<documentid="60757BFC7F01A5F469EDD89662EE6DF2"ID-CLB-Dataset="26061"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.1"ID-GBIF-Dataset="72dd17e4-7c47-41d2-b49b-971d6b63ba7f"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="3363653"ID-ZooBank="04D7DC4C-5EBC-4C5A-9E68-7795E8E60ECA"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="diego"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="diego"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="diego"IM.treatments_approvedBy="diego"checkinTime="1565270468486"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Halász, Anna, Mcfadden, Catherine S., Toonen, Robert & Benayahu, Yehuda"docDate="2019"docId="967E5C11AC39901AFF5AF8ED14C6FD13"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.4652.2.1.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 4652 (2)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Xenia viridis , Schenk 1896"docType="treatment"docVersion="11"lastPageNumber="227"masterDocId="6A472469AC2E9000FFCDFFF8171FFF97"masterDocTitle="Re-description of type material of Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia: Xeniidae)"masterLastPageNumber="239"masterPageNumber="201"pageNumber="224"updateTime="1738666101112"updateUser="diego">
<figureCitationid="86ECF182AC399017FF5AF8CF17F9F8C7"box="[151,230,1847,1872]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="25.[151,250,1570,1592]"captionTargetBox="[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetId="figure@25.[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetPageId="25"captionText="FIGURE 15. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 42). a. Ellipsoid platelets featuring rough granulated surface, arrow indicates surface furrow; b. Sclerites with surface crest, fractured; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of calcite rods, dendritic and sinuous, and radially arranged in peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.002 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363683/files/figure.png"pageId="23"pageNumber="224">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FED2F88116E7F818"author="Schenk, A."box="[287,504,1913,1935]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="40 - 80"refId="ref26994"refString="Schenk, A. (1896) Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 23, 40 - 80."type="journal article"year="1896">Schenk, 1896: 62–63</bibRefCitation>
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, plate 2,
<figureCitationid="86ECF182AC399017FD9EF88115ADF818"box="[595,690,1913,1935]"captionStart-0="FIGURE 4"captionStart-1="FIGURE 5"captionStart-2="FIGURE 6"captionStart-3="FIGURE 7"captionStart-4="FIGURE 8"captionStartId-0="8.[151,250,1430,1452]"captionStartId-1="9.[151,250,1551,1573]"captionStartId-2="11.[151,250,1662,1684]"captionStartId-3="12.[151,250,1695,1717]"captionStartId-4="14.[151,250,1518,1540]"captionTargetBox-0="[309,1277,547,1409]"captionTargetBox-1="[309,1277,373,1529]"captionTargetBox-2="[340,1247,409,1641]"captionTargetBox-3="[309,1277,463,1673]"captionTargetBox-4="[308,1279,193,1497]"captionTargetId-0="figure@8.[309,1277,547,1409]"captionTargetId-1="figure@9.[309,1277,373,1529]"captionTargetId-2="figure@11.[340,1247,409,1641]"captionTargetId-3="figure@12.[309,1277,463,1673]"captionTargetId-4="figure@14.[308,1279,193,1497]"captionTargetPageId-0="8"captionTargetPageId-1="9"captionTargetPageId-2="11"captionTargetPageId-3="12"captionTargetPageId-4="14"captionText-0="FIGURE 4. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia plicata Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 45). a. Ellipsoid platelets, most fractured; b. Fractured sclerite; c. Fractured sclerite, enlarged, composed of calcite rods, often dendritic and sinuous, and more or less radially arranged in the peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.001 mm."captionText-1="FIGURE 5. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia crassa Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 39). a. Sclerites with a surface crest, fractured; b. Ellipsoid platelet, mostly fractured; c. Fractured sclerite composed of a latticework matrix of dendritic calcite rods and more or less radially arranged in the peripheral region. Arrows at b, c indicate surface furrow. Scale bar 0.010 mm."captionText-2="FIGURE 6. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia fusca Schenk, 1896 syntype (SMF 40). a. Ellipsoid platelets; b. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of dendritic calcite rods and more or less radially arranged in the peripheral region; c. Overview of sclerites. Scale at a and c 0.010 mm, at b 0.002 mm."captionText-3="FIGURE 7. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia garciae Bourne, 1894 type (BML 1921.11.18.1). a. Sclerite with a surface crest, fractured; b. Ellipsoid sclerites, fractured c. Fractured sclerite composed of a latticework matrix of calcite rods, dendritic and sinuous and radially arranged in the peripheral region; d. Overview of sclerites, fractured. Scale bar at a, b and d 0.010 mm, at c 0.002 mm."captionText-4="FIGURE 8. