Culicia excavata (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Filander, Zoleka N., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Sink, Kerry J. & Lombard, Amanda T., 2021, Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa, ZooKeys 1066, pp. 1-198 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697

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scientific name

Culicia excavata (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
status

 

Culicia excavata (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)

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Angia excavata Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849: 177.

Culicia tenella . - Boshoff 1981: 25.

Type locality.

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Type material.

The holotype is deposited at the BMNH.

Material examined.

None.

Imagery data.

BMNH 1840.09.30. 19 (Type: 1 colony): Cape of Good Hope. UCTES_DBN 85 H (1 colony): Eastern margin, off Isipingo, depth unknown.

Description.

Corallum colonial, reptoid, with short, cylindrical, and small individual corallites connected by stolons. Calice circular. Calicular margin smooth.

Septa hexamerally arranged in three cycles according to the formula: S1-2 ≥ S3 (24 septa). S1-2 equal in size, convex, and extend to an under-developed columella (if present) with slightly dentated axial margins. S3 rudimentary and curved towards S2 with dentate axial margins. Septa loosely packed. Pali absent. Columella rudimentary or absent. Fossa shallow.

Distribution.

Regional: Eastern margin of South Africa, off Durban; intertidal-138 m. Elsewhere: Mozambique; depth unknown ( Boshoff 1981).

Remarks.

Subsequent to the original description of Culicia excavata , this species was misidentified and reported as C. tenella by Boshoff (1981). After close examination of the Boshoff’s specimen (collected off Mozambique: ORI_CIc1, 3 specimens), we confirm these specimens to be C. excavata . The occurrence of Boshoff’s East London record is not clear and should not be considered in biodiversity assessments. Nonetheless, more specimens of the cryptic C. excavata are required and the revision of the genus is urgently needed.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Rhizangiidae

Genus

Culicia

Loc

Culicia excavata (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Filander, Zoleka N., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Sink, Kerry J. & Lombard, Amanda T. 2021
2021
Loc

Angia excavata

Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
1849
Loc

Culicia tenella

Dana 1846
1846