Bebryce parastellata Deichmann, 1936

Devictor, Susan T. & Morton, Steve L., 2010, Identification guide to the shallow water (0 - 200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight 2599, Zootaxa 2599 (1), pp. 1-62 : 37-38

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2599.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10538772

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scientific name

Bebryce parastellata Deichmann, 1936
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Bebryce parastellata Deichmann, 1936 View in CoL

( Figure 35 View FIGURE 35 )

Bebryce parastellata Deichmann, 1936:127 View in CoL , Plate 8 fig. 4; Plate 10 figs. 22–28. — Cairns et al. 2002:33.

Material examined. USNM 56422 About USNM , 46– 53 m, off Cape Lookout , North Carolina, March 1, 1961 .

Remarks. Bebryce parastellata colonies may occur in unbranched or sparsely branched forms. Colonies are white in alcohol and have small ( 1 mm) cylindrical calyces spaced 2–5 mm apart, generally along one side of the slender ( 1–2 mm) branch. The outer coenenchyme contains small (0.1 mm) cup-like sclerites with a base, with the concavity of the cup facing away from the axis. Other sclerites are bent, foliated spindles and stellate plates or crosses with a raised center, resembling a knob.

Atlantic distribution: North Carolina, 46–53 m; Gulf of Mexico ( Mississippi), 60–73 m ; Bahamas, 256– 586 m ; Cuba, 40 m –unknown depth; Barbados, 186 m ( type) ( Deichmann, 1936; NMNH collections) .

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Plexauridae

Genus

Bebryce

Loc

Bebryce parastellata Deichmann, 1936

Devictor, Susan T. & Morton, Steve L. 2010
2010
Loc

Bebryce parastellata

Cairns, S. D. & Calder, D. R. & Brinckmann-Voss, A. & Castro, C. B. & Fautin, D. G. & Pugh, P. R. & Mills, C. E. & Jaap, W. C. & Arai, M. N. & Haddock, S. H. D. & Opresko, D. M. 2002: 33
Deichmann, E. 1936: 127
1936
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