Calyptrophora bayeri

Description

General: Loosely dichotomously branched and having branch axils of 40–50° divergence. The axis is woody in texture and a dark golden brown in color, easily seen through the thin, single layer of translucent coenenchymal scales. Calyces are white and arranged in whorls of 3 or 4; calyces face upward.

Size: 1 m (w)

Geographic Information

Ocean range (global): Known only from type locality off California and questionably form off Timor, 520 m (Versluys, 1906).

Published depth range: 1,683 m

Habitat description: Benthic, hard substrate, volcanic talus.

Additional Information

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Cairns, S.D. (2007). Calcaxonian Octocorals (Cnidaria; Anthozoa) from Eastern Pacific Seamounts. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 58: 511-541.