Culicia stellata Dana, 1846

Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena & Försterra, Günter, 2005, A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 1018 (1), pp. 15-46 : 22

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2

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scientific name

Culicia stellata Dana, 1846
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Culicia stellata Dana, 1846 View in CoL

Figs. 1D–E View FIGURE 1

Culicia stellata Dana, 1846: 377 View in CoL , pl. 28, figs. 5a–d. — Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 78–79, figs. 3a–b (synonymy).

Culicia truncata Dana, 1846: 378 View in CoL , pl. 28, figs. 7, 7a.

Culicia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1936: 167–168 View in CoL , figs. 1–3.

Culicia rubeola View in CoL . — Chevalier, 1971: 93–100, pl. 3, fig. 6.

Culicia sp. cf. C. rubeola View in CoL . — Cairns, 1991: 7, pl. 1i–j (Galápagos, Cocos Islands).

New Records. — Anton Bruun 12­65235, 33°38'20"S, 78°48'50"W ( Róbinson Crusoe Island , Juan Fernández Islands), 3–12 m, 11 Dec 1965, 1 small cluster of about 20 corallites, USNM 1021964 About USNM GoogleMaps ; Anton Bruun 12­65239 , 33°38'20"S, 78°49'00"W, 2–8 m, 11 Dec 1965, several dozen corallites on 3 small rocks, USNM 1021966 About USNM GoogleMaps ; Anton Bruun 12­65243 , 33°37'00"S, 78°50'50"W, 0–10 m, 12 Dec 1965, several dozen corallites on 6 small rocks, USNM 1021978 About USNM GoogleMaps ; Eltanin 21­200, east coast Roca Más Afuera, Isla San Ambrosio, intertidal, 26 Nov 1965, 4 corallites, USNM 1021979 About USNM .

Remarks. —These are the first records of C. stellata from off Chile, specifically from Juan Fernández and San Ambrosio Islands (0–12 m), although it is common in the western Pacific (see Cairns & Zibrowius 1997) and previously reported from the eastern Pacific (Galápagos, Cocos Islands) by Cairns (1991) as Culicia sp. cf. C. rubeola . The Chilean corallites are rarely over 3.5 mm in GCD and 3 mm in height (GCD:LCD = 1.14–1.18), having a strongly epithecate wall and white in colour. Corallites stand 1–5 mm apart, linked by ribbon­like stolons that are often encrusted with epiphytes. Distomodeal intratentacular budding occurs occasionally. Septa are hexamerally arranged in four incomplete cycles (S1>S2>S3>S4), the larger corallites commonly having 30, 32, or 34 septa, corresponding to the presence of 3, 4, or 5 pairs of S4. S1 consist of an upper lobe and 1–3 elongate, lower axial teeth. S2 and S3 are only slightly smaller and sometimes hard to distinguish from the S1, but have a smaller upper lobe and more lower axial teeth. S4 are rudimentary, consisting of a series of 5–7 slender, horizontal teeth. The septal teeth grade imperceptibly into the columellar elements.

The Chilean populations correspond to the ‘ truncata ’ form of the species ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ), the corallites of which are rarely over 3 mm in height and have stolons strongly encrusted between corallites.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Rhizangiidae

Genus

Culicia

Loc

Culicia stellata Dana, 1846

Cairns, Stephen D., Häussermann, Verena & Försterra, Günter 2005
2005
Loc

Culicia sp.

Cairns, S. D. 1991: 7
1991
Loc

Culicia rubeola

Chevalier, J. - P. 1971: 93
1971
Loc

Culicia japonica

Yabe, H. & Eguchi, M. 1936: 168
1936
Loc

Culicia stellata

Cairns, S. D. & Zibrowius, H. 1997: 78
Dana, J. D. 1846: 377
1846
Loc

Culicia truncata

Dana, J. D. 1846: 378
1846
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