Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013

Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A. & Bremec, C. S., 2020, Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS), Zootaxa 4878 (2), pp. 201-239 : 224

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F930E674-DDA9-4EC9-B0E9-3891B239C6CF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425941
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scientific name	Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013
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Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013 View in CoL

Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13. PD BB 2017: St. 14; St. 16 (MACN-In 43504).

Distribution: At present, P. castellviae , is only known from Sub-Antarctic waters from Tierra del Fuego and the Malvinas Islands to Burdwood bank in the Scotia Sea, between 120–2044 m depth ( Zapata-Guardiola et al. 2013). It is here reported off Staten Is. (608 m) and at the MPA Namuncurá II.

Remarks: This is the first report of this species after its description (see Zapata-Guardiola et al. 2013). Our specimen was a yellowish, uniplanar, pinnate colony, with five polyps per whorl and eight marginal sclerites with strong terminal thorn.