Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758

OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P., MIRANDA, THAÍS P., ARAUJO, ENILMA M., AYÓN, PATRICIA, CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M., CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A., CÓRDOVA, PABLO, CUNHA, AMANDA F., GENZANO, GABRIEL N., HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA, MIANZAN, HERMES W., MIGOTTO, ALVARO E., MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S., MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C., NAGATA, RENATO M., NASCIMENTO, KARINE B., JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA, PALMA, SERGIO, QUIÑONES, JAVIER, RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S., SCARABINO, FABRIZIO, SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN, STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N., TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B. & MARQUES, ANTONIO C., 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, Zootaxa 4194 (1), pp. 1-256 : 43

Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms in the area: Millepora alcicornis var. cellulosa Verrill, 1868 [polyp]; Branner 1904; Millepora alcicornis var. digitata —Verrill 1868; Branner 1904 [polyp]; Millepora alcicornis var. fenestrata —Verrill 1868; Branner 1904 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, from 0.4°S to 23.50°S (Hartt 1868; Verrill 1868; Branner 1904; Laborel 1969a; Weerdt 1984; Pires et al. 1992; Hetzel & Castro 1994; Castro et al. 1995; Amaral 1997; Amaral et al. 1997, 2002a, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Kelmo & Santa Isabel 1998; Hudson et al. 1999, abstract; Castro & Pires 2001; Castro & Segal 2001; Migotto et al. 2002; Ramos et al. 2009; Gondim et al. 2011; Leal et al. 2013; Dias & Gondim 2016).

Habitat: polyp—on calcareous and other algae, mud, gorgonians, Millepora sp. skeleton sandstone reef, and scleractinian Agaricia agaricites (Amaral 1997; Calder & Maÿal 1998; Amaral et al. 2008).