AnimaliaAlcyonaceaGorgoniidaeHorvathElizabeth AnneA review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and PlexauridaeZookeys04720198606718210.3897/zookeys.860.33597 Leptogorgia chilensis (Verrill, 1868)Figures 14A, B, 15A–D Plexaura rosea Philippi, 1866: 118 (junior homonym, Breedy and Guzmán 2007). Leptogorgia rosea Phillipi, 1892: 7 (as: Verrill 1868b: 406 (nec Leptogorgiarosea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857: 134). (?) Litigorgia (?) rosea: Verrill 1868a; 1868b: 406. Philippi 1892: 7. Nec Litigorgiaflexilis Verrill, 1868a. Leptogorgia (?) chilensis Verrill, 1868b: 406. Leptogorgia chilensis Kükenthal, 1919: 772; 1924: 355. Bielschowsky 1929: 132. Breedy and Guzmán 2007: 22–25.Type locality.

Apparently, originally collected from Chile, south of Valparaiso, and off Algarrobo. For neotype (designated here), northeastern Pacific Ocean, North America, USA, California, Santa Barbara County, Goleta, Sands Beach, ~6 m; coll. R/V ‘Vantuna’ Cruise #469, November 2001.

Type specimens.

Location of original type specimen not known. Neotype (here designated) SBMNH 422953 [wet].

Material examined.

~25 lots (see Appendix 1: List of material examined).

Description.

Colony (Figure 14A) not reticulate; bushy, often lanky; branches spread out, in loosely subpinnate or dichotomous, irregular branching (Figure 14B) pattern; color of living colony orange-red to orangey salmon-pink. Limbaugh (unpublished key) described color as a rich salmon pink; polyps white; dry specimens pale orange to light salmon pink. Branches and branchlets very cylindrical, long, often greater than 30 mm in length, slender (2.0 mm), usually smooth and whip-like, with unbranched, pointed ends. Branches/branchlets lie roughly in one plane (not always); some branching in all directions. Colony height to 3 ft (~92 cm); usually 2 ft (~61 cm) or less. Polyps generally flush in complete retraction, forming oblong apertures, extending in all directions around the branches. Generally, several longitudinal grooves (in bare area between polyps) present. Tentacles on polyps taper at tips and bear two rows of lateral pinnules, slightly displaced to the oral side. Sclerites (Figure 15A–D) commonly spindles having acute or subacute warted ends extending beyond second ring of warts on either side of median girdle; also capstans (two whorls with end tufts), modified as disk-spindles. Anthocodial sclerites small rods, thin, sparsely ornamented; sclerites generally orange in color. What is shown here (Figure 15) comparable to that shown in Breedy and Guzmán (2007: Figure 14, page 24).

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Leptogorgiachilensis, SBMNH 422953. A Colony measures 25 cm, maximum length, 13.5 cm, broadest width B Detail of branching pattern (branch diameter ≤ 2.0 mm), and gall formation created by species of barnacle, a common occurrence on this and other gorgonian species.

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Leptogorgiachilensis, SBMNH 422953, SEM image. Color of sclerites is orange-red. A Anthocodial sclerites B–D Spindles of coenenchyme. Images closely match those shown in Breedy and Guzmán 2007 (fig. 14).

https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/314908Etymology.

Lepto- is Greek for fine or slender; the root chilensis-, likely indicative of the original type locality. No discussion of the derivation of the species name was found.

Common names.

Pink sea whip; Pink gorgonian; Red gorgonian; Common red sea whip; Chilean crested gorgon; Carmine sea spray; Violet sea spray (from a variety of field/diving guides, conversations with local divers, etc.).

Distribution.

Several general guidebooks, including that by Gotshall and Laurent (1979), state distribution as Monterey Bay to San Benitos Islands in Baja, California. Cairns et al. (1991, 2003) did not list this species. Specimens were collected locally (Santa Barbara area, 9–22 m) for studies done by Satterlie and Case (1978, 1979) on the neurobiology of gorgonian coelenterates. NMNH has numerous lots collected from La Jolla Canyon (USNM 50179), Scripps Canyon (USNM 50191), and southern California (USNM 52442). However, examination and comparison of sclerites taken from many “red whip” forms indicated that likely range of Leptogorgiachilensis is from Anacapa Island off the California coast (thus, from the middle of the California Bight), south, perhaps to the coast of Chile. Further discussion regarding distribution of this species can be found in the “Remarks” section of this description. That discussion may further clarify some of the confusion regarding this species of “red whip” amongst several others. Other “red whips” that extend from the middle of the California Bight northward, and overlap with L.chilensis in the extreme southern end of their range, may well be one or more different species (see “Discussion concerning diversity of “red whip” gorgonian forms,” following description of Chromoplexauramarki.)

Biology.

Gotshall and Laurent (1979) mentioned that this species likes offshore pinnacles, depths of 50 to ~200 feet (15–61 m). Another guidebook (Snyderman 1987) stated that: “Reds are very common on the Channel Islands and on offshore pinnacles as far north as Monterey.” “Reds” would certainly include this species, but the term “reds” is not exclusively a reference to this species. Found at depths greater than 60 ft (18 m); at Catalina, 40 ft (12 m). Range given elsewhere as 15–60 m deep. Lissner and Dorsey (1986) recorded a maximum depth of 77 m for this species on Tanner and Cortes Banks, off southern California. From a list for California sites, both mainland and islands, with depth ranges indicated, we see: Mainland: Tijuana River: 36 m; Point Loma: 18–42 m; La Jolla: 17–64 m; San Pedro: 12–33 m; Redondo Beach: 12 m; Santa Barbara: 9 m; Islands: Rock Pile (Seamount 8 miles S. Coronados Islands): 30 m; Coronados Islands: 15–39 m; San Clemente Island: 5–21 m; Santa Catalina Island: 8–26 m; Anacapa Island: 6–9 m; Santa Cruz Island: 2–6 m; Santa Rosa Island: 5–8 m.

This species has been studied both electrophysiologically and morphologically by Satterlie and Case (1978, 1979), and has been the subject of several studies regarding its (and other gorgonian species) relationships with other organisms, such as the obligate commensal barnacle Conopeagaleata (Linnaeus, 1771), formerly Balanusgaleatus Linnaeus, 1771(Gomez 1973, Lewis 1978, Standing et al. 1984, Crisp 1990, Langstroth and Langstroth 2000). I have seen in multiple instances that these barnacles cluster as galls, attached to the axial skeleton of this species and are overgrown by the gorgonian’s soft outer tissue. Balanusnubilis Darwin, 1854 is recorded as having been seen on the axial skeleton of dead “Lophogorgia” (Leptogorgiachilensis) in Monterey Bay (Langstroth and Langstroth 2000) (questionable gorgonian species identification); this may be opportunistic as it populates widely different sites in addition to this species. As well, several mollusk species have been recorded in association with this species, such as Tritoniafestiva Stearns, 1873, as reported by Gomez (1973) and several snails of the genus Neosimnia (now Simnia), such as Neosimniabarbarensis Dall, 1892 (Theodor 1967, as referenced in Langstroth and Langstroth 2000). An unidentified field guide indicated that the ovulid snail Delonovolva Sowerby III, 1881 lives and feeds on the branches of this gorgonian. Still other organisms may be seen associated with this species, such as other species of cnidarian; “red” gorgonian is often colonized by the zoanthid anemone, Parazoanthuslucificum, now Savalialucifica (Cutress & Pequenat, 1960), and likely other species, ultimately resulting in the death of all or most of the red gorgonian polyps (Patton 1972, as referenced in Langstroth and Langstroth 2000). In the SBMNH collection, data for several wet specimens on the Zoanthinaria shelves indicated this gorgonian as the substrate. A specimen, SBMNH 45570, collected from Avalon area of Santa Catalina Island, has Epizoanthusinduratum Cutress & Pequenat, 1960 attached, while SBMNH 45549M, collected from the NE end of Anacapa Island, has Epizoanthusleptoderma Cutress & Pequenat, 1960 attached to it and SBMNH 45550, collected from the Pinnacle off the quarry, near Avalon on Catalina Island, has Savalialucifica (Cutress & Pequenat, 1960) attached to it. As well, a specimen of L.chilensis (SBMNH 265962), recently collected by Scott Clark in 2010, on Platform A as part of a survey for Milton Love, has approximately one third of its branches festooned with a creamy yellow zoanthid. There is some specific substratum choice indicated here, and is apparently common among colonial zoanthids. On SBMNH 422944 (see Appendix 1: List of material examined–Part II), there are large clumps of hydroid, but only on bare axis portions of the branches in the colony.

According to Langstroth and Langstroth (2000), other organisms may be found associated with this species (although there is a question as to species identification of the gorgonian they discussed, as the examples are all from Carmel and Monterey Bays, in northern California; I suspect they may actually be looking at organisms on Chromoplexauramarki). They mention the bryozoan Celleporinarobertsonae, now recognized as Costaziarobertsonae (Canu & Bassler, 1923), the Broken-back shrimp Heptacarpusflexus (Rathbun, 1902), which may scavenge on sclerites, mucus and even toxic tissues from the surface of the gorgonian, a caprellid amphipod, specifically a skeleton shrimp, Metacaprellaanomala (Mayer, 1903), whose color may derive from their acquiring the pigment ingested while scavenging the gorgonian’s sloughed off debris, and the very small hermit crab Parapagurodeshartae McLaughlin & Jensen, 1996 (now recognized as Pagurushartae (McLaughlin & Jensen, 1966), as noted in McLaughlin and Asakura 2004), recorded as being found only at depths of several hundred meters (presumably on this species; identification of host gorgonian may be incorrect), in southern California.

