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Phenganax stokvisi
GBIF:159265430
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Description. The colony consists of ~ 100 polyps which are densely packed and are connected through flattened ribbon-like stolons with irregular width (~ 0.21 - 0.55 mm). The colony is fragmented into two pieces with the rock it was attached to. Expanded polyps are approximately 3.0 mm in diameter and have tentacles with pinnules arranged in pairs of ten on either side of the rachis. Polyps are clustered closely together (adjacent to one another) and partly spaced apart (~ 1.0 mm in between clustered polyps). Polyps retract into calyces (~ 1.0 mm width) that are barrel shaped. No sclerites were found. Polyps are whitish grey coloured in life (whitish yellow when preserved in ethanol). Zooxanthellate.
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. Manukan Island, 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
Etymology. Named after Frank Robert Stokvis, whose passion for octocoral research has never changed since his first study on this topic.
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 dive location Mid Reef, east of Manukan Island (05 ° 58 ' 35.8 " N, 116 ° 00 ' 52.2 " E) TARP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia and collected by YW Lau. Holotype: NSMT-Co 1685, 5 m depth. Paratypes: IPMB-C 01.00015: 4 m depth. IPMB-C 01.00014 4 m depth.
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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