Bathypathes bifida Thomson, 1906

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 : 40

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Bathypathes bifida Thomson, 1906 View in CoL

Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35

Bathypathes bifida Thomson, 1906: 79 View in CoL ; Van Pesch, 1914: 5, 36, 37; Pax, 1932: 275; Opresko, 1974: 24, 51; Opresko, 2002: 415; Opresko, 2005: 130.

Type and type locality. Unknown. Lat.: 71º 22’S, Long.: 16º 34’W, March 18, 1904, Scottish Antarctic Expedition, depth not reported.

Diagnosis. Colony monopodial and pinnulate; pinnulation consisting solely of two long “pinnules” extending out almost horizontally from the top of the corallum and then curing upward (Opresko, pers. comm.).

Distribution. Subantarctic (Thomson, 1906), South Georgia Island, South Atlantic (fig. 35) (Smithsonian, USNM 100082, 79388, and 1202943, identified by D. M. Opresko; available in <http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ search/iz/>) from 2672 to 3210 m, and New Zealand (at NIWA—National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Re-search—D. M. Opresko pers. comm.).

References

Opresko, D. M. (1974) A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with redescriptions of eleven species. Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, University of Miami, Miami, 149 pp.

Opresko, D. M. (2002) Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part II. Schizopathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, 76, 411 - 442.

Opresko, D. M. (2005) A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the southern California Bight. Zootaxa, 852 (1), 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 852.1.1

Van Pesch, A. J. (1914) The Antipatharia of the Siboga Expedition. EJ Brill, Leiden, 259 pp.