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2. Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Material examined: USNM 47644 (Carrie Bow Cay, Belize), UFBA 487 -CNI (Recife do Guageru, Sergipe State, Brazil) Diagnosis: Wells (1971): 960���963, figs. 1,3, 5,7 Distribution: Cura��ao, Bonaire, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, South Florida. In Brazil: Sergipe State. In: Lang (1971), Wells (1971), Humann (1993), Zlatarski and Estalella (1982, as S. lacera lacera forma cubensis) Holotype: Museum National d���Histoire Naturelle, Paris (lost, no number) Description: Solitary attached corallum varying from flat to slightly convex forms; sharp awl-shaped dentition (septal teeth numerous, regularly distributed), primary and secondary septa thickned with inner ends often porous; diameter in adult individuals around 7���10 cm (maximum of about 12 cm); parathecal walls, costae coarsely spined, septa lateral spines finer, longer and more scattered (visible to the naked eye), spongy columella usually rounded. Remarks: According to Lang (1971) where S. cubensis and S. lacera co-occur, the former are commonly 5 to 15 times as abundant as the latter., Published as part of Neves, Elizabeth, Johnsson, Rodrigo, Sampaio, Claudio & Pichon, Michel, 2006, The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids, pp. 45-54 in Zootaxa 1366 on page 49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174809, {"references":["Milne Edwards, H., Haime, J. (1849) Recherches sur les polypiers. Annales de Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie, 12, 95 - 197.","Wells, J. W. (1971) Note on the scleractinian corals Scolymia lacera and S. cubensis in Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 21 (4), p. 960 - 963.","Lang, J. (1971) Interspecific aggression by scleractinian corals. The rediscovery of Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime). Bulletin of Marine Science, 21, 4, 952 - 959.","Humann, P. (1993) Reef coral identification, Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Inc., Florida, 239 pp.","Zlatarski, V. N. & Estalella, N. M. (1982) Les scleractiniaires de Cuba avec des donnees sur les organismes associes. Academie des Sciences de Cuba, Inst. d'Oceanologie. Editions de l'Academie Bulgare des Science, Sofia, 472 pp."]}

1. Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) Material examined: USNM 53149 (Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA). Diagnosis: Wells (1964): 381���382, pl. XXII, figs. 5, 6 Distribution: Cura��ao, Bonaire, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, South Florida. In: Wells (1964,1971), Lang (1971), Zlatarski and Estalella (1982) Holotype: lost (no number) Description: Solitary attached corallum varying from concave, slightly flabelloid to discoidal forms, rounded; thick primary septa, wide triangular-shaped dentition (septal teeth numerous, regularly distributed); diameter in adult individuals around 10���12 cm (maximum of about 15 cm); parathecal walls; costae coarsely spined; septa lateral spines are low and concentrated along midline of the dentations, spongy columella usually elliptical. Remarks: According to Lang (1971) ���fleshy Scolymia ��� (S. lacera) shows highly agressive interactions with ���smooth Scolymia ��� (S. cubensis), also attacking other neighboring corals by extruding the mesenterial filaments. Scolymia lacera has been reported in deeper zones being eventually abundant in depths of 30 to 60 m on Jamaican reefs (known bathymetric range: 25 to 140 m). Largest solitary monostomodeal coral in the West Indies. Dentition more regular than that of S. cubensis and S. wellsi., Published as part of Neves, Elizabeth, Johnsson, Rodrigo, Sampaio, Claudio & Pichon, Michel, 2006, The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids, pp. 45-54 in Zootaxa 1366 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174809, {"references":["Pallas, P. S. (1766) Elenchus Zoophytorum. Varrentrapp F, Hagae-Comitum, 451 pp.","Wells, J. W. (1964) The recent solitary mussid scleractinian corals. Zoologische Mededelingen, 39, 375 - 384.","Lang, J. (1971) Interspecific aggression by scleractinian corals. The rediscovery of Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime). Bulletin of Marine Science, 21, 4, 952 - 959.","Zlatarski, V. N. & Estalella, N. M. (1982) Les scleractiniaires de Cuba avec des donnees sur les organismes associes. Academie des Sciences de Cuba, Inst. d'Oceanologie. Editions de l'Academie Bulgare des Science, Sofia, 472 pp."]}

Order Scleractinia Bourne, 1900 Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890 Genus Scolymia Haime, 1852, Published as part of Neves, Elizabeth, Johnsson, Rodrigo, Sampaio, Claudio & Pichon, Michel, 2006, The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids, pp. 45-54 in Zootaxa 1366 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174809, {"references":["Haime, J. (1852) Catalogue raisonne des fossiles nummulitiques du Comte de Nice. Memoires de la Societe de Geologique de France, 4, 279 - 290."]}