Psammogorgia hookeri Breedy & Guzman, 2014

Breedy, Odalisca & Guzman, Hector M., 2020, A revision of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, ZooKeys 961, pp. 1-30 : 1

Psammogorgia hookeri Breedy & Guzman, 2014 Figure 14

Psammogorgia hookeri Breedy & Guzman, 2014: 2-5.

Type locality.

Isla Gallán, Paracas National Reserve, Perú.

Diagnosis.

Colonies coral red, small, bushy, multiplanar and irregularly dichotomous. Coenenchyme granular. Coenenchymal sclerites: wide, irregular spindles with acute or bifurcated ends, and combinations of both; warty and irregular radiates, crosses and conspicuous star-like radiates. Colours of coenenchymal sclerites reddish, coral red, and lighter. Calyces prominent, swollen and closely placed. Thorny, irregular spindles, and wart-clubs around the calyx rim up to 0.16 mm long. Anthocodial spindles, thin and spiny, in collaret and points arrangements, yellowish, and pale pink in colour. We refer to Breedy and Guzman (2014) for a full description of the species.

Distribution.

This species has only been reported for Perú, Isla Gallán, Paracas National Reserve at 25 m depth, and from Bahía Independencia at unknown depth (Fig. 14 ).

Figures

Figure 14. Psammogorgia hookeri Breedy & Guzman, 2014. In situ colonies at Isla San Gallan, Paracas National Reserve, 25 m deep. Photograph: Yuri Hooker (UPCH).