As described by Fenical et al. (1981), work was undertaken to extract what has been described as a neuromuscular toxin, lophotoxin, from several species of Lophogorgia (Leptogorgia); L.chilensis has subsequently been found to produce this chemical, as well (Fenical et al. 1981). “Therefore, the distribution of toxin-producing gorgonians extends from Panama Bay northward to Point Conception, California” (Fenical et al. 1981). Also, it appears that gorgonians are able to distinguish (chemically?) between self colonies and not-self colonies (Langstroth and Langstroth 2000, citing Theodor 1970).

Remarks.

Harden (1979?) stated this as being one of the most common sea whips from southern California; my examinations confirm this. However, the fact that this is such a common species in southern California has led many to assume that all “red whip” forms (or those red and moderately branched forms), are this species, to the exclusion of others. The reality is that there are other red whip species which can easily be mistaken for L.chilensis; a cursory look by eye alone can (and has led) to misidentification.

Characteristics ordinarily used for separating Lophogorgia from Leptogorgia, the flattened branches and arrangement of zooids all around the branches and branchlets, are so variable as to be useless for generic distinctions (Bayer 1951). Round as well as flattened branches may occur in the same colony, and biserial zooid distribution can be found with little difficulty. Furthermore, specimens of Leptogorgia (typical in all other respects) may have zooids distributed all around the branchlets. Bayer first placed the genus Lophogorgia in synonymy with Leptogorgia in 1951; based on the work done by Grasshoff (1988), Bayer (2000) was then able to support that synonymy. Bayer used a specimen from Santa Catalina Island, collected at approximately 15 m to conclude that: “Leptogorgiachilensis (= Lophogorgia, as labeled).”

As this is one of the most common sea whips from southern California, it is not surprising that it has often appeared in live aquarium displays. The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, in San Pedro, California, had a number of live colonies of this species on display in the public area; all were collected in the local area. As well, the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, had a live display of this species in one of its tanks; these also were collected in local southern California areas. However, it is not likely the only species of “whip” that appears in southern California. In any event, it is likely not a common form in northern California. The transitional areas around Point Conception (and waters northward beyond the Bight) offer some intriguing distributional scenarios that will require further exploration. While of similar appearance in general colony form and color, material collected by staff of Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary that I examined in Washington State the summer of 2006 (tentatively identified as Swiftiaspauldingi) indicated the possibility of several other species of “red whip” along the western United States’ coast. Based on examinations of several other “red whip” forms, it appeared that the upper geographic limit for this species would be Point Conception, California. “Red whips” further north were determined to be one or more different species. This is covered further in the “red whip” discussion included in the remarks made regarding the quintessential “red whip” of the northwestern California coast, Chromoplexauramarki.

Looking at location records for specimens collected and identified as L.chilensis (with confirmed identification), I noted that if type locality is correct, L.chilensis should range from the colder waters off the coast of Chile up through the warmer waters of Central America and Mexico before again encountering the cooler waters of the southern California Bight. How is this possible? What would the depth parameters, substrate features, distance from shore and specific distributional pattern (continuous or fragmented) look like for this species? The missing type material confounds the issue. The material used for Philippi’s (1866) description of L.rosea could not be located and no recently collected material from Chile resembling this species is apparently available. Breedy and Guzmán (2007) used California specimens for their description of this species. They “do not exclude the possibility (that) the material from California actually represents another species, but (to date) it most resembles Philippi’s description.” What is needed is a new specimen collected from the Valparaiso area of Chile, so that a definitive neotype could be established, and then used for comparisons. Until that occurs, I have designated a neotype from among the specimens in the SBMNH collection. Perhaps what we now call L.chilensis in southern California waters is actually a southern California endemic in need of its own species name, with a far more restricted range than has been implied previously. This is a prime example of a situation where the presumption that any “red whip” found in the southeastern or northeastern Pacific Ocean is likely L.chilensis (considered to be quite common), is faulty. The only way to resolve questions surrounding this species is to intentionally examine all “red whip” specimens (in any collection) that may have been collected from California and to intentionally undertake the collecting of material from Chile to southern California, at discrete intervals noting not only latitude/longitude but depth.

In the multiple examinations made of “red whip” forms, a specimen of what had been identified as Leptogorgiacaryi Verrill, 1868 was examined. This was a dry specimen from NMNH (USNM 5988), collected at Catalina Island, California. In examining it, along with several specimens of L.chilensis, there appeared no marked differences between these specimens, either in overall colony form or in the appearance of sclerites. My initial impression was that L.caryi Verrill, 1868 might not stand as a valid species. Interestingly, Breedy and Guzmán (2007) examined the same specimen from NMNH. Independently, they came to the same conclusion regarding L.caryi that I did; the specimen was L.chilensis, with L.caryi a dubious species designation. Cordeiro et al. (2018c) shows L.chilensis as an accepted species, while L.caryi is designated as nomen dubium. Additionally, L.caryi was linked to another “red whip,” Euplexaura (now the genus Chromoplexaura, Williams 2013a) marki, with the species E. (Chromoplexaura) marki being a junior synonym of L.caryi (Cairns et al. 2003). The sclerites in this NMNH specimen definitively put it in the genus Leptogorgia; sclerites of any specimen identified as E. (Chromoplexaura) marki certainly did not fit the sclerite description of any in the genus Leptogorgia. Thus, E. (Chromoplexaura) marki is not a junior synonym of L.caryi. This was subsequently verified (ITIS Report, accessed online June 2011). Further, a specimen identified by Nutting (1909) as L.caryi was collected near San Francisco (and well above what I believe is the upper geographic limit for L.chilensis). This specimen was supposedly deposited in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, but Breedy and Guzmán could not locate it for examination. Based on its collection locality, it would seem that the original identification of this missing specimen is in error. I have concluded that the range of distribution that was stated in the discussions above, and confirmed generally by Breedy and Guzmán, seems to accurately pinpoint where this particular species is found. That it may overlap several other red whip forms in the northern end of its range only emphasizes the need for thorough sclerite examination of specimens collected, particularly in the transitional area from southern to northern California. Future molecular work on “red whips” in the transitional area of southern to northern California may answer the question more definitively.

Appendix 1

List of material examined – Part II

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

Adelogorgiaphyllosclera Bayer, 1958

Material examined. ~25 lots. USA, California – fragments, plus full colony; San Diego County, San Diego, Point Loma, 32°41'28"N, 117°16'53"W, station PL-13, no depth recorded; coll. SCCWRP, Sea Quest, 10 September 1975; LACoMNH Marine Biodiversity Center and SBMNH 422894 [wet]. – 1 fragment; Los Angeles County, off the southern California Channel Islands, seaward of Newport Beach, 33°34'02"N, 118°02'20"W, 96 m; coll. M Love via submersible ‘Delta’, 6 October 2005; (his number: A6651), SBMNH 422893 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, Catalina Island, Bird Rock, 33°27'00"N, 118°29'14"W, 50 m; coll. R Given, July 1977; SBMNH 51252 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, .33 miles, 180° T from Ship Rock Light, 33°27'19"N, 118°29'34"W, 58 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 2132-52, 22 July 1952; SBMNH 422308 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, 4 miles, 140° T from Ship Rock Light, at Isthmus Cove, by dredge, 33°27'36"N, 118°28'58"W, 76 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 12400-68, 17 October 1968; SBMNH 423087 [dry]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, off Santa Monica, South Banks, 33°53'00"N, 118°31'00"W, by trawl, 82–100 m; coll. unknown, 10 October 1978; SBMNH 422892 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – multiple fragments; southwest of Punta San Eugenio, 8.5 miles S of Canal de Dewey, 27°42'15"N, 115°05'02"W, 89 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1259-41, 27 February 1941; SBMNH 422309; [wet]. –3 colonies; Isla Natividad, 7.5 miles SSW of island, 27°44'17"N, 115°14'40"W, 115–120 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1258-41, bottom of loose rocks, coral, 27 February 1941; SBMNH 422403 [dry]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Pacific Coast) – multiple colonies; 8 miles W of Isla Cedros, 28°05'45"N, 115°31'35"W, 117–118 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1253-41, 26 February 1941; SBMNH 422310 [wet]. –multiple colonies/fragments; 1.5 miles off north end of Isla Cedros, 28°23'20"N, 115°11'52"W, 100–109 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1264-41, 28 February 1941; SBMNH 422311 [wet]. CENTRAL AMERICA – 1 colony, (no base); Panamá, Veraguas, off Bahía Honda, rock, sand and mud, 07°45'35"N, 81°35'35"W, 55–91 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 863-38, 01 March 1938; SBMNH 423058 [dry]. SOUTH AMERICA – multiple fragments; northern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, Off Bindloe (=Marchena Island), 00°18'20"N, 90°31'00"W, 27 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, Station 310-35, 3 December 1934; SBMNH 422312 [wet]. –1 colony (bleached); southern Pacific Ocean, Galápagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, off Gordon Rocks, 00°33'30"S, 90°09'45"W, 46–55 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 317-35, 8 December 1934; SBMNH 422891 (‘Velero’ label written in error, 317-37) [wet]. Note: Specimens listed from Central/South America possibly one or more of several new species recently described by Breedy and Guzmán 2018.

