Balanophyllia malouinensis Squires 1961

• Main Authors: Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena, Försterra, Günter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Dendrophylliidae; Balanophyllia; Balanophyllia malouinensis; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Scotia Sea; Cape Horn; Desolación; Isla Desolación; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5049440; https://zenodo.org/record/5049440

Balanophyllia malouinensis Squires, 1961 Balanophyllia malouinensis Squires, 1961: 15, 19, 40, 46, figs. 5, 24–26; 1969: 17, 18, pl. 6, map 4. — Cairns, 1982: 52–54, pl. 16, figs. 4–7, pl. 17, figs. 1–3, pl. 18, fig. 7, map 13. New Records . — Akebono Maru 72­34, 53°12.0'S, 74°51.6'W, 396 m, 12 Nov 1978, 4 coralla, MNHNS; Akebono Maru 72­90, 55°06.2'S, 71°58.7'W, 132 m, 19 Nov 1978, 3 coralla, MNHNS. Remarks . — Squires (1969) was the first to indicate this species occurring in Chile, from the Drake Passage off Cape Horn, these three records later documented by Cairns (1982) from 494–1137 m. Specimens reported herein extend the Chilean distribution farther northward to off Isla Desolación (53°S) and to a depth of 132 m. The main distribution of this species is off Venezuela Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia at depths of 75–780 m (Cairns 1982). It is unique among the Chilean coral fauna as being the only known dendrophylliid species. It is described and illustrated by Cairns (1982). : Published as part of Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena & Försterra, Günter, 2005, A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species, pp. 15-46 in Zootaxa 1018 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5049374 : {"references": ["Squires, D. F. (1961) Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. American Museum Novitates, 2046, 48 pp., including 31 figs.", "Cairns, S. D. (1982) Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. Antarctic Research Series, 34 (1), 74 pp., 18 pls., 14 maps.", "Squires, D. F. (1969) Distribution of selected groups of marine invertebrates in waters south of 35 \u00d7 S latitude, Scleractinia. Antarctic Map Folio Series, 11, 15 - 18, pl. 6."]}