Distichopathes filix
| Autor: | Wagner, Daniel, Shuler, Andrew |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.6035238 |
| Popis: | Distichopathes filix (Pourtales, 1867) Distichopathes filix forms very sparsely-branched colonies that are branched in a single plane (Figure 5a–b). Pinnulation is bilateral, and the pinnules in each lateral row alternate with those of the opposite row (Figure 5b–c). Spines are needle-shaped and covered with distinct tubercles on the distal third of their surface (Figure 5d–e). On the side of the corallum opposite to the one bearing the polyps, the spines are uniform in height and typically range between 90–120 µm (Figure 5d). In contrast, the side of the corallum bearing the polyps contains skeletal spines of greatly varying heights (Figure 5d). The tallest spines are located in the area underneath the outer edges of polyps and reach heights of 200–250 µm, whereas the shortest spines are situated in the area underneath the oral cone, and typically reach heights of only 200 µm (Figure 5d). Polyps are 0.7–1.0 mm in transverse diameter, and spaced 1.1– 1.2 mm apart (Figure 5c). The color of living colonies is bright yellow (Figure 5a). D. filix has previously been reported from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico at depths ranging between 51–695 m (Opresko, 2009; Cairns et al., 1993; Opresko, 1972; Brook, 1889; Pourtales, 1871). The only Bermudan specimen examined as part of this study was collected at a depth of 304 m (Table 1). Published as part of Wagner, Daniel & Shuler, Andrew, 2017, The black coral fauna (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of Bermuda with new records, pp. 367-379 in Zootaxa 4344 (2) on page 374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/1042988 {"references":["Pourtales, L. F. de (1867) Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1, 103 - 142.","Opresko, D. M. (2009) Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Tunnell, J. W. Jr., Felder, D. L. & Earle, S. A. (Eds.), Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Texas A & M University Press, Corpus Christi, 359 - 363.","Cairns, S. D., Opresko, D. M. & Hopkins, T. S. (1993) New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. Northeast Gulf Science, 13, 1 - 11.","Opresko, D. M. (1972) Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L. F. de Pourtales. Bulletin of Marine Science, 22, 950 - 1017.","Brook, G. (1889) Report on the Antipatharia. Report of the scientific results of the voyage of the H. M. S. Challenger. Zoology, 32, 1 - 222.","Pourtales, L. F. de (1871) Deep-sea corals. Illustrated catalogue of the museum of comparative zoology at Harvard College, 4, 52 - 55."]} |
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