Other material examined. USA, California – 1 fragment; San Diego County, taken off shore, BI 53-4, SIO 61-517, 32°38'33"N, 117°15'34"W, 30 m, with dredge; coll. unknown, 19 November 1953 (0900); SIO-CO 457 [wet]. –2 fragments; San Diego County, SI 50, from Canyon Rim, 80 m; coll. unknown, 2 October 1965; SIO-CO 1683 (two specimens in the one lot) [wet]. –San Diego County, Canyon Rim, SL 49-b. 80 m; coll. R Grigg, 2 October 1965 (1200); SIO-CO 1605 [wet]. –San Diego County, off La Jolla, Station 8, La Jolla Canyon, 114-40 m, rock dredge–rock, sand, clay; coll. unknown, 7 January 1954; SIO-CO 1588 [wet]. –multiple colonies; San Diego County, La Jolla, La Jolla Canyon, South Wall, 64 m; coll. C Limbaugh and party, 11 September 1957; [NMNH collection, no catalog number, dry]. –Los Angeles County, Santa Monica, 33°52'08"N, 118°34'05"W, 73 m; coll. unknown, 29 March 1974; SIO-CO 1579 [wet].

Other material, not examined. USA, California – San Diego County, San Diego, 32°45'06"N, 117°30'00"W, 9–24 m; coll. C Limbaugh, Station 1166, 3 July 1906; USNM 57456 [wet]. –2 colonies; USA, California, San Diego County, La Jolla, 400 miles west of Point La Jolla, 18–21 m; coll. C Limbaugh, 14 December 1953; Paratype–USNM 50187 [dry]. –6 colonies; USA, California, San Diego County, La Jolla, La Jolla Canyon, 46–52 m; coll. C Limbaugh, 8 October 1955; Paratype–USNM 50188 [dry]. –1 colony; USA, California, San Diego County, La Jolla, La Jolla Canyon, 40–43 m; coll. R Ghilardi and party, 19 January 1956; Paratype–USNM 50635 [dry]. –USA, California, San Diego County, La Jolla, La Jolla Point, 32°51'01"N, 117°21'02"W, 104–130 m; coll. R/V ‘Albatross’, Station 4328, 8 March 1904; USNM 51320 [dry].

Eugorgiadaniana Verrill, 1868

Material examined. ~10 lots MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – 1 colony; 2 miles, 220° T from Punta San Eugenio, 27°49'30"N, 115°05'10"W, 38 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 11514-67, 15 June 1967; SBMNH 422895 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Pacific Coast) – 1 colony; Isla Cedros, coast side, 28°13'00"N, 115°10'00"W; coll. Pacific BioMarine, received from Carmelita Freeman, 26 April 1974; SBMNH 422897 [DH 423 = SBMNH-10]; [dry]. –1 colony; Isla Cedros, 10 miles S of Punta Norte on east side of island, 28°13'00"N, 115°10'00"W, 9 m; coll. R McPeak, 22 February 1983; SBMNH 422404 (B1545) [dry]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Gulf of California) – 1 colony; Bahía de Los Angeles, Isla Mitlan, 29°04'00"N, 113°31'00"W, 6 m; coll. R McPeak, 12 September 1980; SBMNH 422405 [dry]. MEXICO (Gulf of California) – 1 colony; Sonora, Bahía de Cholla (= Choya), 31°20'46"N, 113°38'14"W; coll. J Wilkins, 23 February 1959; SBMNH 422896 [DH 433 = SBMNH-20] [dry].

Other material examined – fragment; northern Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Baja California Sur, offshore island of Isla Socorro, outside Punta Tosca, ~18/19°00'00"N, 112°00'00"W, 21 m; coll. unknown, 4 February 1964; SIO CO 1686 [wet]. –1 colony; northern Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Baja California Sur, Puerto (Bahía) San Bartolomé (Tortugas or Turtle Bay); coll. unknown, 14 March 1961; USNM 52484 [dry]. –fragment; USA, California, San Diego County, Loma Sea Valley, due west of Point Loma, by otter trawl 1, ST-908, 326–351 m; coll. Fager party, 21 January 1965; SIO CO 1684 (Acc. No. BI 65-33) [wet]. –1 colony; California, San Diego County, San Diego, Escondida Bay; coll. unknown, 14 November 1868; USNM 57302 [dry].

Eugorgiarubens Verrill, 1868

Material examined. ~ 50 lots. USA, California – 1 colony; California Channel Islands, on a specimen shell of Haliotissorenseni (SBMNH 349096); coll. Leon Bray, 1964 [dry]. –1 fragment; Orange County, 1 mile S of Newport Harbor, 33°36'30"N, 117°54'30"W, vertical south face of shale reef, 17 m; coll. R Given, by hand, SCUBA, 05 October 1957; SBMNH 422313 [wet]. –1 colony (stripped); Santa Catalina Island, 1.5 miles, 130° T from Long Point Light, urchins, crinoids, dead brachiopod, diversified, very rich, 33°23'48"N, 118°21'16"W to 33°22'57"N, 118°19'54"W, 84 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, Station 2226-53, 28 February 1953; SBMNH 422314 [wet]. –1–2 colonies; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, between Avalon and Long Point, 33°23'30"N, 118°21'50"W, 55–80 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1167-40, 08 August 1940; SBMNH 422407; SBMNH-14 [dry]. –colony fragments; Los Angeles County, .33 miles, 180° T from Santa Catalina Island, Ship Rock Light, dredge–brachiopods, rocky sand bottom, 33°27'19"N, 118°29'34"W, 58 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 2132-52, 22 July 1952; SBMNH 422315[wet]. –multiple fragments; Los Angeles County, 7.35 miles, 89° T to Manhattan Beach Pier, 33°53'18"N, 118°32'45"W, 58 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 24493-76, 10 March 1976; (with label– AHF 24493, BLM Ref. station 360; Leg. Mo. 08); SBMNH 422099 [wet]. –fragment; Los Angeles County, off Rocky Point, close to Point Vicente, S end of Santa Monica Bay, ~33°44'33"N, 118°25'28"W; coll. by C Limbaugh; 5 October 1941; SBMNH 422898 [wet]. –multiple fragments; Los Angeles County, 10.75 miles W. of Point Dume, on loose rock, sponge, 34°00'00"N, 119°01'20"W, 87 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1276-41, 23 March 1941; SBMNH 422324 [wet]. –1 colony; Ventura County, Rincon, 34°22'27"N, 119°28'27"W, 98 m; coll. P Brophy, commercial otter trawl, 01 May 1968; SBMNH 422901 [DH 421 = SBMNH-08; dry]. –1 colony; Ventura County, Anacapa Island, 34°01'00"N, 119°21'43"W, 11 m; coll. B Scronce and M Conboy, by hand, SCUBA, 29 January 1964; SBMNH 422900 [DH 432 = SBMNH-19; dry]. –1 colony; Ventura County, Anacapa Island, 34°01'00"N, 119°21'43"W, reef and cove, northeast end of island, 11 m; coll. B Scronce and party, by hand, SCUBA, 29 January 1964; SBMNH 45561 [ex MacGinitie collection; wet]. –1 colony; Ventura County, Anacapa Island, 34°01'00"N, 119°21'43"W, reef and cove, northeast end of island, 17–18 m; coll. B Scronce and party, 29 January 1964; SBMNH 45562 [ex MacGinitie collection; wet]. –1 fragment; Ventura County, Anacapa Island, windward side, 34°00'36"N, 119°24'02"W, 15–24 m; coll. M Hamann and S Bobzin, 21 February 1998; SBMNH 345323 [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara County, Santa Cruz Island, 34°01'14"N, 119°41'05"W, seaward side; 15–18 m; coll. W Hary, February 1967; SBMNH 422411 [dry]. –1 colony fragment; Santa Barbara County, basin off Santa Cruz Island (Santa Barbara Basin/Channel), 15.5 mi., 139°T, from Santa Barbara Light, Santa Barbara, CA, 34°20'15"N, 119°37'45"W, 51 m; coll. T Phillips, R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 13617-69, 13 November 1969; SBMNH 422409 [DH 428 = SBMNH-15; dry]. –small colony and fragments; Monterey County, Point Sur, 36°16'07"N, 121°55'13"W, 65 m; coll. T Laidig, NMFS-FED, Santa Cruz, 13 October 2007; SBMNH 235537 [dry]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – several fragments; 28 miles, 199° T from Abreojos Light, S of Punta Abreojos, dredge–brachiopods, #12 coarse sand and rock, 26°17'15"N, 113°41'45"W (end), 100 m; coll. ‘Velero IV’, station 1709-49, 7 March 1949; SBMNH 422327 [wet]. –1 colony; 6.5 miles, 167° T from Punta Abreojos, dredge–coarse mud and sand, mud bottom, 26°35'27"N, 113°31'45"W (end), 51 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1954-50, 29 April 1950; SBMNH 422316 [wet]. –2 colonies; SE of Isla Asunción, pinnacles near the “6 fathom spot, 27°06'28"N, 114°17'30"W, 23–27 m; coll. RH McPeak, station B, 11-14 Nov. 1981; SBMNH 422412 [dry]. –2 colonies; 8.5 miles south of Canal de Dewey, sand, broken shell, gravel, 27°42'15"N, 115°05'02"W (end), 89 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1259-41, 27 Feb. 1941; SBMNH 422323 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Pacific Coast) – 1 colony; Islas San Benitos, 28°18'10"N, 115°33'20"W, in Phyllospadix, 5 m; coll. Santa Catalina Island Lab, 15 August 1977; SBMNH 422413 [dry]. –1 colony; 8 mi. SW of Isla Cedros, green, fine sand, coral, 28°00'00"N, 115°29'00"W (end), 115–118 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1254-41, 26 Feb. 1941; SBMNH 422318 [wet]. –several colonies; 8 miles W of Isla Cedros, gravel, loose rock, 28°05'45"N, 115°31'35"W (end), 116–118 M; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1253-41, 26 Feb. 1941; SBMNH 422317 [wet]. –1 colony; 1.5 miles off N end of Isla Cedros, fine sand, broken shell, 28°22'18"N, 115°11'00"W (end), 82–100 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1263-41, by small dredge, 28 Feb. 1941; SBMNH 422329 [wet]. –1 fragment; 1.5 miles off N end of Isla Cedros, shale, pebbles, 28°23'20"N, 115°11'52"W (end), 100–109 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1264-41, by small dredge, 28 Feb. 1941; SBMNH 422328 [wet]. –multiple fragments; 6.5 miles SW of Punta San Carlos, dredge, rocky bottom, 29°33'30"N, 115°35'28"W (end), 36 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1944-50, 25 April 1950; SBMNH 422325 [wet]. –1 colony; 4 mi. N of Isla Todos Santos, on rock, 31°52'10"N, 116°49'25"W (end), 73 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1244-41, 24 Feb. 1941; SBMNH 422319 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Gulf of California) – 1 fragment; E of Isla San Francisco (Francisquito), sandy mud, 24°47'25"N, 110°31'20"W, 109 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 651-37, 9 March 1937; SBMNH 422330 [wet].

