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: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae; Desmophyllum; Desmophyllum dianthus; Drake Passage; New Zealand; Acuña
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570998; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D9FFE5FFA0FF51F95EFDB2C4F3

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