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8 AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES NO. 1965 Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition . . "Valdivia," vol. 7, p. 308, pl. 14, fig. 1. GRAVIER, 1920, in Resultats des campagnes scientifiques . . . par Albert IeP ... de Monaco, fasc. 55, p. 89, pl. 10, figs. 158-164. Amphihelia ramea Muller [sic], DUNCAN, 1874, Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. 8, p. 326, pl. 44, figs. 1-3, pl. 45, figs. 4-6, pl. 46, figs. 1-19. Much confusion regarding this species has needlessly arisen. Verrill (1902) designated M. oculata Linnaeus as the type species of this genus. Dons (1944) argued that M. ramea Linnaeus has priority over M. oculata Linnaeus, although Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850) clearly selected the former as the type species of Dendrophyllia. Madrepora ramea, a name attributed to Muller by Duncan (1873, 1879, pt. 1), has been suggested by Marenzeller (1904) as an improper usage of that name on labels accompanying specimens sent to Duncan by M. Sars. Specimens referred to this species are largely basal fragments, usually in association with the euniciid polychaetes. A few distal portions of the corallum are present in each instance. Specimens from V4-17 are embedded in a lithified foraminiferal ooze containing globigerinids, cavolinid pteropods, molluscan fragments, and a single large terebratuloid brachiopod. This assemblage is here interpreted as sub-Recent. A suite of distal fragments clearly referable to this species were taken from the basal portion of a 70-cm. core recovered from the flank of Cruiser Seamount (A180-21). The upper 61 cm. of this core was composed of alternating layers of well-sorted calcareous and argillaceous sands. The basal portion was composed of large coral fragments, broken shell material, and abundant Foraminifera. Among the identifiable corals were Madrepora oculata, Desmophyllum sp., and a calcareous internode of an isid gorgonian. The entire sequence has been dated as Pleistocene (Heezen and others, MS). DISTRIBUTION: Widely distributed in the Atlantic and Indian oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. OCCURRENCE: Recent: A180-112, north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 55 meters. Sub-Recent: V4-17, southwest of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal; 695 meters. Pleistocene: A180-21, Cruiser Seamount; 730 meters. FAMILY CARYOPHYLLIIDAE GENUS CARYOPHYLLIA LAMARCK, 1801 Caryophyllia arcuata (Milne-Edwards and Haime), 1848 Caryophyllia arcuata (Milne-Edwards and Haime), GRAVIER, 1920, in Resultats des campagnes scientifiques ... par Albert ler ... de Monaco, fasc. 55, p. 25, pl. 2, figs. 26-29. A single specimen of this species was recovered from a limestone "sea
1959 SQUIRES: ATLANTIC -CORALS 9 FIG. 2. Rocky side of a seamount of the Ampere group with a large, branching stony coral in the foreground. Immediately below is a stylasterid (?) coral. Long spiral gorgonians in the background have been identified as the genus Narella, and the slim whip in the foreground as either antipatharians or gorgonians by Dr. F. M. Bayer (United States National Museum). V4-16 photograph, 1970 meters, off Ampere Bank, latitude 350 07' N., longitude 130 04' W.
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