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia grasshoffi Verseveldt, 1974 holotype (SMF 2616). a. Ellipsoid platelets, fractured; b. Sclerites with surface crest; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of dendritic calcite rods radially arranged, at least in peripheral region; d. Overview of variety of sclerites. Scale bar at a, b and c 0.010 mm, at d 0.020 mm."httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3363661/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3363663/files/figure.png"httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/3363665/files/figure.png"httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/3363667/files/figure.png"httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/3363669/files/figure.png"pageId="23"pageNumber="224">Figs. 4–8</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FEEAF8601534F839"author="Ashworth, J. H."box="[295,555,1944,1966]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="509 - 530"refId="ref24203"refString="Ashworth, J. H. (1900) Report on the Xeniidae collected by Dr. Willey. In: Zoological results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected by Dr. A. Willey during the years 1895 - 1897. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 509 - 530."type="book chapter"year="1900">Ashworth 1900: 516–518</bibRefCitation>
fig. 14;
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FD4EF8601490F839"author="Kukenthal, W."box="[643,911,1944,1966]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="635 - 662"refId="ref25770"refString="Kukenthal, W. (1902) Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien: I. Die Familie der Xeniiden. Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung fur systematic, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 15, 635 - 662. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19040"type="journal article"year="1902">Kükenthal 1902: 649–650</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FF0AF84F1679F85B"author="Roxas, H. A."box="[199,358,1974,1996]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="49 - 108"refId="ref26841"refString="Roxas, H. A. (1933) Philippine Alcyonaria, the Families Cornulariidae and Xeniidae. The Philippine Journal of Science, 50, 49 - 108."type="journal article"year="1933">Roxas 1933: 84</bibRefCitation>
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fig. 6;
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FE7FF84E15A3F85B"author="Verseveldt, J."box="[434,700,1974,1996]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="209 - 251"refId="ref27608"refString="Verseveldt, J. (1960) Biological results of the Snellius-Expedition XX. Octocorallia from the Malay Archipelago (Part 1). Temminckia, 10, 209 - 251."type="journal article"year="1960">Verseveldt 1960: 246–247</bibRefCitation>
fig. 4c;
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FCDFF84E135DF85B"author="Tixier-Durivault, A."box="[786,1090,1974,1996]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="1 - 456"refId="ref27154"refString="Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966) Octocoralliaires. Faune de Madagascar, 21, 1 - 456."type="journal article"year="1966">Tixier-Durivault 1966: 363–5</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FF0AF82D1686F87C"author="Benayahu, Y."box="[199,409,2005,2027]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="113 - 120"refId="ref24267"refString="Benayahu, Y. (1990) Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 64, 113 - 120."type="journal article"year="1990">Benayahu 1990: 118</bibRefCitation>
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, table 1, listed only;
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FDA1F82E15FFF87C"author="Janes, M. P."box="[620,736,2005,2027]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="195 - 200"refId="ref25439"refString="Janes, M. P. (2013) Distribution and diversity of the soft coral family Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Galaxea JCRS, 15 (Supplement), 195 - 200. https: // doi. org / 10.3755 / galaxea. 15.195"type="journal article"year="2013">Janes 2013</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC399017FD27F82E1489F87C"author="Janes, M. P. & McFadden, C. S. & Chanmethakul, T."box="[746,918,2005,2027]"pageId="23"pageNumber="224"pagination="1 - 17"refId="ref25492"refString="Janes, M. P., McFadden, C. S. & Chanmethakul, T. (2014) A new species of Ovabunda (Octocorallia, Xeniidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand with notes on the biogeography of this genus. Zookeys, 431, 1 - 17. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 431.7751"type="journal article"year="2014">
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<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC369018FBD9F9D013BCF9A9"author="Schenk, A."box="[1044,1187,1576,1598]"pageId="24"pageNumber="225"pagination="40 - 80"refId="ref26994"refString="Schenk, A. (1896) Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 23, 40 - 80."type="journal article"year="1896">Schenk, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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holotype (SMF 43). a. Ellipsoid platelets, most fractured; b. Fractured sclerite composed of dendritic calcite rods; c. Sclerites with surface crest. Scale bar 0.010 mm.
