Eunicea palmeri Bayer, Roncador Bank 1961
EUNICEA PALMERI BAYER, 1961 (FIG. 1B) Eunicea palmeri Bayer, 1961: 129 (holotype: USNM 50747). Description: Colonies up to 1 m in height but usually shorter than 60 cm. External coloration ochre (Fig. 1B). Branching pattern variable from candelabrum to bushy. Some colonies with enlarged and poorly r...
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| Summary: | EUNICEA PALMERI BAYER, 1961 (FIG. 1B) Eunicea palmeri Bayer, 1961: 129 (holotype: USNM 50747). Description: Colonies up to 1 m in height but usually shorter than 60 cm. External coloration ochre (Fig. 1B). Branching pattern variable from candelabrum to bushy. Some colonies with enlarged and poorly ramified branches. Terminal branches approximately 0.7 mm in diameter. Sclerites from the middle layer enlarged, and having transparent spindles up to 2 mm in length, usually thin 0.09–0.2 mm wide. Purple spindles between 0.13 and 0.5 mm in axial layer; ornamentation with simple to laterally deformed ornaments. Surface layer with dense club sclerites that resemble a torch between 0.13 and 0.35 mm in length. Polyp rods flattened and quite small. Diagnostic features: The calyx has two hemispheric lips, which form the aperture. Distribution and habitat: Caribbean province exclusive of Bermuda. Shallow water to 25 m with moderate wave exposure on reef terraces and slopes. Examined material: USNM 50747, holotype, col. Bayer, F.M., 18.viii.1951; (70% ETOH), North Atlantic Ocean; USA; Florida; Biscayne Bay, Soldier Key; Seaward Side of Key. USNM 50760; North Atlantic Ocean, USA, Florida, Florida Keys, Caesar Creek, between Elliott and Old Rhodes Key, col. Benedict J.E. 1901. USNM 50690, Paratype, North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Florida Keys, USA; Ceasar’s Creek, col. Benedict, J.E., 1901. Published as part of Sánchez, Juan Armando, 2009, Systematics of the candelabrum gorgonian corals (Eunicea Lamouroux; Plexauridae; Octocorallia; Cnidaria), pp. 237-263 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (2) on pages 241-242, DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00515.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5443702 |
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