First record of Stichopathes occidentalis (Gray, 1860) and range extensions of Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Ralf Cordeiro; Suellen Lima; Henrique Maranhão; Carlos Pérez

doi:10.15560/8.4.826

Check List 8(4): 826-828, doi: 10.15560/8.4.826

First record of Stichopathes occidentalis (Gray, 1860) and range extensions of Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Ralf Tarciso Silva Cordeiro, Henrique Albuquerque Maranhão, Suellen Tarcyla da Silva Lima, Carlos Daniel Pérez

Corresponding author: Ralf Cordeiro ( ralfts@gmail.com )

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Citation: Cordeiro R, Lima S, Maranhão H, Pérez C (2012) First record of Stichopathes occidentalis (Gray, 1860) and range extensions of Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Check List 8(4): 826-828. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.4.826

Abstract

Twenty-one species of black corals have been recorded in the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to date, distributed mainly at depths greater than 20 m. The diversity of these environments along the northern and northeastern coasts of Brazil has been poorly investigated, in particular few information are available for the cnidarian fauna. This note represents the first record of the genus Stichopathes for the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and also fills in the gaps in the distribution of Antipathes atlantica between the northern and southern coasts of Brazil.

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