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Sclerites are present in all parts of the colony, less dense in the stalk than in the polyps and lacking in the distal parts of the pinnules. They are ellipsoid platelets, measuring
<figureCitationid="86ECF182AC369018FA88F8661288F820"box="[1349,1431,1950,1975]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="25.[151,250,1570,1592]"captionTargetBox="[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetId="figure@25.[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetPageId="25"captionText="FIGURE 15. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 42). a. Ellipsoid platelets featuring rough granulated surface, arrow indicates surface furrow; b. Sclerites with surface crest, fractured; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of calcite rods, dendritic and sinuous, and radially arranged in peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.002 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363683/files/figure.png"pageId="24"pageNumber="225">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
, n=26). Some of the sclerites possess a longitudinal or diagonal-transverse crest (
<figureCitationid="86ECF182AC369018FBE3F83A1390F84C"box="[1070,1167,1986,2011]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="25.[151,250,1570,1592]"captionTargetBox="[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetId="figure@25.[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetPageId="25"captionText="FIGURE 15. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 42). a. Ellipsoid platelets featuring rough granulated surface, arrow indicates surface furrow; b. Sclerites with surface crest, fractured; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of calcite rods, dendritic and sinuous, and radially arranged in peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.002 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363683/files/figure.png"pageId="24"pageNumber="225">Fig. 15b</figureCitation>
) and some a furrow on their narrow side (see arrow in
<figureCitationid="86ECF182AC379019FDC1FF6F1570FF27"box="[524,623,151,176]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="25.[151,250,1570,1592]"captionTargetBox="[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetId="figure@25.[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetPageId="25"captionText="FIGURE 15. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 42). a. Ellipsoid platelets featuring rough granulated surface, arrow indicates surface furrow; b. Sclerites with surface crest, fractured; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of calcite rods, dendritic and sinuous, and radially arranged in peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.002 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363683/files/figure.png"pageId="25"pageNumber="226">Fig. 15a</figureCitation>
). They are composed of calcite rods arranged radially, but assembled randomly at the sclerite center (
<figureCitationid="86ECF182AC379019FE32FF44157FFF42"box="[511,608,188,213]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="25.[151,250,1570,1592]"captionTargetBox="[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetId="figure@25.[310,1277,301,1549]"captionTargetPageId="25"captionText="FIGURE 15. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896 holotype (SMF 42). a. Ellipsoid platelets featuring rough granulated surface, arrow indicates surface furrow; b. Sclerites with surface crest, fractured; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of calcite rods, dendritic and sinuous, and radially arranged in peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.002 mm."httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3363683/files/figure.png"pageId="25"pageNumber="226">Fig. 15c</figureCitation>
). The sclerite surface is granular. The ethanol-preserved
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC379019FC0BF9DA134EF9AF"author="Schenk, A."box="[966,1105,1570,1592]"pageId="25"pageNumber="226"pagination="40 - 80"refId="ref26994"refString="Schenk, A. (1896) Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 23, 40 - 80."type="journal article"year="1896">Schenk, 1896</bibRefCitation>
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holotype (SMF 42). a. Ellipsoid platelets featuring rough granulated surface, arrow indicates surface furrow; b. Sclerites with surface crest, fractured; c. Fractured sclerites composed of a latticework matrix of calcite rods, dendritic and sinuous, and radially arranged in peripheral region. Scale bar at a and b 0.010 mm, at c 0.002 mm.
in maximal diameter (n=24). They are ellipsoid platelets, composed of calcite rods, arranged radially, at least on the sclerite surface. The ethanol-preserved colony is light beige in color.
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC34901AFEE4FF2716F0FF6F"author="Kukenthal, W."box="[297,495,223,248]"pageId="26"pageNumber="227"pagination="635 - 662"refId="ref25770"refString="Kukenthal, W. (1902) Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien: I. Die Familie der Xeniiden. Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung fur systematic, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 15, 635 - 662. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19040"type="journal article"year="1902">Kükenthal (1902)</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC34901AFBBDFF271227FF6F"author="Verseveldt, J."box="[1136,1336,223,248]"pageId="26"pageNumber="227"pagination="209 - 251"refId="ref27608"refString="Verseveldt, J. (1960) Biological results of the Snellius-Expedition XX. Octocorallia from the Malay Archipelago (Part 1). Temminckia, 10, 209 - 251."type="journal article"year="1960">Verseveldt (1960)</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC34901AFE72FEDF1568FED7"author="Reinicke, G. B."box="[447,631,295,320]"pageId="26"pageNumber="227"pagination="5 - 62"refId="ref26705"refString="Reinicke, G. B. (1997) Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea, with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 16, 5 - 62."type="journal article"year="1997">Reinicke (1997)</bibRefCitation>
raised doubts concerning the presence of the species in the Red Sea, based on his examination of the material noted in
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC34901AFD03FEB4148CFEF3"author="Benayahu, Y."box="[718,915,332,357]"pageId="26"pageNumber="227"pagination="113 - 120"refId="ref24267"refString="Benayahu, Y. (1990) Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 64, 113 - 120."type="journal article"year="1990">Benayahu (1990)</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC34901AFF3FFE971683FE1F"author="Reinicke, G. B."box="[242,412,367,392]"pageId="26"pageNumber="227"pagination="5 - 62"refId="ref26705"refString="Reinicke, G. B. (1997) Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea, with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 16, 5 - 62."type="journal article"year="1997">Reinicke, 1997</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="7A4690F6AC34901AFD9BFE971439FE1F"author="Halasz, A. & McFadden, C. S. & Aharonovich, D. & Toonen, R. J. & Benayahu, Y."box="[598,806,367,392]"pageId="26"pageNumber="227"pagination="1 - 41"refId="ref24996"refString="Halasz, A., McFadden, C. S., Aharonovich, D., Toonen, R. J. & Benayahu, Y. (2014) A revision of the octocoral genus Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Xeniidae). ZooKeys, 373, 1 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 373.6511"type="journal article"year="2014">
feature three rows of pinnules and an overlapping number of pinnules in the outermost row. They also feature dendritic sclerite microstructures. Unlike
exhibits crests on the sclerite surface whose suggested taxonomic significance was noted above, and, therefore, it is concluded that these two species should be considered as separate.