Abstract

ECHEVERRIA, Carlos Alejandro. Black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia): first records and a new species from the Brazilian coast. Rev. biol. trop [online]. 2002, vol.50, n.3-4, pp.1067-1077. ISSN 0034-7744.

A new species, Cirripathes secchini (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the Abrolhos area (Babia, Brazil) is describes and constitutes the first record to this genus from Brazil. Two other species (Antipathes hirta, first record from the Southwestern Atlantic; and Antipathes fernandezi, first record from the Atlantic Ocean) are compared to the most recent redescriptions and new data on the size distribution of the characters is provided. To the present there are only two records of the order Antipatharia from Brazil.

Keywords : Corals; Cirripathes secchini n. sp; Antipathes hirta; Antipathes fernandezi; Brazil.