List of material examined – Part I

(Material examined = whole colony study plus multiple sclerite preparations; all with light microscopy, plus selected colonies under SEM, shown in figures associated with text)

Anthothelaargentea Studer, 1894

Material examined. No specimens in SBMNH collection.

Other material, not examined. – ±1 colony; USA, off California coast, west of Channel Islands, Fieberling Guyot, 32°27'36"N, 127°47'36"W, 490 m; coll. R/V ‘Alvin’, 10 October 1990; USNM 94428 [wet].

Anthothelapacifica (Kükenthal, 1913)

Material examined. 1 lot USA, California – 1 colony; San Diego County, edge of ridge running through Rodriquez Seamount, slightly northwest of West Cortes Basin, due west of southern tip, San Clemente Island, on sponge, 32°37'43"N, 120°05'04"W, 950–1150 m; coll. skipper of vessel ‘Calafia’ (California Department of Fish and Game – Long Beach, California), 9 August 1978; SBMNH 265939 [wet].

Other material examined. – ±1 colony; USA, California, San Diego County, San Diego, Point Loma, ~32°40'38"N, 117°15'08"W, 201–262 m; coll. R/V ‘Albatross’, 4 March 1904; USNM 49519 [wet]. (Additional label in jar indicated “Anthothelaargentea.”)

Paragorgiaarboreavar.pacifica (Verrill, 1922)

Material examined. ~2 lots USA, California – 1 branch fragment; Orange County, San Clemente Island, between Pete Bay, 3–10 miles E X (N+S) of island, ~32°55'48"N, 118°24'19"W, 1000 m; coll. unknown, 19 July 1978; SBMNH 422977 [wet]. –2 branch fragments; California, Monterey County, Monterey Bay, 5.8 miles, 314° T from Point Pinos Light to Mid Point, 36°43'00"N, 122°01'45"W, 436–809 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, stations 7462-61 or 7463-61, 10 October 1961; SBMNH 422976 [wet].

Other material examined. – 1 colony/fragment; USA, California, Ventura County, off San Nicolas Island, (from fishermen’s net); coll. unknown, March 1985; donated by R Williams, of “The Sea;” CBA #85.14.2 [dry]. -- USA, California, Monterey County, Davidson Seamount, 1,313 m; coll. unknown, 2003; USNM 1014919 [wet].

Paragorgiaregalis Nutting, 1912

Material examined. No apparent material in SBMNH collection.

Other material examined. – 1 colony fragment; USA, California, Santa Barbara County, west of San Miguel Passage on Rodriquez Seamount, 33°57'12"N, 121°08'41"W, 1,840 m; coll. unknown, 14 October 2003; USNM 1027063 [wet].

Paragorgiastephencairnsi Sánchez, 2005

Material examined. No material in SBMNH collection.

Other material examined. – 1 colony; USA, California, west of California Channel Islands, Fieberling Guyot, 36°26'00"N, 127°47'36"W, 490 m; coll. DS/V ‘Alvin’, 16 October 1990; USNM 94437 (Paratype) [wet].

Paragorgiayutlinux Sánchez, 2005

Material examined. No material in SBMNH collection.

Other material examined. – 1 colony; USA, California, west of the California Channel Islands, Fieberling Guyot, from summit of seamount, 32°26'00"N, 127°47'42"W, 487 m; coll. DS/V ‘Alvin’, 21 October 1990; USNM 90345 [wet].

Sibogagorgiacalifornica sp. nov.

Material examined. ~6 lots USA, California – 1 branch fragment; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, 7 miles WSW of Church Rock, substrate loose rock, 33°14'40"N, 118°11'10"W, 276–282 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1323-41, 18 May 1941; SBMNH 422971 [wet]. –1 branch fragment; Los Angeles County, 5.5 SE of Santa Catalina Island, on boulders and gravel, 33°15'30"N, 118°12'50"W, 264–273 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1172-40, 20 August 1940; SBMNH 422972 [wet]. –1 branch fragment; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, 6.25 miles NE or E.NE X E of Long Point, with rocks, sponges, cyclostomes, 33°25'20"N, 118°14'40"W, 415–486 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1400-41, 8 September 1941; SBMNH 422973 [wet]. –1–2 branch fragments; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, 5.7 miles, 123° T to West End, 33°30'55"N, 118°43'15"W, 300 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 24471-76, 8 March 1976; SBMNH 422974 [wet]. –multiple branch fragments; Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara Island, 6.7 miles, 330° T from N Light, dredge, tangles (2 large boulders with much small rock, rock bottom), 33°33'27"N, 119°04'00"W, 255 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 2062-51, 18 October 1951; SBMNH 422975 [wet]. USA, Oregon – multiple branches; Lincoln County, 55.98 miles W of coast, 44°33'30"N, 125°12'42"W, 1600 m; coll. “Oregon State University—R/V ‘Yaquina’, Cruise Y6810C,” 15 October 1968; SBMNH 422978 [wet]. –1 large colony; off coast, 46°06'22"N, 124°55'03"W, 1123 m; coll. Astoria RB-01-05, G Hendler, RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive R602-Bio-0008, 3 July 2001; LACoMNH Marine Biodiversity Center #374 [wet].

