Paracyathus pulchellus ( Philippi, 1842 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 11

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2262.1.1

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scientific name

Paracyathus pulchellus ( Philippi, 1842 )
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Paracyathus pulchellus ( Philippi, 1842) View in CoL

Figs. 2R–S View FIGURE 2

Cyathina pulchellus Philippi, 1842: 42 .

Paracyathus defilippi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860: 60 , pl. 9, figs. 2–3.— Cerame-Vivas & Gray, 1966: 263 (listed).— Avent, King & Gore, 1977: 200, fig. 111.— Castañares & Soto, 1982: Table 1 (listed).

Paracyathus confertus Pourtalès, 1868:134 View in CoL .

Paracyathus pulchellus Cairns, 1979: 88–89 View in CoL , pl. 16, figs. 1–4, 6, Map 20 (synonymy of western Atlantic records and description).— Zibrowius, 1980: 90–93, pl. 44, figs. A–K, pl.45, figs. A–L (synonymy of eastern Atlantic records and description).— Rezak et al., 1985: 225 (listed: stn 113, Coffe Lump; stn 115,128, Geyer Bank; stn 118, Diaphus Bank; stn, Sidner Bank; stn 122, Alderice Bank).—Not Hubbard &Wells, 1986: 133 (= Polycyathus senegalensis View in CoL ).— Prahl & Erhardt, 1989: 545.— Cairns et al., 1991: 47.— Fenner, 1993a: 12, 14 (listed).— Cairns et al. 1994: 4 (listed).— Cairns, 2000: 81–83, figs. 89–91.—Lattig, 2000: 123–124, fig. 65.— Reyes et al., 2005: 324 (listed).— Kitahara, 2007: 502–503, fig. 3D.— Santodomingo et al., 2007: 286 (listed).

Remarks: Colombian specimens fit in the species diagnosis presented by Cairns (1979; 2000) and Zibrowius (1980). P. pulchellus were common on coralline hardgrounds and debris accumulation, but rare below 200 m depth. Colombian specimens were found settled on sponges, other scleractinian skeletons such as Cladocora debilis , Madracis myriaster , Oxysmilia rotundifolia and Eguchipsammia sp. , or over dead P. pulchellus skeletons.

Distribution: Amphi-atlantic distribution. Tropical western Atlantic, from 34º37'N to 0º18'N, between 17 and 838 m depth ( Cairns 2000). Eastern Atlantic, from Portugal to Guinea Gulf, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Azores, from 40 to 1260 m depth ( Zibrowius 1980). In Colombia, P. pulchellus is known from Honda Bay (La Guajira) to off the Gulf of Morrosquillo, between 50 and 269 m depth.

Material: INV CNI310 , 1 specimen , P392; INV CNI380 , 1 specimen , E67; INV CNI798 , 1 specimen , E156; INV CNI799 , 1 specimen , E98; INV CNI800 , 3 specimens , E155; INV CNI801 , 3 specimens , E155; INV CNI802 , 2 specimens , E104; INV CNI803 , 11 specimens , E104; INV CNI804 , 1 specimen , E105; INV CNI805 , 4 specimens , E103; INV CNI806 , 43 specimens , E102; INV CNI807 , 26 specimens , E102; INV CNI2166 , 2 specimens , E215; INV CNI2304 , 4 specimens , E234; INV CNI2305 , 38 specimens , E240; INV CNI2306 , 1 specimen , E242; INV CNI2383 , 1 specimen , D33; INV CNI2401 , 1 specimen , C1; INV CNI2410 , 3 specimens , C4; INV CNI2432 , 1 specimen , D34; INV CNI2468 , 1 specimen , E246; INV CNI2470 , 1 specimen , E246; INV CNI2512 , 5 specimens , D3; INV CNI2529 , 5 specimens , D12; INV CNI2565 , 30 specimens , D15; INV CNI2578 , 32 specimens , D17; INV CNI2686 , indeterminate specimens number) D20; INV CNI2712 , 121 specimens , D37; INV CNI2723 , 2 specimens , D19; INV CNI2740 , 37 specimens , D38; INV CNI2755 , 44 specimens , D16; INV CNI2768 , 43 specimens , D21; INV CNI2777 , 29 specimens , D33; INV CNI2794 , 3 specimens , D67; INV CNI2801 , 1 specimen , D75; INV CNI2805 , 5 specimens , D22; INV CNI2815 , 10 specimens , D69; INV CNI2823 , 6 specimens , D74; INV CNI2830 , 2 specimens , D34; INV CNI2841 , 2 specimens , D15; INV CNI2853 , 1 specimen , D18; INV CNI2887 , 1 specimen , D76; INV CNI2912 , 15 specimens , C3; USNM 80890 About USNM , 3 specimens , SMR2.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Caryophylliidae

Genus

Paracyathus

Loc

Paracyathus pulchellus ( Philippi, 1842 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen 2009
2009
Loc

Paracyathus pulchellus

Kitahara, M. V. 2007: 502
Santodomingo, N. & Reyes, J. & Gracia, A. & Martinez, A. & Ojeda, G. & Garcia, C. 2007: 286
Reyes, J. & Santodomingo, N. & Gracia, A. & Borrero-Perez, G. & Navas, G. & Mejia-Ladino, L. M. & Bermudez, A. & Benavides, M. 2005: 324
Cairns, S. D. 2000: 81
Cairns, S. D. & Opresko, D. M. & Hopkins, T. S. & Schroeder, W. W. 1994: 4
Fenner, D. P. 1993: 12
Cairns, S. D. & Calder, D. R. & Brinckmann-Voss, A. & Castro, C. B. & Pugh, P. R. & Cutress, C. E. & Jaap, W. C. & Fautin, D. G. & Larson, R. J. & Harbison, G. R. & Arai, M. N. & Opresko, D. M. 1991: 47
Erhardt, H. 1989: 545
Hubbard, R. H. & Wells, J. W. 1986: 133
Rezak, R. & Bright, T. J. & McGrail, D. W. 1985: 225
Zibrowius, H. 1980: 90
Cairns, S. D. 1979: 89
1979
Loc

Paracyathus confertus Pourtalès, 1868:134

Pourtales, L. F. 1868: 134
1868
Loc

Paracyathus defilippi

Avent, R. M. & King, M. E. & Gore, R. H. 1977: 200
Cerame-Vivas, M. J. & Gray, I. E. 1966: 263
Duchassaing, F. P. & Michelotti, G. 1860: 60
1860
Loc

Cyathina pulchellus

Philippi, A. 1842: 42
1842
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