Desmophyllum dianthus

• 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; Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae; Desmophyllum; Desmophyllum dianthus; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; New Zealand; Argentina; Burdwood Bank; Acuña; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570998; https://zenodo.org/record/4570998

Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 18; St. 21. PD BB 2017: St. 10 (MACN-In: 41686, 41687, 41688, 41689, 41690). Distribution: Cosmopolitan. In the southern hemisphere it was recorded in Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Drake Passage and off South Georgias Islands (Cairns 1990), Atlantic Ocean reaching 42º S in deep waters (Cairns & Polonio 2013; Schejter et al. 2015). Remarks: Associations with other organisms are described in Schejter & Bremec (2019) and also, these authors recorded the species for the first time at MPA Namuncurá II. Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905 : 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 pages 217-218, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424884 : {"references": ["Cairns, S. D. (1990) Antarctic Scleractinia. In: Wagele, J. W. & Sieg, J. (Eds.), Synopses of the Antarctic benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, pp. 1 - 78.", "Cairns, S. D. & Polonio, V. (2013) New records of deep-water Scleractinia off Argentina and the Falkland Islands. Zootaxa, 3691 (1), 58 - 86. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3691.1.2", "Schejter, L. & Bremec, C. S. (2019) Stony corals (Anthozoa Scleractinia) of Burdwood Bank and neighbouring areas, SW Atlantic Ocean. Scientia Marina, 83 (3), 247 - 260. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 04863.10 A"]}