Other Material Examined. USA, California – San Diego County, San Diego, off Point Loma, 32°35'05"N, 117°20'02"W, 91–101 m, by otter trawl; coll. R/V ‘E.B. Scripps’ (student cruise), A Fleminger, 15 November 1980; SIO-CO 912 [wet]. –1 colony; San Diego County, Canyon Rim, 80 m; coll. R Grigg, Cruise SI 49a, 2 October 1965; (was SIO/BIC CO 1593(b), now SIO-CO 2087(a)); [wet]. –1 fragment; San Diego County, Canyon Rim, 77–80 m; coll. unknown, Cruise SI 50, 02 October 1965; (was SIO/BIC CO 1683(a), now SIO-CO 2088, 2089 or 2090) [wet]. –San Diego County (?), Sea Lab SL 49-d, 80 m; coll. R Grigg, 2 October 1965; SIO-CO 1578 [wet]. –San Diego County, La Jolla, La Jolla Canyon, 47 m; coll. R Ghilardi and party, 4 March 1959; SIO-CO 1685; [wet]. –1 colony; San Diego County; Station 2104, 86 m; det. M Lilly and D Pasko, City of San Diego, MBL, 26 July 1996; [dry]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, San Clemente Island, NE side, at Forbidden Reef, 33°00'51"N, 118°20'37"W; coll. J Cooper, 11 June 1982; MLML CO 109 [wet]. –Los Angeles County, Santa Monica, 33°52'08"N, 118°34'05"W (end), 73 m; 29 March 1974; SIO-CO 1629 [wet]. –Ventura County, Anacapa Island, south side, 34°00'00"N, 119°26'00"W, 15–26 m; coll. FG Hochberg, 20 November 1964. LACoMNH No. 64-28 [wet].

Eugorgialjubenkovia sp. nov.

Material examined. 5 lots; two specimens of species in SBMNH collection from Mexico; another 3 lots, collected by staff of OCSD in California waters, now housed at SBMNH. – fragment; USA, California, Orange County, off Huntington Beach, by Van Veen grab, ~33°36'34"N, 118°02'32"W, 30 m; coll. OCSD, Survey 94–100, station 34, Rep. 1, 1994; material from J Ljubenkov; SBMNH 472234 [wet]. –numerous fragments; USA, California, Orange County, off Huntington Beach, otter trawl, ~33°35'41"N, 117°59'34"W, 35 m; coll. OCSD, Survey 8718, station T-2, Rep. 1, Haul 1, 13 January 1987; Bottle 0011, SBMNH 472232 [wet]. –1 colony + fragment; USA, California, Orange County, off Huntington Beach, otter trawl, at night, ~33°35'57"N, 118°02'47"W, 36 m; coll. OCSD, Survey 8836, station T-6, Rep. 1, 1988; Bottle 0080, SBMNH 472233 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte y Sur – 1 strand; 28 miles south of Punta Abreojos, bearing 199° T from Abreojos Light, 26°17'30"N, 113°41'45"W, 98 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1709-49, 7 March 1949; SBMNH 472245 [wet]. –colony fragments; Isla Cedros, S Bay, dredge—sand and mud, Lovena (heart urchin), sponges, 28°04'21"N, 115°17'50"W (end), 29 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1703-49, 5 March 1949; SBMNH 422333–Holotype [wet].

Leptogorgiachilensis (Verrill, 1868)

Material examined. ~25 lots. USA, California – 1 colony (partial); Los Angeles County, Farnsworth Bank, dredge—bryozoan, 33°20'39"N, 118°30'55"W (end), 15 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, 1904-49, 7 September 1949; SBMNH 422940 [wet]. –1+ colony; Los Angeles County, 5 miles, 152° from San Pedro Breakwater, 33°38'20"N, 118°12'00"W, 31–35 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1232-41, 15 February 1941; SBMNH 423066 [wet]. –1+ colony + fragments; Los Angeles County, 2.25 miles south of San Pedro Breakwater, 33°40'30"N, 118°14'20"W, 27 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1207-40, 24 November 1940; SBMNH 423067 [wet]. –two fragments; Los Angeles County, Palos Verdes Estates, 33°47'18"N, 118°24'47"W; coll. T Burch, station 40129, 22 August 1940; SBMNH 422954 [wet]. –multiple fragments; Los Angeles County,7.35 miles, 89° T to Manhattan Beach Pier, 33°53'18"N, 118°32'45"W (end), 58 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 24493-76, 10 March 1976; SBMNH 422943 [wet]. –2 colonies; Ventura County, Anacapa Island, 34°00'14"N, 119°23'41"W, 6 m; coll. unknown, 24 January 1963; with hydroid colony on one branch; SBMNH 422944 [wet]. –1 colony; Ventura County, Anacapa Island, 100 yards out from Cat Rock, 34°00'13"N, 119°25'16"W, 17–18 m; coll. B Scronce and party, 30 October 1962; SBMNH 422945 [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara County, ~6 miles south and west of Summerland coast, on northwest corner of Platform “A”, ~34°20'49"N, 119°38'25"W, ~39 m; coll. S Clark, 3 December 2010; SBMNH 265962 [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara County, Goleta, Sands Beach, 34°24'00"N, 119°53'00"W, ~6 m; coll. R/V ‘Vantuna’ Cruise, 469—Mar. Bio, November 2001; SBMNH 422953–Neotype [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – 1 colony + branch fragments; 6.5 miles, 167° T from Punta Abreojos, dredge–coarse mud and sand, mud bottom, 26°35'27"N, 113°31'45"W (end), 51 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1954-50, 29 April 1950; SBMNH 422947 [wet]. –2 colonies; Canal de Dewey, opposite Punta San Eugenia, coralline, rock, 27°49'40"N, 115°06'20"W (end), 38–47 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1260-41, 27 February 1941; SBMNH 422949 [wet]. –1 colony; 2 miles, 220° T from Punta San Eugenia, 27°49'30"N, 115°05'10"W (end), 38 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 11514-67, 15 June 1967; SBMNH 422950 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Pacific Coast) – 1 fragment; South Bay, Isla Cedros, rock, along margin of kelp bed, 28°04'45"N, 115°21'05"W, 18–27 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 287-34, 10 March 1934; SBMNH 422951 [wet]. –1 colony, incomplete; 6.5 miles SW of Punta San Carlos, dredge–rocky bottom, 29°33'30"N, 115°35'28"W (end), 36 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1944-50, 25 April 1950; SBMNH 422952 [wet].

Other material examined. USA, California – 3 fragments; San Diego County, Canyon Rim, 73 m; coll. R Grigg, Cruise SI 49a, 4 October 1965; SIO/BIC 1593(a) [wet]. –1 strand; San Diego County, Canyon Rim, 70–73; coll. unknown, Cruise SI 50, 2 October 1965; SIO/BIC CO 1683(c) [wet]. –2 lots; colony/fragments; San Diego County, Scripps Submarine Canyon, off Scripps Institute, 15–21 m & 23–30 m; coll. C Limbaugh, December 1953; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –1+colony/ fragments; San Diego County, La Jolla Canyon, one quarter mile off Scripps Institute, 46 m; coll. C Limbaugh, 23 July 1954; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –colony/ fragments; San Diego County, one quarter mile off Point La Jolla, edge of kelp bed, 18–21 m; coll. C Limbaugh, 14 December 1953; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –colony/fragments; San Diego County, 1 mile north of La Jolla, 29 m; coll. C Limbaugh, 11 February 1952; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, San Clemente Island, NE side of island, Forbidden Reef, 33°01'26"N, 118°20'17"W; coll. J Cooper, by SCUBA, 11 June 1982; MLML C0108 [wet]. –colony/fragments; Los Angeles County, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica Bay, Streetcar Reef, ~33°51'00"N, 118°25'04"W, 15 m; coll. unknown, 18 July 1961; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –colony/fragments; Los Angeles County, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica Bay, Streetcar Reef, 18 m; coll. unknown, 14 September 1961; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –colony/fragments; Ventura County, ~10 miles south of Santa Barbara, California, Richfield Oil Island, 5–9 m; coll. unknown, 16 May 1961; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –1 colony (possibly this species); Santa Barbara County, S side of Santa Cruz Island, Smuggler's Cove, 34°01'13"N, 119°32'25"W, washed up on cobbles; coll. N Moore, det. EA Horvath, photographed only, 10 March 2008 [dry]. MEXICO, Baja (Pacific Coast) – colony/fragments; MEXICO, Baja California Sur, Bahia Tortugas area, ~15–18 m; coll. J Stewart, November 1959; [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry]. –colony/fragments; MEXICO, Baja California Norte, Isla Guadalupe, 42 m; coll. J Stewart and party, February 1960 [Limbaugh Collection, NMNH, dry].

