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New records of the genus Callogorgia (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) in the western Atlantic, including the description of a new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2014

Frederick M. Bayer ,
Stephen D. Cairns ,
Ralf T.S. Cordeiro  and
Carlos D. Pérez
Stephen D. Cairns
Affiliation:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Ralf T.S. Cordeiro*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Recife PE 50670901, Brasil
Carlos D. Pérez
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Rua Alto do Reservatório s/n, Bela Vista, Vitória de Santo Antão, 55608680, Brasil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R.T.S. Cordeiro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Recife PE 50670901, Brasil email: ralfts@gmail.com
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Abstract

Based on material collected during oceanographic campaigns in the western Atlantic from 1958 to 2011, two species of primnoid octocorals belonging to the genus Callogorgia were identified: Callogorgia americana and Callogorgia arawak sp. nov. These species are described and illustrated herein and their geographic and bathymetric are given. This is the first record of the genus in the south-western Atlantic. Additionally, the elevation of C. americana americana and C. a. delta to species level is proposed, keeping Callogorgia gilberti, C. delta and C. americana as separate species.

Keywords

Deep-water coralsoctocoralsPrimnoidaesouth AtlanticCnidariacontinental slope
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 95 , Issue 5 , August 2015 , pp. 905 - 911
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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