Colangia immersa (Pourtalès, 1871) Figs. 4D–E Colangia immersa Pourtalès, 1871: 31–32.– Goreau & Wells, 1967: 448 (listed).— Porter, 1972: 112 (listed).— Wells & Lang, 1973: 57 (listed).— Cairns, 1979: 207 (listed); 1982: 290, fig. 128f. — Castañares & Soto, 1982: Table 1 (listed).— Hubbard & Wells, 1986: 129–130, figs. 13–16.—Humann, 1993: 168–171, 3 colour figs.— Fenner, 1993b: 12, 14 (listed). Rhizosmilia maculata Cortés, 1992: 243, fig. 1; 1996: 331. [Not Bathycyathus maculatus Pourtalès, 1874]. Remarks: The unique Colombian specimen is a single dead corallite in worn condition, which exhibits many sipunculid erosion holes. The specimen was collected at the calcareous algae seabed off Manaure (La Guajira Peninsula). Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda (Cairns 2000); from 0.5 to 347 m. In Colombia, it is only known from the northern coast off Manaure (La Guajira Peninsula) at 73 m depth. Material: INV CNI683, 1 specimen, E88.

Published as part of Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadiezhda & Cairns, Stephen, 2009, Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 2262 (1) on pages 22-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2262.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5306371