Lophelia pertusa

• Main Authors: Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda, Cairns, Stephen
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae; Lophelia; Lophelia pertusa; Canada; Ramos; Rancheria; Antarc*; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5313890; https://zenodo.org/record/5313890

Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) Fig. 4A Madrepora pertusa Linnaeus, 1758: 797. Madrepora prolifera Pallas, 1766: 307. Lophelia prolifera Cairns, 1979: 125–127, pl. 24, figs. 1–5, Map 34 (description and synonymy); 1981: 10.— Viada & Cairns, 1987: 132.— Zibrowius, 1988: 136 (listed).—Prahl & Erhardt, 1989: 547.— Cairns et al. , 1991: 47 (listed).— Cairns et al. , 1994: 4 (listed). Lophelia pertusa Zibrowius, 1980: 126–130, pl. 66, figs. A–L (description and synonymy).—Cairns, 1994: 27–28, pl. 9, figs. e–i.—Lattig, 2000: 131–132, fig. 71.— Kitahara, 2007: 502–503, fig. 4A–B. Remarks: L. pertusa is the principal azooxanthellate coral builder of deep-sea bioherms in the Atlantic, reaching the major development in the northeastern Atlantic off the Norwegian coast (Reed 2002). In Colombia, only fossil specimens have been collected off La Guajira, suggesting that L. pertusa may have built bioherms in the past, although it is also possible that living assemblages of Lophelia could occur at deeper surrounding areas. Further studies should be done in order to establish the actual status of their populations in Colombian waters. Our specimens present a thin and slender skeleton. Distribution: Worldwide distribution, from the equator to the sub-polar regions, more abundant in the North hemisphere; from 40 to 3000 m depth (e.g. Freiwald & Roberts 2005). In Colombia, L. pertusa is only known in the northeastern coast, off Honda Bay and off Carrizal Point, both located in the surrounding areas of the Rancheria Canyon; from 300 to 450 m depth. Material: USNM 46016, P-776; INV CNI 396, 5 colony fragments, E10; INV CNI 397, 3 colony fragments, E10; INV CNI 723, 1 colony fragment, E91. : Published as part of Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 2262 (1) on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2262.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5306371 : {"references": ["Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Natur. Regnum Animale. 10 th edition, Lipsi, facsimile produced by the Cura Societatis Zoologi Germani, Stockholm, 824 pp.", "Pallas, P. S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succinctas descriptiones cum selectis auctorum synonymis. Hagae-Comitum, Petrum van Cleef. 451 pp.", "Cairns, S. D. (1979) The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands, 57, 341 pp.", "Viada, S. T. & Cairns, S. D. (1987) Range extensions of ahermatypic Scleractinia in the Gulf of Mexico. Northeast Gulf Science, 9 (2), 131 - 134.", "Zibrowius, H. (1988). Les coraux Stylasteridae et Scleractinia. In: Guille, A. & Ramos, J. M., Les rapports des campagnes la mer MD 55 / Bresil a bord du \" Marion Dufresne 6 mai- 2 juni 1987. Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises, 132 - 136 pp.", "Prahl. H. & Erhardt, H. (1989) Lista anotada de corales ahermatipicos de Colombia. Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de Ciencias del Mar, 539 - 556.", "Cairns, S. D., Calder, D. R., Brinckmann-Voss, A., Castro, C. B., Pugh, P. R., Cutress, C. E., Jaap, W. C., Fautin, D. G., Larson, R. J., Harbison, G. R., Arai, M. N. & Opresko, D. M. (1991) Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 22. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD, USA, 75 pp.", "Cairns, S. D., Opresko, D. M., Hopkins, T. S. & Schroeder, W. W. (1994) New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. Northeast Gulf Science, 13 (1), 1 - 11.", "Zibrowius, H. (1980) Les Scleractiniaries de la Mediterranee et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Memories de l'Institut Oceanographique, Monaco, 11, 248 pp., 107 pls.", "Kitahara, M. V. (2007) Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science, 81 (3), 497 - 518.", "Reed J. K. (2002) Comparison of deep-water coral reefs and lithoherms off southeastern USA. Hydrobiologia. 471, 57 - 69.", "Freiwald, A. & Roberts, J. M. (Eds.). (2005) Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Erlangen Earth Conference Series. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1243 pp."]}