Bayergorgia vermidoma Williams & Lopez-Gonzalez 2005

• Main Authors: Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A., Bremec, C. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Alcyonacea; Plexauridae; Bayergorgia; Bayergorgia vermidoma; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage; Argentina; Elephant Island; Gonzalez; Lopez; Perez; Cape Horn; Diaz; Shag Rocks; Burdwood Bank; Acuña; Namuncura; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425913; https://zenodo.org/record/4425913

Bayergorgia vermidoma Williams & Lopez-Gonzalez, 2005 Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 12; St. 13; St. 18; St. 21; St. 23; St. 26; St. 36; St. 38; St. 40. PD BB 2017: St. 14; St. 21; St. 43 (MACN-In: 43486, 43487). Distribution: Drake Passage (61°26.08’S, 58°06.2’W, 1047–1227 m); Elephant Island, (61°18.14’S, 56°8.27’W, 281.1–288.6 m); Shag Rocks (53°23.59’S, 42°41.78’W, 223.6–307 m) Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Is.; South Georgia Is. (54°29’S, 39°22’W, 659–686 m); South Orkney Is. (60°22’S, 46°50’W, 298–403 m) (Williams & López-González 2005); off Cape Horn (57°00.33’S, 67°35.1’W, 450 m; 57°13.81’S, 67°02.32’W 1100 m); Burdwood bank 54°31´S, 62°11´W 330 m as Clavularia sp. (Schejter et al . 2016a).); Elephant Island (61°15´S, 56°24´W, 450 m) (Auscavitch & Waller 2017); Drake Passage, 57°04´S, 67°30´W, 850 m (Waller & Robinson 2011 as Bayergorgia sp.); off Tierra del Fuego, Burdwood bank (130–785 m) (present study). Remarks: The original diagnosis of the species does not include branched specimens (Williams & López-González 2005). Although the authors discuss some branched forms, it is unlikely these specimens correspond to a different new species. Besides the presence of branching, we could not find clear boundaries between those two morphotypes either in the specimens examined herein or in specimens from other areas (unpublished data). Thus, we suggest the emendation of the diagnosis of B. vermidoma to include both branched and unbranched forms. Some of the studied specimens presented epibionts, mainly other cnidarians (see Schejter et al. 2020). : Published as part of Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A. & Bremec, C. S., 2020, Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS), pp. 201-239 in Zootaxa 4878 (2) on page 221, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424884 : {"references": ["Williams, G. C. & Lopez-Gonzalez, P. J. (2005) A new genus and species of gorgonian octocoral (Anthozoa: Plexauridae) from Antarctic waters. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 56 (26), 379 - 390.", "Schejter, L., Rimondino, C., Chiesa, I., Diaz de Astarloa, J. M., Doti, B. L., Elias, R., Escolar, M., Genzano, G., Lopez Gappa, J., Tatian, M., Zelaya, D. G., Cristobo, J., Perez, C. D., Cordeiro, R. T. & Bremec, C. S. (2016 a) Namuncura Marine Protected Area: an oceanic hot spot of benthic biodiversity at Burdwood bank, Argentina. Polar Biology, 39, 2373 - 2386. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 016 - 1913 - 2", "Auscavitch, S. & Waller, R. (2017) Biogeographical patterns among deep sea megbenthic communities across the Drake Passage. Antarctic Science, 29 (6), 531 - 543. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0954102017000256", "Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Gaitan, E., Perez, C. D. & Bremec, C. S. (2020) Benthic communities in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Conservation value of animal forests at the Burdwood bank slope. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30, 426 - 439. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / aqc. 3265"]}