Oxysmilia rotundifolia ( Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 22

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5313893

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B4287D6-FF82-DC39-A187-FDA4FE78FFBB

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Felipe

scientific name

Oxysmilia rotundifolia ( Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 )
status

 

Oxysmilia rotundifolia ( Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) View in CoL

Figs. 4B–C View FIGURE 4

Lophosmilia rotundifolia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848: 247 View in CoL , pl. 5, figs. 3–3a.

Oxysmilia rotundifolia Duchassaing, 1870: 27 View in CoL .— Cairns, 1979: 73–75, pl. 10, figs. 7–9, pl. 11, figs. 1–4, Map 16 (description and synonymy).— Fricke & Meischner, 1985: 183, fig. 11b.— Rezak et al., 1985: 225 (listed).—Prahl & Erhardt, 1989: 544–545.— Cairns et al., 1991: 47 (listed).— Cairns et al., 1994: 6–7.— Reyes et al., 2005: 324 (listed).— Santodomingo et al., 2007: 286 (listed).

Remarks: The examined specimens fit in all aspects to the previous species description ( Cairns 1979; 2000), but they have no traces of P3 development. O. rotundifolia is the largest attached corallum that has been collected in the Colombian Caribbean, although it is not abundant. Only few samples (two) were collected with living tissue off Gulf of Morrosquillo at 155–160 m depth. Colombian specimens resemble in shape to some individuals collected in Guyana, USNM 61887 ( Guyana) and USNM 61874 (French Guyana).

Distribution: Tropical western Atlantic, from Onslow Bay (North Carolina) to Surinam, including the Caribbean and the north coast of the Gulf of Mexico; from 46 to 640 m depth ( Cairns 1979; 2000). In Colombia, it is known from San Andres Archipelago, off Santa Marta and off San Bernardo-Rosario Islands, between 100 and 238 m depth.

Material: USNM 61879 About USNM , O-4904; USNM 61876 About USNM , 2 specimens , O-4832; USNM 61880 About USNM ; INV CNI326 , 1 specimen [voucher from USNM 61876 About USNM ], O-4832; INV CNI684 , 1 specimen , E156; INV CNI685 , 1 specimen , E156; INV CNI686 , 2 specimens , E155; INV CNI687 , 14 specimens , E155; INV CNI688 , 2 specimens , E122; INV CNI2400 , 3 specimens , C1; INV CNI2431 , 2 specimens , E246; INV CNI2437 , 1 specimen , C2; INV CNI2454 , 3 specimens , C3; INV CNI2467 , 3 specimens , E246; INV CNI2508 , 2 specimens , D3; INV CNI2518 , 5 specimens , D12; INV CNI2534 , 1 specimen , D28; INV CNI2714 , 1 specimen , D37; INV CNI2738 , 1 specimen , D38; INV CNI2843 , 1 specimen , D15; INV CNI2894 , 12 specimens , C2; INV CNI2909 , 1 specimen , C3.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Caryophylliidae

Genus

Oxysmilia

Loc

Oxysmilia rotundifolia ( Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 )

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

Oxysmilia rotundifolia

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. & Opresko, D. M. & Hopkins, T. S. & Schroeder, W. W. 1994: 6
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: 544
Fricke, H. & Meischner, D. 1985: 183
Rezak, R. & Bright, T. J. & McGrail, D. W. 1985: 225
Cairns, S. D. 1979: 73
Duchassaing, F. P. 1870: 27
1870
Loc

Lophosmilia rotundifolia

Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848: 247
1848
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