Figs. 4D–E
Colangia immersa Pourtalès, 1871: 31–32.– Goreau & Wells, 1967: 448 (listed).— Porter, 1972: 112 (listed).— Wells & Lang, 1973: 57 (listed).— Cairns, 1979: 207 (listed); 1982: 290, fig. 128f. — Castañares & Soto, 1982: Table 1 (listed).— Hubbard & Wells, 1986: 129–130, figs. 13–16.—Humann, 1993: 168–171, 3 colour figs.— Fenner, 1993b: 12, 14 (listed).
Rhizosmilia maculata Cortés, 1992: 243, fig. 1; 1996: 331. [Not Bathycyathus maculatus Pourtalès, 1874].
Remarks: The unique Colombian specimen is a single dead corallite in worn condition, which exhibits many sipunculid erosion holes. The specimen was collected at the calcareous algae seabed off Manaure (La Guajira Peninsula).
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda (Cairns 2000); from 0.5 to 347 m. In Colombia, it is only known from the northern coast off Manaure (La Guajira Peninsula) at 73 m depth.
Material: INV CNI683, 1 specimen, E88.