Other material, not examined – 1 specimen: USA, California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Cruz Island, Smuggler’s Cove, 21 m.; coll. B Scronce and party, by diving, 24 January 1963; [DH 426 = SBMNH-13 [dry], missing from SBMNH collection.

Leptogorgiadiffusa (Verrill, 1868)

Material examined. 4 lots. MEXICO (Gulf of California) – 1 colony; Sonora, Cabo Tepoca, 30°15'45"N, 112°53'20"W, on shore–rock and reef; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1077-40, 4 February 1940; SBMNH 423089 [dry]. –multiple colonies; Sonora, off Rocky Point, mud, sand and shell, 31°19'50"N, 113°39'10"W (end), 18–20 m; coll. R.V ‘Velero III’, station 1072-40, 2 February 1940; SBMNH 423088 [dry]. –1 colony; Sonora, Bahia de Choya (Cholla), ~31°21'19"N, 113°37'26"W; coll./legit. JW with # 038-1, 25 February 1959; SBMNH 423090 [dry].

Other material examined –1 colony; USA, California, San Diego County, San Diego, off shore; coll. J Stewart, 1965; CAS IZ 97890 [dry].

Leptogorgiafilicrispa Horvath, 2011

Material examined. ~9 lots. USA, California – 2 fragments (1 lot); Ventura County, off Ventura Harbor, collected with ovulid snails, 34°14'00"N, 119°19'00"W, 20–50 m; coll. P Brophy, trawled by dragnets, August 1968; SBMNH 423079 [housed in vial, in ovulid snail collection, Neosimnia nec Simnialoebbeckeana, SBMNH 423103, dry]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – multiple colonies (1 lot); off Boca Flor de Malva, SE of Punta Tosca, 24°11'07"N, 111°21'03"W, 69–87 m; coll. J McLean on R/V ‘Searcher’, Station 31–32, No. 71–16, 1 February 1971; SBMNH 423057–Holotype [DH 415 = SBMNH-06, dry].

Other material examined. MEXICO (Gulf of California) – several fragments; Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, Guaymas, 28°15'00"N, 111°48'00"W (end), 64–75 m; coll. unknown, 21 March 1960; USNM 75099 [wet]. –numerous fragments/colonies; Sonora, Cabo Tepoca, 30°20'30"N, 113°08'00"W, 56–67 m; coll. R Parker, 31 March 1960; (with a station number: P-212-60); USNM 1106683 [dry]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – multiple fragments/colonies; Cabo San Lucas Canyon, ~22°54'09"N, 109°22'45"W, on sand bottom, 30 m; coll. W North and C Limbaugh, March 1959; USNM 1106685 [dry]. –multiple fragments; off Boca Flor de Malva, SE of Punta Tosca, 24°11'07"N, 111°21'03"W, 69–87 m; coll. J McLean on R/V ‘Searcher’, Station 31–32, No. 71–16, 1 February1971; LACoMNH—Holoparalectotype [DH 218, SBMNH06, dry]. –multiple fragments; off Boca Flor de Malva, SE of Punta Tosca, 24°11'07"N, 111°21'03"W, 69–87 m; coll. J McLean on R/V ‘Searcher’, Station 31–32, No. 71-16, 1 February1971; LACoMNH—Holoparalectotype [DH 415, SBMNH06, dry]. –multiple fragments; Cabo San Lazaro, 24°48'00"N, 112°19'12"W, by shrimp trawler, 65–73 m; coll. C Limbaugh, sometime in the 1950s; USNM 1106684 [dry]. –several fragments; Magdalena Bay, ~24°38'11"N, 111°58'15"W, 86 m; coll. unknown on R/V ‘Albatross’, 8 April 1889; USNM 57144 [wet]. –multiple fragments; SW Punta San Juanico, outer coast, ~26°12'33"N, 112°30'49"W, (no depth recorded); coll. unknown, 29 January 1971; LACoMNH [DH240, dry].

Leptogorgiaflexilis (Verrill, 1868)

Material examined. 5 lots. USA, California – 1 colony fragment (base missing); Los Angeles County, San Pedro, 6.9 miles, 139° T from Point Fermin, dredge–sand, 33°37'04"N, 118°11'50"W (end), 45 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, 2042-51, 20 July 1951; SBMNH 422941 [wet]. –2 lots; colony, fragmented; Los Angeles County, between White's Point and Portuguese Bend, 33°42'54"N, 118°20'07"W (end), by beam trawl, 22 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1644-48, 19 November 1948; SBMNH 422942 [dry & wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – fragments; 28 miles, 199° T from Abreojos Light, S of Punta Abreojos, dredge–brachiopods, beam trawl–# 12 coarse sand and rock, 26°17'15"N, 113°41'45"W (end), 100 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1709-49, 7 March 1949; SBMNH 422946 [wet]. –1 colony + multiple fragments; 2 miles, 142° T from Thurloe Head, 27°35'45"N, 114°49'15"W, no depth recorded; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 11842-67, 7 December 1967; SBMNH 422948 [wet].

Leptogorgia sp. A (? = LeptogorgiatricorataBreedy and Cortés 2011)

Material examined. ~10-11 lots. USA, California – 2 colonies, 1 fragment; 9.5 miles NW of buoy, Cortes Bank, white sand, rock, 32°33'15"N, 119°15'15"W, 91 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1342-41, 10 June 1941; SBMNH 423080 [wet]. –4 colonies; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, 1 mile SW of Ben Weston Point, mud, sand, gravel, 33°20'55"N, 118°30'45(35)” W (end), 82–89 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1316-41, 17 May 1941; SBMNH 422334 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, Bird Rock, ~33°27'05"N, 118°29'10"W, 46 m; coll. R Given, July 1977; SBMNH 423083 [wet]. –1 fragment; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, off Bird Rock, rock, coarse shell, kelp; sm. dredge boat, 33°27'20"N, 118°29'00"W (end), 56–73 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1187-40, 29 September 1940; SBMNH 423081 [wet]. –1 fragment; Ventura County, Santa Barbara Island, N of island, 33°30'58"N, 119°00'50"W, on gray sand, 67-73 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III,’ station 1177-40, 9 September 1940; SBMNH 422903 [wet]. –2 colony fragments; Los Angeles County, off Rocky Point, close in proximity to Point Vicente (S end of Santa Monica Bay), ~33°44'33"N, 118°25'28"W; coll. C Limbaugh, 5 October 1941; SBMNH 423082 [wet]. –numerous colonies/fragments; 10.75 miles W of Point Dume, on loose rock and sponge, 34°00'15"N, 119°01'30"W (end), 86-87 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1276-41, 23 March 1941; SBMNH 422340 [wet]. –fragment; Santa Barbara County, Channel Island area, ~34°06'56"N, 119°42'49"W, by trawl; coll. P Brophy; SBMNH 423084 [wet].

Other material examined – fragment; Mexico, Baja California Norte (Gulf of California), NE of Isla San Jose, Isla Las Animas, 28°42'14"N, 112°55'43"W, epizooic on “black coral, 36–42 m; coll. Adcock and Markham, Station D-24B, 11 August 1965 (identified in error by Harden as Heterogorgiatortuosa); CAS-IZ 96757 [wet]. –1 colony; USA, California, San Diego County, near coast of San Diego, no depth recorded; coll. J Stewart (UCSD diver), 1965 (identified in error by Harden as H.tortuosa); CAS-IZ 98140 [dry]. –1 strand; USA, California, San Diego County, Canyon Wall (1200), 82 m; coll. R Grigg, Cruise SL 49c, 2 October 1965; SIO-CO 1594 [wet]. –colony fragment; USA, California, Ventura County, Channel Islands, 10 miles E of San Nicolas Island, ~33°12'19"N, 119°43'29"W, 91 m; coll. (possible ‘Albatross’ collection, according to Harden; identified in error as Heterogorgiapapillosa), 29 March 1917; CAS-IZ 34636 [wet].

Other material, not examined – Japan, Shizuoka, Honshu Island, Suruga Bay, Omae Zaki, 34°35'00"N, 138°15'00"E; coll. R/V ‘Albatross’, station nos. 3727-3735, US Fish Commission, 16 May 1900, 62–89 m; USNM 50248 [wet].

