Phelliactis capricornis Riemann-Zürneck, 1973

Gusmão, Luciana C. & Rodríguez, Estefanía, 2021, Deep-Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) From The South Atlantic, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (444), pp. 1-73 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090.444.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087F5-FF84-CD7A-8AA1-FF7B7DA0F7BE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Phelliactis capricornis Riemann-Zürneck, 1973
status

Treatment

Phelliactis capricornis Riemann-Zürneck, 1973 View in CoL

Figures 19–20, table 9

MATERIAL: MNRJ 4165 View Materials (1 specimen) ; locality: REVIZEE Bahia 2, R / V Thalassa, Sta. e0500, sector 1, arrest 6, southwestern Atlantic , Brazil, off the coast of Bahia, 13°22.95′ S 38°43.4′ W, collected on 8 June 2000 (394 m). MNRJ 4166 View Materials (3 specimens) GoogleMaps ; locality: REVIZEE Bahia 2, R / V Thalassa, Sta. e0517, sector 1, arrest 6, southwestern Atlantic , Brazil, off the coast of Bahia, 13°24.55′ S 38°38.88′ W, collected on 19 June 2000 (750 m). MNRJ 4167 View Materials (4 specimens) GoogleMaps ; locality: REVIZEE Bahia 2, R / V Thalassa, Sta. e0499, sector 1, arrest 5, southwestern Atlantic , Brazil, off the coast of Bahia, 13°36.77′ S 38°46.02′ W, collected on 8 June 2000 (761 m) GoogleMaps .

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Phelliactis robusta: ZMUC ANT-000014 (1 specimen; syntype) ; locality: Ingolf Expedition , Sta. ING032, Arctic Ocean, Davis Strait, 66°35.0′ N 56°38.0′ W, collected 11 July 1896 (599 m). Phelliactis americana: USNM 54323 (1 specimen; Holotype) GoogleMaps ; locality: RV Delaware, North Atlantic Ocean , United States, off New Jersey, collected on 19 February 1963, ID by B. Widersten on 15 September 1975 (366 m). Phelliactis capricornis: ZMH C 7547 (1 specimen; holotype) ; locality: Walther-Herwig Expedition , Sta. 85, Southwest Atlantic, Brazil, about 200 km off the State of São Paulo, 25°13.2′ S 44°33.0′ W (1200 m). Phelliactis incerta: MZB 39198 (1 specimen; holotype) GoogleMaps ; locality: Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition 1910, Sta. 23, Atlantic Ocean, near Strait of Gibraltar, 35°31.8′ S 7°07.2′ W (1215 m) GoogleMaps .

EXTERNAL ANATOMY (fig. 19): Preserved specimens 53–78 mm in length and 32–54 mm in diameter (fig. 19A). Pedal disc irregularly shaped, slightly broader than column, 32–88 mm in diameter in preserved specimens (fig. 19A). Column cylindrical, with large tubercles from proximal to distal column (fig. 19A); in some specimens tubercles larger in distal column (fig. 19B). Column divisible into long scapus and short capitulum (fig. 18A); capitulum smooth, visibly distinct in contracted preserved speci-