Hemicorallium imperiale (Bayer, 1955)

Horvath, Elizabeth Anne, 2019, A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia - Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae), ZooKeys 860, pp. 1-66 : 1

Hemicorallium imperiale (Bayer, 1955)

Corallium imperiale Bayer, 1955: 209-210, plate 2, c-h. Bayer and Cairns 2003: 224.

Material examined.

No material in SBMNH collection (see Appendix 1: List of material examined).

Remarks.

Distribution in the Eastern Pacific, northern Baja, California ( Bayer 1955), as seen for the holotype (USNM 50110) to California Channel Islands, in proximity of western boundary edge of Bight (USNM 85082). No SEM images for this species were found in Bayer’s personal collection at NMNH. Could be called "Imperial red coral."