Lytocarpia canepa (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971a)

Synonyms in the area: Thecocarpus canepa Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles, 1971a; Blanco 1976a, 1994a, 1994b; Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Genzano et al. 2009a [polyp]; Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. 1 Vervoort, 1972 [polyp]; Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. 2 Vervoort, 1972 [polyp]; Thecocarpus myriophyllum var. vervoorti Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1994b [polyp]; Thecocarpus miriophyllum —Genzano & Zamponi 1997 [polyp].

Remarks: species endemic to southwestern Atlantic (Genzano et al. 2009a).

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay-Argentina, from ca. 37°S to 50°S, at 54.68°S 55.58°W (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles 1971a; Vervoort 1972; Blanco 1976a, 1994a, 1994b; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano et al. 2009a; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from 70 to 1400m (Blanco & Bellusci de Miralles 1971a; Vervoort 1972; Blanco 1976a, 1994a, 1994b; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Zamponi et al. 1998; Genzano et al. 2009a). It is a pioneer species settling initially on pebbles or shell debris on soft bottom, growing in size, and then becoming erect by an anchoring system (Genzano et al. 2009 a).