Chromoplexauramarki (Kükenthal, 1913)

Material examined. ~60 lots. USA, California – (?)1 colony; Ventura/Los Angeles County, 20–22 miles south of San Nicolas Island, rocky, 32°51'00"N, 119°23'45"W, 118–136 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 1344-41, 11 June 1941; SBMNH 423071 [wet]. –4 fragments (2 lots); Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, 5 miles SE of Church Rock, 33°16'00"N, 118°13'45"W (end), 215 m on sand, loose washed rock; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, Station 1350-41, 12 June 1941; SBMNH 265946 [wet]. –multiple fragments/colonies (two lots); Los Angeles/Ventura County, off San Nicolas Island, with sponge, rock, 33°16'10"N, 119°24'30"W (end), sponge and rock, 51–56 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 1123-40, 12 April 1940; SBMNH 423061 [wet]. –3 colonies, 1 fragment; Los Angeles County, 2.5 miles SE of Seal Rocks, Santa Catalina Island, 33°17'20"N, 118°15'35"W (end), rock, lumpy gray sand, sponge, urchin, gorgonians, hermits, 158-173 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1429-41, 25 October 1941; SBMNH 265948 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, 5 miles, 152° T from San Pedro Breakwater, 33°38'20"N, 118°12'10"W (end), coarse sand, dead shell, clay, 31–35 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 1232-41, 15 February 1941; SBMNH 423066 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, 2.25 miles south of San Pedro Breakwater, 33°40'30"N, 118°14'20"W (end), sand, pebble, broken shell, 27 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 1207-40, 24 November 1940; SBMNH 423067 [wet]. –multiple fragments (bearing numerous brittle stars); Santa Barbara County, Santa Cruz Island, 13 miles, 5° T to Gull Island Light, 33°44'00"N, 119°51'00"W, 155 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 24329-76, 21 January 1976; SBMNH 265935 (with label reading: 24329 BFI) [wet]. –fragment; Santa Barbara County, 16.5 miles SE X S of South Point, Santa Rosa Island, 33°38'35"N, 119°58'05” (end) W, rocks, crinoids, brittle stars, 131–140 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1397-41, 27 August 1941; SBMNH 265936 [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara County, Santa Rosa Island, 6.27 miles, 341° T to Ford Point, 33°48'45"N, 119°59'20"W (end), 104 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 23065-75, 18 October 1975; SBMNH 265937 (with label reading: 23065 6C) [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara, County, San Miguel Island, 3.7 miles, 21° T to Crook Point, 33°56'48"N, 120°21'42"W (end), 118 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 24882-76, 28 April 1976; SBMNH 265949 (with label reading: 24882 CH) [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara County, south side of Santa Cruz Island, gray sand, shell, 33°57'45"N, 119°38'20"W (end), 67–73 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 1191-40, 30 September 1940; SBMNH 423068 [wet]. –1 colony; 2.6 miles, 140° T to Cavern Point, Santa Cruz Island, 34°04'30"N, 119°34'18"W (end), 76 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 24863-76, 27 April 1976; SBMNH 423064 [wet]. –1 colony (fragments); Ventura County, 1 mile, 231.5° T from Ventura Pier Light, 34°10'00"N, 118°26'57"W, no depth; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 5828-58, 21 August 1958; SBMNH 265947 [wet]. –(?)1 colony; Monterey County, off San Jose Creek Beach (N end), Carmel Submarine Canyon, 36°32'00"N, 121°56'00"W, 12–38 m; coll. J H McLean; 1960-1964; SBMNH 423070 [wet] (formerly part of Los Angeles County Museum collection). –1 small colony; Monterey County, Point Sur, 36°17'02"N, 121°57'09"W, 56 m, on large rock; coll. D Starr, NMFS-FED, Santa Cruz, 13 October 2007; SBMNH 235536 [dry]. –1 fragment; Monterey County, southwest of Point Pinos, 36°37'25"N, 121°58'25"W, rock and sponges, 47 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 891-38, 8 August 1938; SBMNH 423062 [wet]. –1 colony; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, 1.15 miles, 347° T from Point Pinos Light, on rock, 36°38'54"N, 121°56'15"W; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 6437-59, 30 September 1959; SBMNH 423065 [wet]. –fragments; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, off Point Pinos, rock, crinoids, brittle stars, 36°39'50"N, 121°58'00"W, 89–98 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 890-38, 8 August 1938; SBMNH 423063 [wet]. –1 colony; Monterey County, Monterey, 36°47'00"N, 122°02'00"W, ~22 m; coll. T Burch, BLM Ref. Sta. 360, 18 August 1940, with label (Burch # 40128); SBMNH 423060–Neotype [dry]. –1 colony + fragments; Monterey County, Monterey, 36°47'00"N, 122°02'00"W, ~22 m; coll. T Burch, possible BLM Ref. Sta. 360, 18 August 1940, with label (Burch # 40128); SBMNH 423072 [wet]. –1 colony; Monterey County, Monterey, 36°47'00"N, 122°02'00"W, ~30–45 m; coll. T Burch (Acc. No. 3665), BLM Ref. Sta. 360, 18 August 1940; SBMNH 422954 [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, 36°57'07"N, 122°00'36"W, 30 m; coll. Kinnetics Lab; Station 1, 7 July 1978; with barnacles growing on the colony, where some branches come off of main “stem;” SBMNH 423069 (previous no. 40612, not in Data Base; specimen originally labeled Psammogorgiatorreyi). [wet]. USA, Oregon – 1 colony plus fragments; Lincoln County, 15 nautical miles off coast of Newport, Oregon, Station NH-15, 44°39'28"N, 124°24'29"W, 85 m; coll. R/V ‘Yaquina’, Cruise Y6906C, 27 June 1969; SBMNH 423073 [wet].

Other material examined. USA, California – multiple fragments; San Luis Obispo County, 27° off Avila Beach, starting just N of bell buoy, around Souza Rock, ~35°10'35"N, 120°44'16"W, 36 m; coll. R/V ‘NB Scofield’, Field No. 53-B-25, 9 June 1953; CAS-IZ-96742 [wet]. –1 colony; San Luis Obispo County, ~10 miles S of Morro Bay, near Point, ~35°22'01"N, 121°02'55"W, 9 m; coll. abalone diver via scuba (“Ed”), 1964; CAS-IZ 97951 [dry]. –1 colony; Monterey County, between Point Lobos and Sabrina Point, ~36°31'28"N, 121°57'03"W, 364 m; coll. Capt. Alioti, on Shrimper ‘Jackie Boy’ (lot 2), 4 March 1972; CAS-IZ 96735 [wet]. –1 colony; Monterey County, Carmel Bay, off San Jose Creek Beach (Monastery Beach), ~36°31'34"N, 121°55'50"W, 38 m; coll. D Sullivan, 20 May 1962; CAS-IZ 96746 [wet]. –1 colony + 1 fragment; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, bearing S 25° E, 5.4 miles off Point Piños lighthouse, ~36°35'49"N, 122°00'13”W 170 m; coll. USBCF ‘Albatross’, station 4543, Haul # 816, 1904 SIO/BIC CO 361 [wet]. –1 colony/fragments; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, bearing N 87° W, 1.74 miles off Point Piños lighthouse, ~36°38'30"N, 121°57'45"W, 64 m; coll. USBCF ‘Albatross’, station 4441, 1904SIO/BIC CO 1810 [wet]. (Both SIO/BIC CO 361 and CO 1810, are labeled P.arbuscula; this is in error, based on location data.) –1 colony; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay Canyon Wall, ~36°52'37"N, 121°56'50"W, 500–600 m; coll. C Mah, R/V ‘Point Sur’, 28 February 1997; CAS-IZ 108905 [wet]. –2 colonies; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, Continental Shelf, ~36°52'37"N, 121°56'50"W, 150–160 m; coll. C Mah, R/V ‘Point Sur’, 14 April 1998; CAS-IZ 113071 [wet & dry]. –colonies; Monterey County, Monterey Bay, Monterey Canyon, canyon wall, ~36°52'37"N, 121°56'50"W, 600–700 m; coll. C Mah, R/V ‘Point Sur’, 14 April 1998; CAS-IZ 113072 [wet]. –1 colony; San Francisco County, ? Farallon Islands, ~37°44'22"N, 123°03'13"W, no depth recorded; coll. unknown, with exception of “Trawl no. PC1-1: sample no. 1,” 23 September 1991; CAS-IZ 96747 [wet]. –1 colony; Humboldt County, Blunt's Reef, off Cape Mendocino, California, ~40°25'56"N, 124°27'28"W; coll. Turkington, May 1910; det. by Bayer; USNM 51500 [dry]. USA, Oregon and Washington – 1 colony; no specific location data, 600 m; coll. A Carey Jr., R/V ‘Acona’, Station OTB-36 16 June 1964; CAS-IZ 143903 [wet]. –1 colony and 1 fragment; Coos County, off coast, Coquille Bank, ~42°54'23"N, 124°51'16"W, 257 m; coll. P Etnoyer, NOAA “West Coast Survey, Fall 2010, 3 November 2010; BS004 (CB 50001-002) and BS005 (CB 50001-003) [wet]. –fragment; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 43°55'58"N, 124°55'55"W, 140 m; coll. Heceta RB-00-05, G Hendler; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive R534-Rk-009, 24 June 2000; LACoMNH Marine Biodiversity Center processing number 233 [wet]. –fragment; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 43°56'52"N, 124°56'36"W, 189 m; coll. Heceta RB-00-05, G Hendler; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive R535-Bio-2, 3, 4, or 13, 24 June 2000; LACoMNH, Marine Biodiversity Center processing number 379 [wet]. –1 colony; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 43°58'07"N, 124°51'10"W, hard bottom covered with invertebrates, 117.9 m; coll. A Valdés by ROV; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive 615, 10 July 2001; LACoMNH, Marine Biodiversity Center processing number 100 [wet]. –1 colony; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 43°59'16"N, 124°52'59"W, rocky area, collected with a large rock, 81.1 m; coll. A. Valdés by ROV; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive 613, 9 July 2001; LACoMNH Marine Biodiversity processing center number 85 [wet]. –1 colony; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 44°09'11"N, 124°49'29"W, 81 m; coll. Heceta RB-00-05, G Hendler; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive R530-Bio-0012, 21 June 2000; LACoMNH, Marine Biodiversity Center processing number 205 [wet]. –1 colony; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 44°11'08"N, 124°48'24"W, rocky bottom, collected with rock, 74.3 m; coll. R Embley by ROV; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’; Dive 608, 7 July 2001; LACoMNH, Marine Biodiversity Center processing number 56 [wet]. –2 colonies; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 44°11'14"N, 124°50'03"W, rocky bottom, collected with rock with gorgonian attached, 81.8 m; coll. N Puniwai by ROV; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive 608, 7 July 2001; LACoMNH, Marine Biodiversity Center processing number 55 [wet]. –1 colony; off Oregon coast, Heceta Bank, 44°13'20"N, 124°52'26"W, 98 m; coll. Heceta RB-00-05, G Hendler; RV ‘Ronald H. Brown’ (NOAA) and S/V ‘Ropos’, Dive R538-Rk-0003, 26 June 2000; LACoMNH Marine Biodiversity Center processing number 263 [wet]. –2 colonies; Lincoln County, off Newport, ~44°40'10"N, 124°27'12"W, 110 m; coll. Dr JE McCauley, R/V ‘Acona’, no collection date given; CAS-IZ 24639 [wet]. –2 colonies + fragments; Lincoln County, 112.01 miles SW of Yaquina Head Light, 44°40'00"N, 126°21'12"W, 2,856 m; coll. A Carey, OSU, Station OTB-30, 20 May 1964; SBMNH 423078 [wet]. –1 colony; Eastern N Pacific, Tillamook County, off Oregon coast, due W of Nehalem Bay State Park, 45°38'55"N, 124°06'03"W, ~80 m; coll. NFSC, 2006 expedition; CB 34213-093, FRAM 100105460 [wet]. –1 colony, North Pacific, off Oregon/Washington border, Clatsop County, due W of Tillamook Head, and mouth of Columbia River, ~46°13'30"N, 124°22'31"W, ~113 m; coll. NFSC, 2006 expedition; CB 34210-023, FRAM 100105455 [wet]. –3 colonies; North Pacific, Grays Harbor County, off Washington State, due W of Quinault Beach Resort, ~47°01'33"N, 124°39'10"W, ~98 m; coll. NFSC, 2006 expedition; CB 34210-025, FRAM 00105453 [wet]. –1 colony, North Pacific, off Washington coast, Grays Harbor County, ~47°06'07"N, 124°32'17"W, 73 m; coll. NFSC, WCGS 2006; CB 34210-020, FRAM 100105450 [wet].

