Tanacetipathes thalassoros Loiola & Castro, 2005

Lima, Manuela M., Cordeiro, Ralf T. S. & Perez, Carlos D., 2019, Black Corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 4692 (1), pp. 1-67 : 34

Tanacetipathes thalassoros Loiola & Castro, 2005

Fig. 35

Tanacetipathes thalassoros Loiola & Castro, 2005: 27–29 , fig. 15; Loiola, 2007: 257.

Type and type locality. MNRJ 3414 (holotype): 20º0’0”S, 30º0’0”W, Trindade Island , Brazil, 100 m ; MNRJ 5148 (paratype): 20º36’0”S, 35º51’0”W, Jaseur bank, Brazil, 50 m ; MNRJ 3401 (paratype): 20º56’60”S, 34º57’57.6”W, Doga Ressa bank, Brazil, 100 m.

Diagnosis. Corallum with branches arising far from the colony base, resulting in a fan shape; posterior primary pinnules with up to 42 (more frequently 11–15) secondaries. Two to five tertiary pinnules, irregularly distributed on both proximal and distal secondary pinnules. Spines short (less than 0.14 mm), smooth or with small ornamentations. Polyps not known. ( Loiola & Castro, 2005).

Distribution. Trindade Island, Brazil (fig. 35) ( Loiola & Castro, 2005); from 50 m to 100 m depths ( Loiola & Castro, 2005).

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FIGURE 35. Geographic distribution of antipatharians species occurring in the Southwestern Atlantic not analyzed in the present work.