[Coral-List] Anybody knows the locality type of these 3 corals?

Elizabeth Neves elizabeth.neves at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 09:36:13 EDT 2009


Hi Fernanda,

Unfortunately I have only a few information on *Astrangia rathbuni* Vaughan,
1906. The holotype is deposited in the Scleractinia Collection at the
Smithsonian Institute under the acronym USNM10974. The species was first
described to Paqueta I. (type locality), Rio de Janeiro, South Atlantic
Ocean. The specimens were collected by R. Rathburn in 1876.

Cordially,
Beth



2009/6/6 Fernanda Amaral <fernandaduarteamaral at gmail.com>

> Dear coral reefs friends,
>
>
>
> I hope everything is ok with all.
>
> I would like to know if somebody could help me answering my doubt about the
> locality type and the references where can be find these data of the corals
> listed below:
>
>
>
> Corals: *Astrangia rathbuni* (Vaughan, 1906) and *Madracis decactis*
> (Lyman,
> 1859);
>
> Hydrocoral (calcified hydroid): * Millepora alcicornis *Linnaeus, 1758  -
> according to Dr. Wallie de Weerdt  (1984), the holotype is unknow, probably
> lost.
>
>
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Brazilian best regards!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Fernanda
>
>
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Elizabeth Neves (Ph.D)
Scleractinia Taxonomy and Biology
UFBA/LABIMAR
http://www.labimar.bio.ufba.br
elizabeth.neves at gmail.com
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