Rhizosmilia maculata ( Pourtalès, 1874 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 24-25

Rhizosmilia maculata ( Pourtalès, 1874)

Figs. 4H–I

Bathycyathus maculatus Pourtalès, 1874: 34–35 , pl. 6, figs. 5–6.— Cerame-Vivas & Gray, 1966: 236 (listed).— Tommasi, 1970: 55 (listed).

Coenocyathus bartschi Wells, 1947: 170–171 , pl. 11, figs. 1–3.— Werding & Erhardt, 1977: 106.— Zlatarski & Martínez, 1982: 259–262, pl. 112, figs. 1–5, pl. 113, figs. 1, 4–5 (not 2–3, = Coenocyathus caribbeana ), pl. 114, figs. 1–6.— Prahl & Erhardt, 1985: 174, fig. 106.—Estallela, 1987: 6–7, figs. 1A–B.

Caryophyllia maculata Cairns, 1977b: 9–10 , pl. 1, figs. 1–3 (synonymy).— Cairns, 1978a: 11 (listed).— Castañares & Soto, 1982: Table 1 (listed).

Rhizosmilia maculata Cairns, 1978b: 220 , pl. 1, fig. 8.— Hubbard & Wells, 1986: 132, figs. 19–20.—Prahl & Erhardt, 1989: 548, fig. 7.—Not Cortés, 1992: 243, fig. 1 (= Colangia immersa ).—Humann, 1993: 168–169, 4 colour figs.— Pires, 1997: 185.— Kitahara, 2007: 502–503, fig. 3O.

Rhizosmilia gerdae Hubbard & Wells, 1986: 132 , figs. 17–18. [Not R. gerdae Cairns, 1978b ].

Remarks: R. maculata is a common species in the Colombian Caribbean; it has been observed elsewhere in the coral reefs, although only two specimens from Colombian reefs have been collected and deposited at the MHNMC collection.

Distribution: Tropical western Atlantic, from Florida to Brazil ( Cairns 2000); 0.5– 508 m depth. In Colombia, R. maculata is known from Santa Marta to the Gulf of Uraba, around 15 m depth.

Material: INV CNI178 , 1 specimen, BEM4466; INV CNI250 , 1 specimen, BEM4133 .

Figures

FIGURE 4. A, Lophelia pertusa, INV CNI396, off La Guajira (Honda Bay), colony fragments, x 1; B–C, Oxysmilia rotundifolia, INV CNI687, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 1.1; D–E, Colangia immersa, INV CNI683, off La Guajira (Punta Gallinas), calicular and lateral views, both x 3; F–G, Phyllangia americana americana, INV CNI274, off La Guajira (Caricari Point), colony from calicular and oblique views, both x 2; H–I, Rhizosmilia maculata, INV CNI178, off Santa Marta, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; J–K, Phacelocyathus flos, INV CNI2940, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; L–M, Anomocora fecunda INV CNI2897 off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, x 3.2, x 1, respectively; N–O, Anomocora prolifera, INV CNI2725, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular view showing rejuvenescence stage and lateral view, both x 4.4; P–Q, Anomocora marchadi, INV CNI2303, off La Guajira, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; R, Coenosmilia arbuscula, INV CNI855, off San Bernardo Islands, branching pattern, x 1.5; S–T, Heterocyathus antoniae, paratype, INV CNI2076, off Manaure, calicular and lateral views, both x 4.5; U–W, Heterocyathus antoniae, INV CNI740, holotype, off Santa Marta (Neguanje Bay): U, basal view showing sipunculid holes, V, calicular view, and W, lateral view, all x 4.5. Scale bars for A–C, M, R = 1 cm; D–L, N–Q, S–W = 5 mm.