Caryophyllia barbadensis Cairns, 1979

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 6

Caryophyllia barbadensis Cairns, 1979

Fig. 2D–E

Caryophyllia barbadensis Cairns, 1979: 60–61 , pl. 8, figs. 7–9, pl. 9, fig. 1, Map 11 (description and illustrations).— Zibrowius, 1988: 135 (listed).— Cairns et al., 1994: 8.— Cairns, 2000: 68–69.— Reyes et al., 2005: 324 (listed).— Kitahara, 2007: 500, fig. 2J.— Santodomingo et al., 2007: 286 (listed).

Remarks: Our specimens of C. barbadensis have no significant differences with those described by Cairns (1979). Colombian specimens were collected settled on fossil reef coral limestone.

Distribution: Barbados, Louisiana, and off southern Brazil, from 129 to 249 m depth ( Cairns 2000). In Colombia, C. barbadensis was collected off the San Bernardo Islands, from 123 to 155 m depth. These records extend the distribution of C. barbadensis to the southern Caribbean coast.

Material: INV CNI669 , 1 specimen , E155; INV CNI2935 , 6 specimens , C2.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A–B, Caryophyllia berteriana, INV CNI2553, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 1.5; C, Caryophyllia crypta, USNM 99187, Santa Marta, paratype, x 4; D–E, Caryophyllia barbadensis, INV CNI669, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 10; F–G, Caryophyllia ambrosia caribbeana, INV CNI364, off La Rada inlet, calicular and lateral views, both x 1.6; H–I, Coenocyathus parvulus, INV CNI671, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 10; J–K, Trochocyathus rawsonii, INV CNI681, off Gulf of Morrosquillo, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.2; L–M, Trochocyathus sp. cf. T. fasciatus, INV CNI379, off Santa Marta, calicular and lateral views, both x 4.6; N, Tethocyathus prahli, INV CNI905, off La Guajira (Punta Gallinas), calicular view x 2.7; O, T. prahli, INV CNI1514, off Chocó, Pacific Ocean, calicular view x 2.7; P–Q, Tethocyathus variabilis, INV CNI2404, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 4; R–S, Paracyathus pulchellus, INV CNI2305, off La Guajira, calicular and lateral views, both x 4.4; T–U, Polycyathus senegalensis, INV CNI809, off La Guajira, calicular view and colony, both x 2.7; V, Cladocora debilis, INV CNI877, off Palomino, colony fragment showing typical branching pattern, x 0.8. Scale bars for A–B, F–G,V = 1 cm;C, J–U = 5 mm; D–E, H–I = 1 mm.