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Clavulariidae spec.
GBIF:159265425
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Description. Colonies with 20 - 30 polyps are connected through flattened stolons, which have a varying width of 0.5 - 1 mm. Colonies can be loosely attached to sponge or rocky substrates, such as coral rubble. Polyps are transparent and clustered in groups, connected by stolons with lengths up to 4 - 5 mm. Expanded polyps were ~ 6.0 - 7.0 mm in width when alive, with the pharynx visible in all polyps. Polyps retract fully into the calyx, which is cylinder-shaped (~ 1.3 mm width and up to 1.5 mm tall) and do not retract fully into the stolon. The tentacles have approximately 11 pairs of pinnules, which are widely spaced apart. No sclerites were found in the specimens. Polyps are whitish translucent when alive (yellowish white when preserved in ethanol). Azooxanthellate.
Lau, Yee Wah, Reimer, James D. (2019): A first phylogenetic study on stoloniferous octocorals off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, with the description of two new genera and five new species. ZooKeys 872: 127-158, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.36288, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.36288
Distribution. West of Sapi and Gaya Islands, TARP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Lau, Yee Wah, Reimer, James D. (2019): A first phylogenetic study on stoloniferous octocorals off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, with the description of two new genera and five new species. ZooKeys 872: 127-158, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.36288, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.36288
Material examined. All specimens are from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. NSMT-Co 1686, Edgell Patches, west of Sapi Island (06 ° 00 ' 38.7 " N, 115 ° 59 ' 22.2 " E), 18 m depth, coll. YW Lau. IPMB-C 01.00016, Gaya Clement Reef, west of Gaya Island, TARP (06 ° 01 ' 24.26 " N, 116 ° 00 ' 13.55 " E), 11 m depth, coll. YW Lau.
Lau, Yee Wah, Reimer, James D. (2019): A first phylogenetic study on stoloniferous octocorals off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, with the description of two new genera and five new species. ZooKeys 872: 127-158, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.36288, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.872.36288
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Figure 3. In situ photographs of clavulariids found in and around TARP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. a Clavulariidae sp., specimen NSMT-Co 1686 b Phenganax marumi sp. nov., holotype (NSMT-Co 1683) c Phenganax subtilis sp. nov., holotype (NSMT-Co 1684) d Phenganax stokvisi sp. nov., holotype (NSMT-Co 1685).
Imageimage/png© Lau, Yee Wah;Reimer, James D.Lau, Yee Wah;Reimer, James D.
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