Hemicoralliumducale (Bayer, 1955)

Material examined. One lot (possibly this species). USA, California – 2 colonies + fragments; USA, California, Los Angeles County, Catalina Basin, N of San Clemente Island, 33°04'49"N, 118°29'52"W, 1,091 m; coll. P Gregory, California Fish and Game, Long Beach, 15 November 1977; SBMNH 471940 [wet].

Other material examined. – 1 colony; USA, California, West of Channel Islands, Fieberling Guyot, “Sea Pen Rim,” 32°27'36"N, 127°49'30"W, 640 m; coll. DS/V ‘Alvin’, 14 October 1990; USNM 94459 [wet].

Hemicoralliumimperiale (Bayer, 1955)

Material examined. No material in SBMNH collection.

Other material examined. – multiple fragments; USA, California, Fieberling Guyot Seamount, 32°23'00"N, 127°47'00"W, ~600 m; coll. unknown, August 1989; USNM 85082 [wet].

Hemicoralliumregale (Bayer, 1956)

Material examined. No material in SBMNH collection.

Other material examined. –1 colony; USA, California, Davidson Seamount; 1,482 m; coll. unknown, 2003; USNM 1014918 [wet]. –fragment; USA, California, west of Channel Islands, Fieberling Guyot, 32°27'36"N, 127°49'30"W, 640 m; coll. DS/V ‘Alvin’, 7 December 1990; USNM 94460 [wet].

Acanthogorgiagracillimavar.typica Kükenthal, 1909

(? A.gracillimavar.lata Kükenthal, 1909)

Material examined. 1 lot USA, California – 1 colony; California, Ventura County, Channel Islands, 33°57'35"N, 119°28'34"W, 160 m; coll. M Love from submersible ‘Delta’, 8 October, 2005; with his number: A6662; SBMNH 423074 [wet].

Other material examined. – 1 fragment (multiple colonies); USA, northern Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Cross Seamount, 18°43'55"N, 158°15'41"W, 388.56 m; coll. Smith, 10 October 2004; USNM 1071429 [dry]. –1 colony; USA, northern Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Cross Seamount, 18°41'17"N, 158°17'58"W, 477 m; coll. RB Moffitt and EH Chave, 6 February 2003; USNM 1014741 [dry]. –multiple colonies; USA, northern Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Necker Island, Seamount east of island, 23°13'55"N, 163°31'07"W, 1720 m; coll. A Baco-Taylor, 1 November 2003; USNM 1072361 [wet]. –(?) multiple colonies; USA, northern Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Pioneer Bank, 25°34'27"N, 173°30'22"W, 1,743.7 m; coll. A Baco-Taylor, 9 October 2003; USNM 1072344 [wet].

Acanthogorgia species A (= ? Acalycigorgia)

Material examined. 1 lot USA, California – 2 colonies; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, from Point Piños Light to Mid Point, ~36°41'36"N, 122°01'51"W, 439–814 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, stations 7462-61 or 7463-61, 10 October 1961; SBMNH 423075 [wet].

Other material examined. – 1 colony; USA, California, off San Francisco, Mulberry Seamount, ~37°26'48"N, 123°23'22"W, 1,255–1,455 m.; coll. N/B ‘Scofield’, location 38, 13 February 1950; CAS-IZ 96671 [wet]. --1 colony; USA, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Adak Canyon, ~51°23'29"N, 177°07'38"W, 1,728 m; coll. R Stone using ROV ‘Jason II’, project ID # J2098-4-4, 29 July 2004; [dry].

Muricellacomplanata Wright & Studer, 1889

Material examined. No confirmed identification of material in SBMNH collection.

Other material examined (Identification not confirmed). – 1 colony; USA, California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara Channel, ~12 south of Santa Barbara, midway between Santa Barbara city and Santa Cruz island, oil platform (settling plates), ~34°13'39"N, 119°41'12"W, ~182 m; coll. MMS III Voucher, Survey, settling plates (incidental), station: exploratory wellsite Lease Number 0522, 6 February 1994; #0001942 [wet]. --2 colonies (2 lots); USA, California, Monterey County, Monterey Bay, Point Piños Light House, bearing S 3 degrees: distant 9.3 miles, ~36°46'14"N, 121°55'23"W, 518–649 m; coll. R/V ‘Albatross’, California Coastal Cruise 1904, Station #4461, 12 May 1904; CAS-IZ #s 5310 and 96669 [wet].