Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns 1982
Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns, 1982 Figs. 2 F–G, 7 Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns, 1982: 16, pl. 4, figs. 5–9, map 3.—Cairns et al., 2005: 33.—Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010: 113 (key). Remarks. This species was well described in the original description. It is characterized by having a thin, frag...
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| Summary: | Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns, 1982 Figs. 2 F–G, 7 Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns, 1982: 16, pl. 4, figs. 5–9, map 3.—Cairns et al., 2005: 33.—Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010: 113 (key). Remarks. This species was well described in the original description. It is characterized by having a thin, fragile, somewhat translucent theca that has a porcellaneous exterior, similar to that of a flabellid. Its septa are non-exsert, the calicular margin a series of equal-sized, equilaterally-shaped triangles. The axial edges of the S 3 and the outer edges of the P 3 are only slightly sinuous, and the septa are widely spaced, giving the impression of space within the corallum. It is similar to C. antarctica but differs in having a thinner theca, non-exsert septa, less sinuous septal and palar axial edges, more uniplanar septa (lacking in tall, rectangular septal face granules), and fewer and larger columellar elements (see Kitahara et al. 2010). Distribution. Previously known only from off Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands at 406–659 m, these records extend its range slightly north (fig. 7) and expand its bathymetric range to 158–1629 m. Material. PAT0108DR 1, 1, MNCN; PAT0108DR 11, 1, MNCN, and 1, USNM 1193275; PAT0108DR 12, 1, MNCN; PAT0108DR 14, 2, MNCN; PAT 1008 DR 4, 4, MNCN; PAT 1008 DR 6, 1, MNCN; PAT 1008 DR 8, 3, MNCN; PAT 1008 DR 9, 1, MNCN; PAT 1108 DR 10, 2, MNCN; PAT 1108 DR 11, 1, MNCN; PAT 1208 DR 4, 1, MNCN; PAT 1208 DR 6, 10, MNCN and 1, USNM 1193276; PAT 1208 DR 7, 2, MNCN; PAT 1208 DR 11, 4, MNCN; PAT 1208 DR 14, 6, MNCN; PAT 1208 DR 16, 2, MNCN; PAT 1208 DR 17, 1, USNM 1193274; PAT0209DR 5, 4, MNCN; PAT0209DR 9, 3, MNCN; PAT0210DR 9, 2, MNCN; PAT0210DR 10, 1, USNM 1193273; ATL09Lo 92, 1, MNCN; ATL09Lo 93, 1, MNCN. Published as part of Cairns, Stephen D. & Polonio, Virginia, 2013, New records of deep-water Scleractinia off Argentina and the Falkland Islands in Zootaxa 3691 (1), DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/222205 |
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