Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865

Published, First, 2007, A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific, Zootaxa 1419, pp. 1-90 : 28

Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865

( Figs. 19 –21)

Leptogorgia rigida (pars) Verrill, 1864: 32.

Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865: 186 ; 1868b: 403; 1869b: 421; Nutting 1910: 5; Bielschowsky 1918: 29; 1929: 132; Kükenthal 1919: 772; 1924: 335.

Gorgonia (Eugorgia) cuspidata Verrill, 1868: 415 .

Litigorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1868a: 403 (1st. ed.).

Lophogorgia cuspidata Harden 1979: 71 .

Material examined. Lectotype (here designated): MCZ 4061 ( MCZ 263 ), Cape San Lucas, Baja California, no depth given, donor: Smithsonian Institution, J. Xantus, 1869–1861 . Paralectotypes: MCZ 4058 ( MCZ 349 ) (2), dry, Acapulco, no depth given, D . V. Vanbrunt , 1863 ; YPM 954 , 1709 , Baja California Sur, Cape San Lucas , no depth given, J. Xantus, 1869–1861 ; USNM 1676 (2 specimens), dry, Baja California Sur, Cape San Lucas, no depth given, J. Xantus, 1869–1861 .

Other material examined: COSTA RICA: UCR 628–633, preserved, Isla Chora, Bahía Sámara , 7 m, H. Guzman, 18 March 1984 ; UCR 755 (3 specimens), preserved, Islote Chancha, Punta Salsipuedes , 1–3 m, VH1, Victor Hensen Expedition, 22 January 1984 ; UCR 773, preserved, S Isla Colorada , 3 m, J. Cortés, 5 March 1994 ; UCR 789, preserved, Archipielago Murcielago , 27 m, J. Cortés, 4 March 1994 ; UCR 790, preserved, Los Pedrones, Cape Blanco , 7 m, L. Mena, 18 April 1999 ; UCR 1510, preserved, San Pedrito, Archipielago Murcielago , 20 m, O. Breedy, 10 April 1996 ; UCR 1541, preserved, Peñon Palmitas W, Culebra Bay , 5 m, C. Jimenéz, 28 August 1997 ; UCR 1523 (2 specimens), preserved, Palmitas W, Culebra Bay , 5 m, E. Ruiz, 27 August 1997 ; UCR 1525, preserved, Isla Chora , 10–12 m, O. Breedy & H. Guzman, 30 May 1997 ; UCR 1527 (2 specimens), preserved, NE Cabeza de Mono, Culebra Bay , 9 m, E. Ruiz, 24 May 1997 ; UCR 1528, preserved, Peñón Cabeza de Mono , 10 m, O. Breedy, 26 June 1997 ; UCR 1530 (2 specimens), preserved, S Islote El Muerto, Salinas Bay , 15 m, O. Breedy, 9 July 2002 ; UCR 1534, preserved, Cabeza de Mono , 20 m, O. Breedy, 21 November 1997 ; UCR 1664 (2 specimens), preserved, Bajo Sámara, Bahía Sámara , 18 m, O. Breedy & H. Guzman, 1 March 1998 ; UCR 1665, preserved, Roca Afuera, Punta Descartes , 20 m, O. Breedy, 9 June 2005 ; UCR 1666 (3 specimens), preserved, Playa Nacascolito, Culebra Bay , 15 m, O. Breedy, 23 April 2002 . PANAMA: STRI 457, dry, Isla Roncadores, Golfo de Chiriqui, 10–20 m, H. Guzman, 30 August 2002 ; STRI 554, dry, Isla Bolañito, Golfo de Chiriqui, 6 m, H. Guzman, 16 April 2003 ; STRI 669, dry, Isla Pacora, Golfo de Chiriqui, 6 m, H. Guzman, 7 May 2003 ; STRI 713, dry, Los Octavios, Golfo de Chiriqui, 7 m, H. Guzman, 7 July 2003 ; UCR 1044, 1051, 1055, 1056, dry, Isla Canal Afuera , 3–12 m, H. Guzman, 10 Decem- ber 2001; UCR 1107–1109, dry, Roca Prosper, 10–30 m, H. Guzman, 11 December 2001 ; UCR 1196, dry, Isla Jicaron NE, 5–10 m, H. Guzman, 18 April 2002 ; UCR 1313, dry, Islote Punta Soledad , 10 m, H. Guzman, 20 April 2002 ; UCR 1397–1398, dry, Islote Santa Cruz , 5–10 m, H. Guzman, 24 April 2002 ; UCR 1437, dry, Islote Almohada, Golfo de Chiriqui, 5–15 m, H. Guzman, 29 April 2002 ; UCR 1524, preserved, Isla Canal Afuera , 3–12 m, H. Guzman, 10 December 2001 ; UCR 1540, preserved, Roca Prosper , 10–20 m, H. Guzman, 11 December 2001 .