Armadillogorgia cyathella Bayer 1980
- Dataset
- Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Alcyonacea
- family
- Primnoidae
- genus
- Armadillogorgia
- species
- Armadillogorgia cyathella
discussion
Remarks: Some ophiuroids and Alcyonium sp. are found over the colonies. This represents the first record at Burdwood bank and MPA Namuncurá II.
distribution
Distribution: Off South Georgia (54 ° 29 ’ S, 39 ° 22 ’ W to 54 ° 31 ‘ S, 39 ° 19 ’ W, 659 – 686 m); Scotia Sea (53 ° 57 ’ S, 55 ° 54 ’ W, 1879 – 1886 m) (Bayer 1980, 1996 a); off Staten Island, Burdwood bank, (400 – 1000 m) (present study).
materials_examined
Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13; St. 16; St. 18; St. 21; St. 40. PD BB 2017: St. 14; St. 43 (MACN-In: 43518, 43519).
Name
- Homonyms
- Armadillogorgia cyathella Bayer 1980