Candidella Bayer, 1954

Cairns, Stephen D., 2018, Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) of the Okeanos Explorer expeditions (CAPSTONE) to the central Pacific, Zootaxa 4532 (1), pp. 1-43 : 18

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Genus Candidella Bayer, 1954 View in CoL

Stenella Gray, 1870: 48 (junior homonym). Candidella Bayer, 1954: 296 View in CoL .— Cairns & Bayer 2004b: 476 –477; 2009: 46, fig. 16H–N.—Cairns, 2009: 440; 2012: 37; 2016b: 102.

Type Species. Primnoa imbricata Johnson, 1862 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Colonies dichotomously branching or unbranched (flagelliform). Polyps arranged in whorls, individual polyps standing perpendicular to branch. Each polyp with four large marginal scales, forming a distinct cowl around operculum. Other body wall scales much smaller, occurring in 2–4 sub-terminal transverse tiers. Opercular scales have a prominent keel. Coenenchymal scales elliptical, with concave outer surface.

Discussion. Four species are known in this deep-water genus, which has been reviewed by Cairns (2009) and Cairns & Bayer (2009).

Distribution. Amphi-Atlantic, central Pacific from Hawaii to New Zealand, 1115–2211 m.

References

Bayer, F. M. (1954) New names for two genera of Octocorallia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 44 (9), 296.

Cairns, S. D. & Bayer, F. M. (2004 b) Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 5: The genera Plumarella Gray, 1870; Acanthoprimnoa, n. gen.; and Candidella Bayer, 1954. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117 (4), 447 - 487.

Cairns, S. D. & Bayer, F. M. (2009) A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 629, 1 - 79. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.629

Gray, J. E. (1870) Catalogue of the Lithophytes or Stony Corals in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, 51 pp.