R. T. S. Silva, R. A. Garese, A. Bremec, C. S. Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-13 4878 2 201 239 8H7ZL (Studer, 1878) Studer 1878 [151,536,870,897] Anthozoa Balticinidae Balticina CoL Animalia Pennatulacea 25 226 Cnidaria species africana   Material examined:BBB 2016: St. 13. PD BB2017: St. 31 (MACN-In 43489).   Distribution:Atlantic coast of Africa as  Halipteris africana( 459– 659 m) ( Williams 1990); San Antonio Cape, Buenos Airescoast, 38°06 ìS 55°13 ìW as  Balticinasp. ( 440– 480 m) ( Castro 1990); deep waters of SWAtlantic Ocean, Burdwood bank as  Halipteris africana( 641–701 m) (see Schejter et al. 2018).   Remarks:Synonyms at the area:  Balticinasp. ( Castro 1990);  Halipterissp. ( Schejter et al. 2018, p. 294);  Halipteris heptazooidea Acuña & Zamponi, 1992and  Halipteris africana(Studer, 1878)(see Schejter et al. 2018, p. 297–298). One specimen of  B. africana(St. 13) presented the sea anemone  Hormathia pectinatafixed over the naked axis at the top end of the colony ( Schejter et al. 2018).