Table 17. Taxonomic record of octocorals (Alcyonarians) reported from depths of at least 30 m in
Puerto Rico and the West Indies
Species
Depth
(m)
Locations
Sources
Acabthogorgia aspera
407
Mayaguez, PR
Hargitt and Rogers, 1900
Callogorgia gracilis 164-1028
Hispaniola; Martinique, WI
Cairns and Bayer, 2002
C. americana americana 366-1464
Mona Passage, PR
Cairns and Bayer, 2002
Carijoa riisei
0-60
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Chalcogorgia spp.
over 30
West Indies
Deichmann, 1936
Chrysogorgia desboni
407
Mayaguez, PR
Hargitt and Rogers, 1900
Chrysogorgia spp.
over 30
West Indies
Deichmann, 1936
Diodogorgia nodulifera
16-200
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Ellisella barbadensis
41-46
St. Thomas, USVI
Armstrong et al. (in press)
E. elongata
16-240
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Eunephthya nigra 310-880
So. Georgia to Fla. Keys
Bayer, 1961
Eunicea caliculata
2-36
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann 1993
E. pinta
to 72
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
E. clavigera
to 140
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
E. claviculata
to 36
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
Gorgonia bipinnata
42
St. Thomas, USVI & Vieques, PR Hargitt and Rogers, 1900
Gorgonia mariae
2-52
Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Heterogorgia uatumani
26-50
Norwest Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Iciligorgia schrammi
12-400
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Iridogorgia spp.
over 30
West Indies
Deichmann, 1936
Leptogorgia virgulata
8-42
Florida, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Leptogorgia sp.
54
Mayaguez, PR
Hargitt and Rogers, 1900
L. barbadensis
to 140
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
L. cardinalis
to 338
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
L. punicea
to 80
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
L. medusa
to 54
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
L. stheno
28-134
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
Lignella richardii 146-300
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
Metalogorgia spp.
over 30
West Indies
Deichmann, 1936
Muricea pinnata
12-40
Caribbean
Humann, 1993
M. laxa
20-140
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Muriceopsis flavida
2-36
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
M. petila
78-588
West Indies
Bayer, 1961
Nicella goreaui
32-86
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
N. schmitti
22-72
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
Neospongodes
portoricensis
76-556
Straits of Florida to Barbados
Bayer, 1961
Nidalia occidentalis
40-340
So. Carolina to Barbados
Bayer, 1961
Paramuricea hirta
217
Mayaguez, PR
Hargitt and Rogers, 1900
Pleurogorgia spp.
over 30
West Indies
Deichmann, 1936
Pseudopterogorgia sp.
2-60
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
P. albatrossae
to 66
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Bayer, 1961
P. americana
2-50
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
P. bipinnata
16-60
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
P. hystrix
to 72
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Bayer, 1961
P. flexuosa
2-50
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Humann, 1993
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