3. Corals (Phylum Cnidaria; Class Anthozoa; Orders Scleractinia and
Antipatharia)
Coral
T
eep sea cor s from the U. S. Caribbean EEZ was produced by
Mosele
ge s
lings o
S. Chal
at s
off the no
hom from a d
roxima
azooxanth
ere
ected, i
phohel
non
Lophelia pe
one the main reef-building cold
nthe
corals
a
) p
l r
corals
Ha
samp
of 1
total o
ent
from
c
el
(deep-wat
anth
te (shallow
er) species
-Sm
Exped
ican
ep” c
rom s
ing st
(Bartsch,
ly o
a. Sant
uan), and in the vicinity of
De
oa
ral sa
depos
hson
Mus
y,
d by
d inclu
iona
(Caribb
view
he d
ct
irn
During the mid and late 20
th c
ry, a
tio
b
th
o
lf an
se inc
s by
Oregon and R/V Silver Bay at several
es
i
Island. Th
ccu
a dredging station in Vieques,
and anot
deep (>7
the
Trench
From the material provided by the afore
editio
9) p
the fir
the
omic
and ge
ributi
deep w
azoo
thellate
ian corals of the Caribbean
adja
f 8
es w
ported
79),
18 dee
es c
ted fro
can waters.
subseque
taxono
ah
ic co
aribbea
002)
the
ecie
cluding
5 for PR and
West Ind
Aherm
r
for PR and the USVI are
Tabl
comp
ic
epo
Caribb
een
as Appe
3.1 Scleractinian
s
he first report of d
al
y (1881) from dred
amp
f the H. M.
lenge
1873
r in
tation 24,
rth coast of St. T
as
epth of app
tely 700 m. Six
ellate species w
l
col
ncluding Lo
ia prolifera, a sy
ym of
rtusa, which is
of
-water azooxa
llate
in the world. Vough n
0
(190
rovided the initia eport on the Puerto Rican
from the collection of the “Fish
wk” during its
ling expedition
899. A
f 21 species were id ified
the collection, in luding 11 azooxanth late
er) and 10 zoox
ella
-wat
. The “Johnson
ithsonian
ition to the Puerto R
De
ol
ls f
lected cora
ever
edg
al dr
ations
1933), particular
ff Pt
iago (San J
Mona and
secheo Islands (west c st
o
). C
mples were
ited in the Smit
ian
eum of Natural Histor identifie
S. Cairns, an
ded in the reg
l
ean) taxonomic re
of t
eep-water Sclera inia prepared by Ca s (1979).
entu
series of expedi ns sampled deep ha itats of
e Puerto Rico and USVI ut
e
er sh
d slope. The
luded sampling
the R/V
stations off the w t coast of PR, includ ng Mona
e R/V Pillsbury o
pied
PR,
her very
,000 m) station in
PR
.
mentioned exp
ns, Cairns (197
repared
st regional review of
taxon
composition
ographic dist
on of the
ater ahermatypic (
xan
) scleractin
Sea and
cent waters. A total o 8 speci
ere initially re
by Cairns (19
including
p water coral speci
ollec
m Puertorri
In a
nt
mic revision of the ermatyp
rals of the C
n (Dawson, 2
updated
list to a total of 129 sp
s, in
a total of 8
the
ies.
atypic coral species eported
presented in
e 13. The
lete list of ahermatyp corals r
rted from the
ean Sea has b
included
ndix 1.
57
Antipatharia)
Coral
T
eep sea cor s from the U. S. Caribbean EEZ was produced by
Mosele
ge s
lings o
S. Chal
at s
off the no
hom from a d
roxima
azooxanth
ere
ected, i
phohel
non
Lophelia pe
one the main reef-building cold
nthe
corals
a
) p
l r
corals
Ha
samp
of 1
total o
ent
from
c
el
(deep-wat
anth
te (shallow
er) species
-Sm
Exped
ican
ep” c
rom s
ing st
(Bartsch,
ly o
a. Sant
uan), and in the vicinity of
De
oa
ral sa
depos
hson
Mus
y,
d by
d inclu
iona
(Caribb
view
he d
ct
irn
During the mid and late 20
th c
ry, a
tio
b
th
o
lf an
se inc
s by
Oregon and R/V Silver Bay at several
es
i
Island. Th
ccu
a dredging station in Vieques,
and anot
deep (>7
the
Trench
From the material provided by the afore
editio
9) p
the fir
the
omic
and ge
ributi
deep w
azoo
thellate
ian corals of the Caribbean
adja
f 8
es w
ported
79),
18 dee
es c
ted fro
can waters.
subseque
taxono
ah
ic co
aribbea
002)
the
ecie
cluding
5 for PR and
West Ind
Aherm
r
for PR and the USVI are
Tabl
comp
ic
epo
Caribb
een
as Appe
3.1 Scleractinian
s
he first report of d
al
y (1881) from dred
amp
f the H. M.
lenge
1873
r in
tation 24,
rth coast of St. T
as
epth of app
tely 700 m. Six
ellate species w
l
col
ncluding Lo
ia prolifera, a sy
ym of
rtusa, which is
of
-water azooxa
llate
in the world. Vough n
0
(190
rovided the initia eport on the Puerto Rican
from the collection of the “Fish
wk” during its
ling expedition
899. A
f 21 species were id ified
the collection, in luding 11 azooxanth late
er) and 10 zoox
ella
-wat
. The “Johnson
ithsonian
ition to the Puerto R
De
ol
ls f
lected cora
ever
edg
al dr
ations
1933), particular
ff Pt
iago (San J
Mona and
secheo Islands (west c st
o
). C
mples were
ited in the Smit
ian
eum of Natural Histor identifie
S. Cairns, an
ded in the reg
l
ean) taxonomic re
of t
eep-water Sclera inia prepared by Ca s (1979).
entu
series of expedi ns sampled deep ha itats of
e Puerto Rico and USVI ut
e
er sh
d slope. The
luded sampling
the R/V
stations off the w t coast of PR, includ ng Mona
e R/V Pillsbury o
pied
PR,
her very
,000 m) station in
PR
.
mentioned exp
ns, Cairns (197
repared
st regional review of
taxon
composition
ographic dist
on of the
ater ahermatypic (
xan
) scleractin
Sea and
cent waters. A total o 8 speci
ere initially re
by Cairns (19
including
p water coral speci
ollec
m Puertorri
In a
nt
mic revision of the ermatyp
rals of the C
n (Dawson, 2
updated
list to a total of 129 sp
s, in
a total of 8
the
ies.
atypic coral species eported
presented in
e 13. The
lete list of ahermatyp corals r
rted from the
ean Sea has b
included
ndix 1.
57