Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from Reunion, with a description of two new species of the genus Sinularia May, 1898 and notes on the occurrence of other species
Author
Benayahu, Yehuda
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978 (Israel) yehudab @ tauex. tau. ac. il
Author
Van Ofwegen, Leen P.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden (The Netherlands) ofwegen @ ncbnaturalis. nl
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Zoosystema
2012
2012-12-31
34
4
673
699
http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2012n4a2
journal article
10.5252/z2012n4a2
1638-9387
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Sinularia shlagmani
n. sp.
(
Fig. 16E
)
TYPE MATERIAL
. —
Holotype
:
ZMTAU
Co
34418 (split into 2 parts) and 4 microscope slides,
Saint-Leu
,
Récif des Colimaçons
(
21°09’21.63”S
,
55°16’57.64”E
), reef flat,
1 m
,
8.IV.2008
.
Paratypes
:
ZMTAU
Co 34417, Co 34447 (2 colonies), same data sas
holotype
. —
ZMTAU
Co 35435, Saint- Pierre, Terre Sainte (
21°20’52.25”S
,
55°28’49.62”E
), reef flat,
1 m
,
9.IV.2008
. —
ZMTAU
Co 34470, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (
21°09’04.39”S
,
55°16’12.47”E
), reef slope,
14-20 m
,
10.IV.2008
. —
MNHN
,
Saint-Pierre
, leg. G. Faure.