A Checklist of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Description of a New Species

Abstract

A brief chronology of discovery of the 54 ahermatypic Scleractinia known from the Gulf of Mexico is presented. Of this total, 6 are new records for the Gulf. A checklist is provided for all species indicating thcir Gulf distri- bution and their overall bathymetric range. One new spccics of Pourtalosmiliu is described, which represents a new record for this genus in the western Atlantic.