Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: colony and SEM stubs 2316–2319, 2350–2316, JSL-I-1915, USNM 1160575. Paratypes: Alb-2818, many denuded branches (dry), USNM 51464; JSL-I-1912, distal colony, USNM 1160579; JSL-I-1916, distal colony, USNM 1160578; JSL-I-1929, 1 colony, USNM 1160585; JSL-I-1933, 1 branch, USNM 1160582; JSL-I-3902, 1 branch, USNM 1405908; Type locality: 1°17'12"S, 89°48'42"W (north of Española, Galápagos), 650–662 m deep Cairns, 2018).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution: Throughout Galápagos from Roca Redonda to Española, 560–816 m deep (Cairns, 2018).

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