Leptogorgia punicea

Author
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

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Min Depth
18 meters
Max Depth
27 meters
Overall Geographic Range
southeast United States (warm temperate waters south of Cape Hatteras to Key Largo), South America
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • bay/inshore (0–50 m)
References

  • Bayer, F. M. 1961. The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian Region. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 12: 373 pp., 27 pls., 101 figs.

  • Giammona, C. P. 1978. Octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico—their taxonomy and distribution with remarks on their paleontology [dissertation]. Texas A&M University. 212 pp., 21 pls.

Endnotes

  • New records for northeast GMx from west of Cape Sable, Florida: USNM 52444, 86986.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Cairns, S. D. and F. M. Bayer. 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-07-2024.

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