AUTHOR=Wagner Daniel 

TITLE=A taxonomic survey of the shallow-water (<150 m) black corals (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) of the Hawaiian Islands

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2015.00024

DOI=10.3389/fmars.2015.00024

ISSN=2296-7745

ABSTRACT=<p>The shallow-water (&lt;150 m) antipatharian fauna of the Hawaiian Archipelago is described and illustrated based on a systematic examination of skeletal spine morphology, polyp morphology, colony branching pattern and <italic>in situ</italic> photographs. A total of 172 black coral specimens were examined, including all available type material of species previously reported from shallow waters off Hawai‘i. The examined specimens were assigned to three families (Antipathidae, Aphanipathidae, and Myriopathidae), six genera (<italic>Antipathes</italic>, <italic>Cirrhipathes</italic>, <italic>Stichopathes</italic>, <italic>Aphanipathes</italic>, <italic>Acanthopathes</italic>, and <italic>Myriopathes</italic>), and eight species: <italic>Antipathes griggi</italic> Opresko, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B70">2009</xref>, <italic>Antipathes grandis</italic> Verrill, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B94">1928</xref>, <italic>Cirrhipathes</italic> cf. <italic>anguina</italic> (Dana, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">1846</xref>), <italic>Stichopathes echinulata</italic> Brook, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">1889</xref>, <italic>Stichopathes</italic>? sp., <italic>Aphanipathes verticillata mauiensis</italic> Opresko et al., <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B75">2012</xref>, <italic>Acanthopathes undulata</italic> (Van Pesch, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B93">1914</xref>), and <italic>Myriopathes</italic> cf. <italic>ulex</italic> (Ellis and Solander, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">1786</xref>). The biogeographical distribution of Hawaiian shallow-water black corals is presented and discussed.</p>