Eunicea palmeri, BAYER, 1961

Sánchez, Juan Armando, 2009, Systematics of the candelabrum gorgonian corals (Eunicea Lamouroux; Plexauridae; Octocorallia; Cnidaria), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (2), pp. 237-263 : 241-242

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00515.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10546010

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scientific name

Eunicea palmeri
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EUNICEA PALMERI BAYER, 1961 View in CoL ( FIG. 1B View Figure 1 )

Eunicea palmeri Bayer, 1961: 129 View in CoL (holotype: USNM 50747 About USNM ).

Description: Colonies up to 1 m in height but usually shorter than 60 cm. External coloration ochre ( Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ). Branching pattern variable from candelabrum to bushy. Some colonies with enlarged and poorly ramified branches. Terminal branches approximately 0.7 mm in diameter. Sclerites from the middle layer enlarged, and having transparent spindles up to 2 mm in length, usually thin 0.09–0.2 mm wide. Purple spindles between 0.13 and 0.5 mm in axial layer; ornamentation with simple to laterally deformed ornaments. Surface layer with dense club sclerites that resemble a torch between 0.13 and 0.35 mm in length. Polyp rods flattened and quite small.

Diagnostic features: The calyx has two hemispheric lips, which form the aperture.

Distribution and habitat: Caribbean province exclusive of Bermuda. Shallow water to 25 m with moderate wave exposure on reef terraces and slopes.

Examined material: USNM 50747 About USNM , holotype, col. Bayer, F.M., 18.viii.1951; (70% ETOH) , North Atlantic Ocean; USA; Florida; Biscayne Bay, Soldier Key; Seaward Side of Key . USNM 50760 About USNM ; North Atlantic Ocean, USA, Florida, Florida Keys, Caesar Creek , between Elliott and Old Rhodes Key, col. Benedict J.E. 1901. USNM 50690 About USNM , Paratype, North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Florida Keys , USA; Ceasar’s Creek , col. Benedict, J.E. , 1901.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Plexauridae

Genus

Eunicea

Loc

Eunicea palmeri

Sánchez, Juan Armando 2009
2009
Loc

Eunicea palmeri Bayer, 1961: 129

Bayer FM 1961: 129
1961
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