Anomocora prolifera ( Pourtalès, 1871 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 26

Anomocora prolifera ( Pourtalès, 1871)

Figs. 4N–O

Ceratocyathus prolifer Pourtalès, 1871: 19–20 , pl. 3, figs. 8–10.

Asterosmilia prolifera Cairns, 1979: 138–140 , pl. 26, figs. 5–6, 8, Map 39 (synonymy and description).— Zibrowius, 1980: 140–141, pl. 73, figs. A–N, pl. 107, fig. J (synonymy and description).— Hubbard & Wells, 1986: 138–139, figs. 31–32.—Prahl & Erhardt, 1989: 548.— Cairns et al., 1991: 47 (listed).— Cairns et al., 1994: 4 (listed).

Anomocora prolifera Cairns, 2000: 129–130 , figs.148–150 (new combination).— Reyes et al., 2005: 324 (listed).— Santodomingo et al., 2007: 286 (listed).

Remarks: Most of the Colombian specimens show parricidal budding, without thecal buds, and ridged costae. Coralla are 6.7– 8 mm in GCD and 12.7–24.7 mm in length.

Distribution: Amphi-atlantic, from 30 to 329 m ( Cairns 1979; 2000; Zibrowius 1980). In Colombia, A. prolifera is known from La Guajira Peninsula to the Gulf of Morrosquillo, being more abundant in La Guajira region; 10–200 m depth.

Material: USNM 46781 , 7 specimens , P-393; USNM 46792 , P-768; USNM 46799 , 54 specimens , P-775; USNM 80736 , O-5698; USNM 80373 , O-5699; INV CNI316 , 1 specimen [voucher from USNM 46794 ], P- 775; INV CNI406 , 5 specimens , E8; INV CNI833 , 2 specimens , E103; INV CNI834 , 10 specimens , E102; INV CNI835 , 3 specimens , E122; INV CNI836 , 4 specimens , E97; INV CNI837 , 1 specimen , E100; INV CNI2142 , 28 specimens , E239; INV CNI2143 , 15 specimens , E238; INV CNI2146 , 43 specimens , E237; INV CNI2164 , 1 specimen , E234; INV CNI2176 , 4 specimens , E236; INV CNI2392 , 1 specimen , D34; INV CNI2571 , 5 specimens , D15; INV CNI2577 , 23 specimens , D17; INV CNI2683 , 26 specimens , D20; INV CNI2725 , 37 specimens , D19; INV CNI2754 , 5 specimens , D16; INV CNI2798 , 2 specimens , D75; INV CNI2847 , 12 specimens , D18; INV CNI2874 , 4 specimens , D36.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A, Lophelia pertusa, INV CNI396, off La Guajira (Honda Bay), colony fragments, x 1; B–C, Oxysmilia rotundifolia, INV CNI687, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 1.1; D–E, Colangia immersa, INV CNI683, off La Guajira (Punta Gallinas), calicular and lateral views, both x 3; F–G, Phyllangia americana americana, INV CNI274, off La Guajira (Caricari Point), colony from calicular and oblique views, both x 2; H–I, Rhizosmilia maculata, INV CNI178, off Santa Marta, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; J–K, Phacelocyathus flos, INV CNI2940, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; L–M, Anomocora fecunda INV CNI2897 off San Bernardo Islands, calicular and lateral views, x 3.2, x 1, respectively; N–O, Anomocora prolifera, INV CNI2725, off San Bernardo Islands, calicular view showing rejuvenescence stage and lateral view, both x 4.4; P–Q, Anomocora marchadi, INV CNI2303, off La Guajira, calicular and lateral views, both x 3.6; R, Coenosmilia arbuscula, INV CNI855, off San Bernardo Islands, branching pattern, x 1.5; S–T, Heterocyathus antoniae, paratype, INV CNI2076, off Manaure, calicular and lateral views, both x 4.5; U–W, Heterocyathus antoniae, INV CNI740, holotype, off Santa Marta (Neguanje Bay): U, basal view showing sipunculid holes, V, calicular view, and W, lateral view, all x 4.5. Scale bars for A–C, M, R = 1 cm; D–L, N–Q, S–W = 5 mm.