Other material, location not known. WCGS 2006, Oregon – CB 34213-047, FRAM 100105469 (provided by E Berntson, NOAA Fisheries Office, Port Orchard, WA).

Other material, not examined – several colonies; USA, N Pacific Ocean, California, Monterey County, Carmel, 26 m; [YPM 8877A and YPM 8877B; notation of “questionable form,” wet].

Muriceacalifornica Aurivillius, 1931

Material examined. ~33 lots. USA, California – (?)1 colony; Orange County, Newport Bay, 33°35'37"N, 117°52'51"W, on rocks of outer jetty, below extended low tide; coll. G MacGinitie, October 1946; SBMNH 422390 [wet]. –multiple colonies/fragments; Orange County, Newport Beach, “The Pipeline,” ~33°36'23"N, 117°55'50"W, depth not recorded; coll. Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach (for SBMNH Sea Center), early summer, 2010; SBMNH 265938 [wet]. –1 colony; Orange County, Newport Bay, 33°37'11"N, 117°53'41"W, depth not recorded; coll. G Sphon, 08 January 1953; SBMNH 422920 [DH 451 = SBMNH-35; dry]. –2+ colonies; Orange County, off Huntington Beach, with a beam trawl, 33°38'30"N, 118°00'20"W, 7–36 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 1127-40, 20 April 1940; SBMNH 422360 [1 dry, others wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, San Pedro, Point Fermin, 33°41'00"N, 118°16'00"W; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1578-46, 20 December 1946; data from label, not Station Log (NOTE: from August 1942-July 1948, no Station Log notes; ship not running consistently during WWII?); SBMNH 422361[wet]. –fragment; Los Angeles County, San Pedro, inside of Point Fermin, on shore–rock wall and loose rock, 33°42'45"N, 118°16'45"W; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1217-40, 30 November 1940; SBMNH 422357 [wet]. –multiple colonies; Los Angeles County, San Pedro, Point Fermin, 33°42'18"N, 118°17'35"W, 13 m; with data station number: 50 3 T147, 17 June 1916; SBMNH 422375[wet]. –several colonies in 3 lots; Los Angeles County, San Pedro Breakwater, on shore, 33°42'08"N, 118°16'05"W; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1230-41, 26 January 1941; SBMNH 422358 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, between White's Point and Portuguese Bend, beam trawl–bryozoa, corals, sea mouse, gorgonacea, 33°42'54"N, 118°20'07"W (end), 22 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1644-48, 19 November 1948; SBMNH 422359 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, between White's Point and Portuguese Bend, 33°42'54"N, 118°20'07"W, 22 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1644-48, 19 November 1948; SBMNH 422919 [dry]. –1 colony (stripped); Ventura County, Rincon Beach, 30°20'10"N, 119°24'35"W, on beach; coll. N Moore, 2 March 2008; SBMNH 422918 [dry]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara County, Anacapa Island, 34°00'13"N, 119°25'16"W, 100 yards out from Cat Rock, 17–18 m; coll. B Scronce, and party, 30 October 1962; SMBNH 45564; [wet]. –1 colony; Santa Barbara County, Anacapa Island, 34°00'13"N, 119°25'16"W, 100 yards out from Cat Rock, 17–18 m; coll. B Scronce, and party, 30 October 1962; SBMNH 45563; [wet]. –1 colony; Ventura County, Port Hueneme, off the north jetty, 34°09'26"N, 119°13'42"W, 11 m; coll. M Conboy and D Sprong, 16 January 1963; SBMNH 422911 [DH 448 =SBMNH-32; dry]. –3 colonies; Ventura County, Port Hueneme, 34°09'26"N, 119°13'42"W, 11 m; coll. M Conboy and D Sprong, 16 January 1963; SBMNH 422913 [DH 449 =SBMNH-33, dry]. –2 colonies; Santa Barbara County, Carpinteria, several miles east of Carpinteria State Beach, 34°23'36"N, 119°31'31"W, between splash and high inter-tidal, up on rocks and exposed beach; coll. EA Horvath, between 27–30, January 2006; SBMNH 422372 & 422373 [wet]. –2 colonies; Santa Barbara County, Carpinteria, off Carpinteria State Beach, 34°23'36"N, 119°31'31"W; coll. C Watters and J Henry, det. EA Horvath; 18 February 2008; SBMNH 422914 [dry]. –1 fragment; Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara, Naples Reef, 34°26'24"N, 119°56'60"W, 15 m; coll. S Anderson and party, 11 November 1998; SBMNH 345324; [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – 2 colonies + fragments; Cabo San Lucas, 22°52'49"N, 109°54'32"W; coll. unknown, 22 March 1936; SBMNH 422921 [dry]. –1 colony; off Thurloe Head, on rock with gorgonids, 27°36'50"N, 114°50'50"W, 15–18 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 283-34, 9 March 1934; SBMNH 422369 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Pacific Coast) – 1 fragment; Isla Cedros, South Bay, on rock along margin of kelp bed, 28°04'45"N, 115°21'05"W, 18–27 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 287-34, 10 March 1934; SBMNH 422363 [wet]. –2 colonies; Baja, 6.5 miles SW of Punta San Carlos, dredge–rocky bottom, 29°33'30"N, 115°35'28"W (end), 36 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 1944-50, 25 April 1950; SBMNH 422362 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Gulf of California) – 2 colonies; Roca Consag, 31°12'17"N, 114°33'39"W; coll. L Findley, 9 July 1973; Nos. 207/208, University of Arizona; SBMNH 422376 [wet]. MEXICO (Gulf of California) – 1 colony; Sonora, South of Isla Tiburon, sand, shell, 28°43'45"N, 112°17'50"W, 36 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, 566-36, 11 March 1936; SBMNH 422384 [wet]. SOUTH AMERICA – 1 fragment; Ecuador, off Cape San Francisco, 00°37'10"N, 80°00'30"W, 27 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 850-38, 23 February 1938; SBMNH 422427 [dry].

