Table 14. Continued
Order Scleractinia
Depth Range (m)
Max
Optimum
Min
Mussa angulosa
59
10 - 30
1.5
Scolymia lacera
Mycetophyllia lamarckana
amily Cary
Eusmilia
forma fas
65
3 - 30
1
forma flab
30
25
10
rals (Order Antipatharia)
Black corals (Order Antipatharia) are known to occur in dee eefs of Puerto Rico d
the USVI (Go
, 1978; Nelson and Appeld n, 1985). These are
colonial cnidar
spinyl structure which
be bush or whip
shaped.
etractil
n-branched tentacles exposed on the surface
of the skel
gene
distributed at d
greater than 30 meters,
but can be
pths i
ves and other cryptic habitats (Colin, 19 ).
At present, t
of Antipatharians reported m the Western Atlan , 26
of which have
Cairn
al. (1993) from collections in the Gulf o
Mexico
were e
ined from the Johnson Sea Link I
submersible cr
isiana in 1989, collections b he University of Ala
aDauphin Island Sea Lab, exploratory
ng cruises by th
/V Oregon, R/V Pelican,
R/V Silver Bay, R/
nental
lf Associates, a
her miscellaneous
collections.
, a to
ecies hav
n reported from t
est
Indies and are presumed to be distributed in Puerto Rico an the US Virg Islands
(
The specific tax
corals
Puerto Rico and e USVI has not bee
e
th reported the occurrenc of the Sea
W
the slope off La
his
book of “Caribbean Reef Invertebrates and Plant
wate photographs
of black coral species from Puerto Rico, the USVI and Bermuda. The assemblage
includes Antipathes pennacea from the Salt River Canyon in St. Croix, an
80
75
30-50
5 - 40
15
1
F
ophyllidae
fa stigiata
tigiata
ellata
3.2 Black Co
p r
an
enaga, 1977; Colin
oor
ians with a black,
axia
ay
m
Polyps have six non-r
e, u
eton. Black corals are
rally
epths
found at shallower de
n ca
78
here are 28 species
fro
tic
been identified by
s et
f
. Black coral specimens
xam
uise south of Lou
y t
bam
sampli
e R
V Verill, Conti
She
nd ot
From these sources
tal of 18 sp
e bee
he W
d
in
Table 16).
onomy of black
from
th
n well
xamined. Goenaga (1977) and Colin (1978) bo
e
hip, Stichopathes lutkeni from
Parguera. Colin (1978) included in
s” reports and under
r
d also from
61
Order Scleractinia
Depth Range (m)
Max
Optimum
Min
Mussa angulosa
59
10 - 30
1.5
Scolymia lacera
Mycetophyllia lamarckana
amily Cary
Eusmilia
forma fas
65
3 - 30
1
forma flab
30
25
10
rals (Order Antipatharia)
Black corals (Order Antipatharia) are known to occur in dee eefs of Puerto Rico d
the USVI (Go
, 1978; Nelson and Appeld n, 1985). These are
colonial cnidar
spinyl structure which
be bush or whip
shaped.
etractil
n-branched tentacles exposed on the surface
of the skel
gene
distributed at d
greater than 30 meters,
but can be
pths i
ves and other cryptic habitats (Colin, 19 ).
At present, t
of Antipatharians reported m the Western Atlan , 26
of which have
Cairn
al. (1993) from collections in the Gulf o
Mexico
were e
ined from the Johnson Sea Link I
submersible cr
isiana in 1989, collections b he University of Ala
aDauphin Island Sea Lab, exploratory
ng cruises by th
/V Oregon, R/V Pelican,
R/V Silver Bay, R/
nental
lf Associates, a
her miscellaneous
collections.
, a to
ecies hav
n reported from t
est
Indies and are presumed to be distributed in Puerto Rico an the US Virg Islands
(
The specific tax
corals
Puerto Rico and e USVI has not bee
e
th reported the occurrenc of the Sea
W
the slope off La
his
book of “Caribbean Reef Invertebrates and Plant
wate photographs
of black coral species from Puerto Rico, the USVI and Bermuda. The assemblage
includes Antipathes pennacea from the Salt River Canyon in St. Croix, an
80
75
30-50
5 - 40
15
1
F
ophyllidae
fa stigiata
tigiata
ellata
3.2 Black Co
p r
an
enaga, 1977; Colin
oor
ians with a black,
axia
ay
m
Polyps have six non-r
e, u
eton. Black corals are
rally
epths
found at shallower de
n ca
78
here are 28 species
fro
tic
been identified by
s et
f
. Black coral specimens
xam
uise south of Lou
y t
bam
sampli
e R
V Verill, Conti
She
nd ot
From these sources
tal of 18 sp
e bee
he W
d
in
Table 16).
onomy of black
from
th
n well
xamined. Goenaga (1977) and Colin (1978) bo
e
hip, Stichopathes lutkeni from
Parguera. Colin (1978) included in
s” reports and under
r
d also from
61