Anomocora marchadi ( Chevalier, 1966 )

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, Zootaxa 2262 (1), pp. 1-39 : 26-27

Anomocora marchadi ( Chevalier, 1966)

Figs. 4P–Q

Dasmosmilia marchadi Chevalier, 1966: 944–949 , pl. 5, figs. 3–4, text-figs. 11–13. Asterosmilia marchadi Cairns, 1979: 140–142 , pl. 26, figs. 7, 9–10, Map 40 (synonymy and description).— Zibrowius,

1980: 141–142, pl. 74, figs. A–K (synonymy and description).—Prahl & Erhardt, 1989: 548.— Cairns et al., 1991:

47 (listed).— Cairns et al., 1994: 7.— Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997: 131–132, figs. 17a–b (synonymy and description). Anomocora marchadi Cairns, 2000: 130–131 (new combination).— Santodomingo et al., 2007: 286 (listed).

Remarks: More than 2000 corallites were collected at Manaure (La Guajira), co-occurring with antipatharians, sponges, bryozoans and octocorals. No differences were observed between Colombian specimens and those previously described by Cairns (1979; 2000).

Distribution: Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans; from 35 to 229 m depth ( Cairns 1979; 2000; Cairns & Zibrowius 1997). In Colombia, A. marchadi is common along the northeastern Caribbean coast (La Guajira Peninsula), from off Honda Bay to Palomino, at 50 m depth. It has also been collected around the Rosario and San Bernardo Archipelago, from 94 to 100 m depth.

Material: INV CNI2141 , 548 specimens , E238; INV CNI2144 , 1012 specimens, E239; INV CNI2145 , 1437 specimens, E237; INV CNI2147 , 2 specimens , E232; INV CNI2163 , 23 specimens , E231; INV CNI2171 , 4 specimens , E236; INV CNI2182 , 1 specimen , E239; INV CNI2301 , 40 specimens , E234; INV CNI2302 , 36 specimens , E236; INV CNI2303 , 11 specimens , E240; INV CNI2842 , 1 specimen , D15; INV CNI2846 , 12 specimens , D18.

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.