Dr. Iris Sampaio, Azoren
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Bebryce mollis forms small branched colonies, with relatively few branches and a smooth, fine-grained surface.
The polyps of this species are conical in shape, distinctly scattered and easy to identify.
Bebryce mollis has a more bushy appearance with irregular branching.
The deep water horn coral can be pale yellow, white or red and locally very numerous.
Bebryce mollis grows up to 20 cm in height.
This small gorgonian is commonly found in the shelf zone and submarine mountains (Great Meteor Seamount) on pebbles and detrital substrates, but also on rocky outcrops.
The coral often associates with a gray Ophiothrix species.
Etymology. A Danaid (Philippi, 1841, 1842). According to Barthell (1971: 125) Bryce, was one of the daughters of Danaus, progenitor of the Greeks, but he does not list Bebryce.
Literature reference:
Zootaxa 4550, Magnolia Press.
Íris Sampaio, André Freiwald, Filipe Mora Porteiro, Gui Menezes & Marina Carreiro-Silva
Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update.
Zootaxa 4550(4):451-498, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.1
The polyps of this species are conical in shape, distinctly scattered and easy to identify.
Bebryce mollis has a more bushy appearance with irregular branching.
The deep water horn coral can be pale yellow, white or red and locally very numerous.
Bebryce mollis grows up to 20 cm in height.
This small gorgonian is commonly found in the shelf zone and submarine mountains (Great Meteor Seamount) on pebbles and detrital substrates, but also on rocky outcrops.
The coral often associates with a gray Ophiothrix species.
Etymology. A Danaid (Philippi, 1841, 1842). According to Barthell (1971: 125) Bryce, was one of the daughters of Danaus, progenitor of the Greeks, but he does not list Bebryce.
Literature reference:
Zootaxa 4550, Magnolia Press.
Íris Sampaio, André Freiwald, Filipe Mora Porteiro, Gui Menezes & Marina Carreiro-Silva
Census of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Azores (NE Atlantic) with a nomenclature update.
Zootaxa 4550(4):451-498, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.1