Other material examined. USA, California – San Diego County, La Jolla, Quast Rock, 21 m; coll. R Kiwala, by scuba, 7 April 1969; SIO/BIC CO 1600 [wet]. –San Diego County, La Jolla, Quast Rock, 20 m; coll. R Grigg, December 1967; SIO/BIC CO 1632. –San Diego County, La Jolla, Quast, 20 m; coll. unknown, October 1966; SIO/BIC CO 1641. –1 lot; San Diego County, Quast Rock, 65 feet; coll. unknown, 29 October 1965; SIO/BIC CO 1945 [wet]. –2 colonies/fragments; Orange County, just south and east of Huntington Beach, ~33°36'50"N, 117°59'13"W, 18 m; coll. OCSD, station T0, Haul 1, 29 February 2012 [wet]. –Los Angeles County, off San Clemente Island, 32°35'29"N, 118°19'02"W, near Station # 2, in restricted area, by SCUBA; coll. J Cooper, 11 June 1982; MLML C0110 [wet]. –colonies/fragments; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, just outside Blue Cavern Marine Protected Area, near “The Quarry,” ~33°25'53"N, 118°26'49"W, depth unknown; coll. Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, early summer, 2010 [wet]. –Los Angeles County, Coast Station, Palos Verdes, off Marineland of the Pacific, 33°43'58"N, 118°25'12"W, 10–15 m; large boulders with sand between; coll. R Grigg, 7 January 1967; SIO/BIC CO 1596. MEXICO – Baja California Norte, Punta Banda, station 2 (no other data); 20 July 1968; SIOBIC CO 1943 “a1-a4”, and probably “b” as well.

All lots SIO/BIC CO 1860 – CO 1939; most of these lots probably this species, a few mixed in likely M.fruticosa, but no specific collection location data is readily available. In the “Limbaugh” Collection housed at NMNH, other collection locations could include: (USA) the Richfield Oil Island (Ventura County, ~10 miles south of Santa Barbara, California), Newport Bay (California), in the Huntington Beach Gas and Electric Steam Plant discharge pipe (California), and from Baja: Gulf of Punta Final, Turtle Bay and off Cape San Lucas. There are SIO/BIC CO 1943 and CO 1945, but these are not included in any official listing, and there appeared to be no data to go with the numbers.

Other material, not examined (but photographed) or examined/photographed (not collected) – 1 colony; N Pacific Ocean, USA, California, Los Angeles County, San Clemente, ~33°25'21"N, 117°37'22"W, on the beach; photographer A Nelson, det. EA Horvath; 1 March 2008. –1 colony; N Pacific Ocean, USA, California, Ventura California, Santa Barbara Channel Islands, Anacapa Island, ~34°00'19"N, 119°24'55"W, big tidal pool; photographer N Downend, det. EA Horvath; 14 April 2008.

Muriceaplantaginea (Valenciennes, 1846) [= M.appressa Verrill, 1864]

Material examined. ~4 lots. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) – 1 colony; Bahia de Santa Maria, 24°42'20"N, 112°14'10"W, 58 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 760-38, 5 January 1938; SBMNH 422418; [dry]. –1 colony; Punta Asunción, 27°07'28"N, 114°17'48"W, 7 m; coll. RH McPeak, 15 October 1980; SBMNH 422417 [dry]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Gulf of California) –1 colony; Isla Partida, off White Rock, 28°55'30"N, 113°05'35"W, 82 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 557-36, 8 March 1936; SBMNH 422416 [dry]. MEXICO (Gulf of California)

–1 colony; Sonora, Guaymas, Ensenada Carrizal, 27°52'12"N, 110°51'00"W; coll. P LaFollette; August 1960; SBMNH 422912 [DH 450 =SBMNH-34; Also: # 0413, and A339, dry].

Other material, not examined.USNM 52301 and USNM 52303 were both collected in the N Pacific, USA, California, Los Angeles County, off San Pedro; no other data given. A third, USNM 94678, may also be this form, as it is from the same collection location. Additionally, from the Limbaugh collection of specimens housed at NMNH, locations for possible examples of this species include: Baja California Sur (Cabo San Lucas; Cape San Lucas Canyon; Bahia de Los Angeles); Baja California Norte (an area near South Cedros Island; perhaps Punta Final and Turtle Bay) and USA, California, San Diego County, La Jolla (Scripps submarine canyon). Further sclerite examinations need to be made.

Muriceafruticosa Verrill, 1868

Material examined. ~14 lots. USA, California – 1 colony (fragmented); Orange County, Newport Channel, Balboa, shore collected on a –1.6 tide, 33°36'02"N, 117°52'50"W; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1224-41, 25 January 1941; SBMNH 422383 [wet]. –1 fragment (albino form or bleached–FG Hochberg); Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, Salta Verde Point, 15 m, 33°19'00"N, 118°25'20–27"W; coll. R Given, 1 May 1967; SBMNH 422389 [wet]. –several colonies; Los Angeles County, Santa Catalina Island, Big Fisherman's Cove, 33°20'40"N, 118°29'07"W, 3 m; coll. R Setzer, 22 August 1968; SBMNH 422374 [wet]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, Palos Verdes, east of Portuguese Bend, 33°43'00"N, 118°19'57"W, 15 m; coll. unknown, 6 November 1949; SBMNH 422428 [dry]. –1 colony; Los Angeles County, Long Beach, Long Beach Harbor, Back Channel, just east of Terminal Island, 33°45'41"N, 118°13'07"W, 7.6 m; coll. DB Cadien, rocky subtidal station I/S7, 31 March 1980; SBMNH 265945 [wet]. –1 fragment; Los Angeles County, Santa Monica Bay, ~33°56'07"N, 118°27'59"W; coll. Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach (for SBMNH Sea Center), early summer, 2010; SBMNH 265940 [wet]. –2 colonies (1 incomplete); Santa Barbara County, Santa Cruz Island, Smugglers Cove, 34°01'19"N, 119°32'31"W, 6 m; coll. B Scronce and party, 24 January 1963; SBMNH 422430 [DH 477 = SBMNH-31, dry]. –1 fragment; Santa Barbara County, Mohawk Reef, 34°23'40"N, 119°43'48"W, 4 m; coll. S Anderson, by hand, SCUBA, 01 November 1998; SBMNH 345325 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Sur (Pacific Coast) –1 colony; Escondido Bay area, Isla Danzante to Punta Candeleros, 25°47'15"N, 111°15'30"W; coll. R McPeak, 30 March 1981; SBMNH 422429; [dry]. –1 colony; 2 miles, 142° T from Thurloe Head, 27°35'45"N, 114°49'15"W, no depth reported; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, station 11842-67, 7 December 1967; SBMNH 422910; [wet]. –fragment; Scammons Lagoon, Isla Piedras, high littoral under flat sandstone, 27°46'00"N, 114°15'20"W; coll. W Williams on Kenyon-Williams Expeditions, station M12, 30 April 1946; SBMNH 422387 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Pacific Coast) – 1 colony; Baja, 6.5 miles SW of Punta San Carlos, dredge–rocky bottom, 29°33'30"N, 115°35'28"W (end), 36 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero IV’, 1944-50; 25 April 1950; SBMNH 422386 [wet]. MEXICO (Gulf of California) – 1 colony; Sonora, Guaymas, “Bahia de Conos” (El Carrisito), 27°52'00"N, 110°54'15"W, subtidal, less than 9 m, attached to rocks; coll. P LaFollette, 8-12 August 1960; SBMNH 422916 [DH 452 =SBMNH-36; ? 0336; ? A332, dry]. –1 colony/2 fragments; Sonora, Guaymas, “Bahia de Conos” (El Carrisito) 27°52'00"N, 110°54'15"W, less than 9 m, attached to rocks; coll. P LaFollette, 5–12 August 1960; SBMNH 422917 [DH 455 =SBMNH-39; ? A20; ? A332; ?0336, dry]. –4 colonies, 2 other fragments; Sonora, Guaymas, Ensenada Carrizal, 27°52'12"N, 110°51'00"W; coll. P LaFollette, 5–13 August 1960; SBMNH 422915 [DH 453 =SBMNH-37; ? PIL-A19; ? A332; ? 0335, dry].

Other material examined. USA, California – colony; Dana Point, N of, 33°32'41"N, 117°48'36"W, 48–53 m; coll. T Matsui, with otter trawl on R/V ‘Agassiz’, 29 March 1974; CO/SIO 1628 (M-15, OT-8) [wet/dry?]. –CO/SIO 1939 also identified as this species, but no other data could be found.

Placogorgia sp. A

Material examined. ~5 lots. USA, California – 1 colony, in fragments; Orange County, Oceanside, 33°10'29"N, 117°23'09"W, Station IP-B1046, caught in shark net, 138 m; coll. B Brophy, 1971; SBMNH 422969 [DH 844 = SBMNH-51; dry]. –multiple fragments; Los Angeles County, off Santa Monica, South Banks, 34°00'21"N, 118°29'57"W, 82–100 m; coll. Pacific BioMarine, commercial trawl, 10 October 1978; SBMNH 422970 [wet]. –1 colony fragment; Ventura County, California Channel Islands, NW edge of Hueneme Canyon, 34°02'20"N, 119°18'07"W, 145 m; coll. NMFS Dive 32, 23 September 2011; SBMNH 235579 [dry]. –fragment; Ventura County, California Channel Islands, slightly NE of East Anacapa, 34°02'20"N, 119°18'13"W, 140 m; coll. M Love from submersible ‘Delta’, 14 October 2005; with his number: A6689; SBMNH 422968 [wet]. MEXICO, Baja California Norte (Pacific Coast) – multiple fragments; 5.5 miles S of Islas San Benito, fine green sand, coarse grey sand, 28°13'18(55)” N, 115°33(35)’15(05)” W (end), 120–147 m; coll. R/V ‘Velero III’, station 1251-41, 26 February 1941; SBMNH 422966 [wet].

Other material examined – 1 piece; USA, California, Orange County, northern edge of San Gabriel Canyon, off Huntington Beach, trawl, ~33°33'49"N, 118°08'40"W, 113 m; coll. DB Cadien, EMAP Voucher, Survey SCBPP, southern California Bight, Station 1476 (ID by J Ljubenkov, not collected by MEC), 29 July 1994 [wet].

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