Leptogorgia punicea (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857)

Castro, C. B., Medeiros, M. S. & Loiola, L. L., 2010, Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs, Journal of Natural History 44 (13 - 14), pp. 763-827 : 834

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903441160
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/554D1963-FFB4-FFB7-FEA6-F2690D9967DA
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leptogorgia punicea (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857)
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Treatment

Leptogorgia punicea (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857) View in CoL

Material

Brazil: Bahia, Porto Seguro – Fora Reef, ‘ Pedra do Tassepocu’ ( MNRJ 03994 View Materials ), Parcel das Paredes – Pedra de Leste ( MNRJ 04307 View Materials , 17°47′ S, 039°02′ W), Guaratibas – channel GoogleMaps between North and South Guaratiba ( MNRJ 04333 View Materials ), Abrolhos – Popa Verde Reefs ( MNRJ 02575 View Materials ) ; Espírito Santo, Vila Velha – Sapo Island ( MNRJ 04511 View Materials , 20°19′ S, 040°16′ W), Guarapari (G) – Castanheiras Beach ( MNRJ 00633 View Materials ), G – Três Ilhas Archipelago ( MNRJ 03967 View Materials , 6 m) GoogleMaps ; Rio de Janeiro, ‘ Rio de Janeiro’ (fragments from syntypes of Gorgonia pumicea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857 – MNHN), northern coast of Rio de Janeiro State ( MNRJ 00369 View Materials ), Armação dos Búzios ( AB) ( MNRJ 00423 View Materials ), AB – Praia de João Fernandes ( MNRJ 00139 View Materials , 00140 View Materials , 00141 View Materials , 00142 View Materials , 00144 View Materials ), vicinities of Feia Island ( MNRJ 00430 View Materials , c. 15 m) , Cabo Frio ( CB) – Oratório Point ( MNRJ 01982 View Materials ), CB – Forte Beach ( MNRJ 03399 View Materials , 6 m) , Arraial do Cabo ( AC) – Grande Beach ( MNRJ 03675 View Materials , 30 m) , AC – beach on the Cabo Frio Island ( MNRJ 00377 View Materials , c. 5 m) , Maricás Islands ( MNRJ 00372 View Materials , c. 10 m) , Niterói – Itaipu Beach ( MNRJ 00379 View Materials ) , Rio de Janeiro (Rio) ( USNM 633 About USNM – identified by F.M. Bayer), Rio – rocks off Ipanema Beach (Laje de Santo Antônio) ( MNRJ 00362 View Materials , 8–15 m; MNRJ 04536 View Materials , 16 m; MNRJ 04552 View Materials , 16 m), Rio – Barra de Guaratiba ( MNRJ 00257 View Materials ), Sepetiba Bay (SB) – Itacuruçá Island , Gamboa ( MNRJ 00367 View Materials , 1.7 m) , SB – Águas Lindas Island ( MNRJ 00378 View Materials ), SB – Jaguanum Island ( MNRJ 00143 View Materials , UFPb 394), Barra de Mangaratiba ( MNRJ 00373 View Materials ), Mangaratiba – Figueira Point ( MNRJ 00371 View Materials , 3 m) , Ilha Grande Bay – Arpuá Point ( MNRJ 00375 View Materials , 1–3 m) , Grande Island – ‘ Ponta Grossa do Sítio Forte’ ( MNRJ 00428 View Materials , 3–12 m; MNRJ 00262 View Materials ), Parati-Mirim Cove ( MNRJ 00374 View Materials , 1–3 m) , Angra dos Reis (AR), Pingo d’Água Beach ( MNRJ 00630 View Materials , 6 m) , AR – Pingo d’Água Island ( MNRJ 01976 View Materials ) ; São Paulo, Caraguatatuba ( USNM 57452 About USNM – identified by F.M. Bayer), São Sebastião Channel – ‘ Laje dos Moleques’ ( MNRJ 00376 View Materials , 4–13 m,) ; Paraná, Paranaguá [?] ( MNRJ 00370 View Materials ) ; Santa Catarina, Arvoredo Island ( MNRJ 2691 View Materials , 3 View Materials m) ; Rio Grande do Sul, ‘ Parcel do Carpinteiro’ ( MNRJ 04522 View Materials , 32°36′ S, 051°47′ W, 22 m) GoogleMaps .

Comparative material

The following specimens were identified as Lophogorgia punicea (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857) by F.M. Bayer: USNM 44228 About USNM (off Rebecca Shoal , Florida, USA) ; USNM 49713 About USNM (off Palm Beach , Florida, USA) ; USNM 51477 About USNM (off Surinam) . The following specimens were identified as Lophogorgia hebes (Verrill, 1869) by F.M. Bayer : USNM 49589 About USNM , 50448 About USNM (off New River , North Carolina, USA) ; USNM 50260 About USNM (off Longboat Pass , Manatee District, Florida, USA) ; USNM 44226 About USNM , 44227 About USNM , 50053 About USNM , 50812 About USNM ( Gulf of Mexico , off Florida, USA) ; USNM 50531 About USNM (off Freeport , Texas, USA) ; USNM 50412 About USNM [(?) Aruba, Antilles] .