Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa
Author
Mcfadden, Catherine S.
Author
Van Ofwegen, Leen P.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-13
4363
4
451
488
journal article
31177
10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.1
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Corymbophyton bruuni
(Bayer, 1995)
n. comb.
Fig. 9
Protodendron bruuni
Bayer, 1995: 303
–308,
Figs. 2–5
; Brockman & McFadden, 2012:
Table S2
; McFadden & Ofwegen, 2013: Appendix.
Material
examined.
Syntype
.
USNM 93241
,
South Africa
,
Natal
, off
Durban
,
29º26'S
,
31º46'E
, depth
77 m
,
IIOE
, R/
V Anton Bruun
sta. 391F,
9 September 1964
.
Other
material:
USNM 93239
,
South Africa
,
Natal
, off
Durban
,
29º21'S
,
31º35'E
, depth
57 m
,
IIOE
, R/
V Anton Bruun
sta. 391J,
9 September 1964
.
ZMTAU
CO37586
(SAF361), SAF363,
South Africa
,
Kwazulu-Natal
,
Park Rynie
,
Howard's Castle
,
30º16.862'S
,
30º48.555'E
, depth
16–21 m
, coll.
C.S. McFadden
,
19 March 2008
.
Remarks.
The material we collected in shallow water off Park Rynie, Natal and sequenced here corresponds morphologically to the
syntypes
, which were collected nearby in deeper waters, and are described and illustrated well by Bayer (1995). We include SEMs of the sclerites of the shallow-water material for comparison (
Fig. 9
).