Lafoea coalescens Allman, 1877

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, at 22.38°S 37.58°W ( Miranda et al. 2015).

Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820) [Fig. 2.I]

Synonyms in the area: Lafoea fruticosa —Allman 1888 p. 34–35; Jäderholm 1905; Totton 1930; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1984; Blanco et al. 1994; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Seo 2003; Genzano et al. 2009a [polyp]; Lafoea gracillima Jäderholm, 1903 p. 273–274, 1905, 1920 p. 3; Härtlaub 1904, 1905 p. 594; Clarke 1907; Ritchie 1907a; Blanco 1967a; Leloup 1974 p. 10 [polyp]; Lafoea intermedia Fraser, 1938a, 1938b; Calder et al. 2003 [polyp].

Remarks: according to El Beshbeeshy (1991) and Peña Cantero et al. (2004), records of Lafoea fruticosa correspond to L. dumosa (Fleming 1820) .

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, from 1.4°N to 1.5°S in Galápagos Archipelago, Chile, from 41.84°S to 54.97°S (Allman 1888 p. 34–35; Jäderholm 1903 p. 273–274, 1920 p. 3; Clarke 1907; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Leloup 1974 p. 10; Calder et al. 2003; Galea 2007 p. 49–50; Galea et al. 2009a p. 336; Galea & Schories 2012a p. 24); Atlantic Ocean, Brazil to Argentina, at 22.10°S 40°W, from 36°S to 56°S (Hartlaub 1904, 1905; Jäderholm 1905; Ritchie 1907a; Totton 1930; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Blanco 1967a, 1994a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco et al. 1994; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Grohmann et al. 2003; Seo 2003; Genzano et al. 2009a).

Habitat: from 10 to 2078m depth, on Eurypodius latreilli, hydroids, gorgonians, hexacorallians and bivalve shells (Hartlaub 1904; Jäderholm 1905; Clarke 1907; Ritchie 1907a; Totton 1930; Fraser 1938a, 1938b; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Blanco 1967a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Blanco 1994a; Blanco et al. 1994; Calder et al. 2003; Galea 2007 p. 49–50; Galea et al. 2009a p. 336).