Dendrobathypathes grandis Opresko 2002
Description
Dendrobathypathes grandis Opresko, 2002
Fig. 35
Dendrobathypathes grandis Opresko, 2002: 427–431, figs. 9, 10, 11; Opresko, 2005: 141; Lauretta & Penchaszadeh, 2017: 109–114.
Type and type locality. USNM 100114 (holotype): 54º28’58.8”S, 39º21’57.6”W, South Atlantic, South Georgia Island, 659–686 m; USNM 100131 (paratype): 53º19’58.8”S, 42º42’0”W, South Atlantic, South Georgia Island, 417–514 m.
Diagnosis. Corallum sparsely branched; densely pinnulate; stem, branches, and primary pinnules generally in one plane; secondary pinnules on each primary pinnule extending out laterally on one side of the plane containing the primary pinnules and stem. Primary pinnules arranged alternately along the stem and branches in two anterolateral rows. Secondary pinnules arranged mostly uniserially on front side of primary pinnules; biserial arrangement occurring distally on the largest primaries. Tertiary and quaternary pinnules, when present, arranged uniserially on front side of the lower order pinnules. Spines simple (rarely forked), conical, acute, slightly compressed; larger on one side of the axis (usually but not always corresponding to the polyp side). Polypar spines up to 0.15 mm tall; abpolypar spines 0.08 mm or less (sometimes absent). Polyps 3–5 mm in transverse diameter; arranged in one series with two to three polyps per centimeter. (Opresko, 2002).
Distribution. South Georgia Island, South Atlantic (fig. 35) (Opresko, 2002); New Zealand (Opresko, 2014); from 417 m to 686 m (Opresko, 2002).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- USNM
- Family
- Schizopathidae
- Genus
- Dendrobathypathes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- USNM 100114 , USNM 100131
- Order
- Antipatharia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Scientific name authorship
- Opresko
- Species
- grandis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dendrobathypathes grandis Opresko, 2002 sec. Lima, Cordeiro & Perez, 2019
References
- Opresko, D. M. (2002) Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part II. Schizopathidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, 76, 411 - 442.
- Opresko, D. M. (2005) A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the southern California Bight. Zootaxa, 852 (1), 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 852.1.1
- Lauretta, D. & Penchaszadeh, P. E. (2017) Gigantic oocytes in the deep sea black coral Dendrobathypathes grandis (Antipatharia) from the Mar del Plata submarine canyon area (southwestern Atlantic). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 128, 109 - 114. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. dsr. 2017.08.011
- Opresko, D. M. (2014) Antipatharian corals of Ascension Island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 97 (4), 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315414000721