Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan 1873

• Main Authors: Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena, Försterra, Günter
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae; Solenosmilia; Solenosmilia variabilis; Antarctic; Pacific; New Zealand; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240893; https://zenodo.org/record/5240893

Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873 Fig. 2J Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873: 328, pl. 42, figs. 11–18. — Squires, 1969: 18, pl.6, map 2. — Cairns, 1982: 31, pl. 9, figs. 4–5 (Subantarctic records, description, synonymy, figures); 1995: 82, pl. 23d–e (synonymy). New Record . — Vema 17­14RD, 47°01'S, 75°44'W (off Península Tres Montes), 1146 m, 1 colony, USNM 1022415. Remarks . —The only previous record of this species from Chile or the entire eastern Pacific was that of Squires (1969), who mapped one occurrence at about 47° S but did not provide documentation. The Vema specimen reported herein is undoubtedly that record. It is a small colony of 6 cm in height having only 12 corallites, but shows evidence of intratentacular budding, which is characteristic of the genus, leading to equal, three­dimensional dichotomous branching. Solenosmilia variabilis is one of the few scleractinian species having an almost cosmopolitan distribution, occurring at depths of 220–2165 m (Cairns 1995). : 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 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5049374 : {"references": ["Duncan, P. M. (1873) A description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the expeditions of H. M. S. \" Porcupine \" in 1869 and 1870. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 8 (5), 303 - 344, pls. 39 - 49.", "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.", "Cairns, S. D. (1982) Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. Antarctic Research Series, 34 (1), 74 pp., 18 pls., 14 maps.", "Cairns, S. D. (1995) The marine fauna of New Zealand, Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 103, 210 pp., 44 pls., 22 maps."]}