tayrona, Coralliozetus Acero P. [A.] 1987:14, Fig. 1 [Boletin Ecotrópica. No. 16; ref. 16150] Santa Marta, Punta de Betín, Colombia, depth 0 - 1 meter. Holotype: ANSP 150876. Paratypes: (22) INVEMAR-P 0755 (1), 0756 (2), 0757 (1), 0758 (3), 0759 (3), 0760 (4); Museo del Mar MM 5072 PEC 1456 (1); UF 229972 [ex UMML 29972] (1), 234185 [ex UMML 34185] (4), 234186 [ex UMML 34186] (2). •Valid as Emblemariopsis tayrona (Acero P. 1987) -- (Hastings 1997:758 [ref. 23518], Tyler & Tyler 1997:25 [ref. 22715], Williams 2003:1767 [ref. 27109], Tyler & Hastings 2004:58 [ref. 27611], Patzner et al. 2009:470 [ref. 30396], Victor 2010:19 [ref. 31107], Victor 2020:32 [ref. 38038]). Current status: Valid as Emblemariopsis tayrona (Acero P. 1987). Chaenopsidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Colombia to Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least concern (as Emblemariopsis tayrona). Habitat: marine.