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 text Zoosystema 2012 2012-12-31 34 4 673 699 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2012n4a2 journal article 10.5252/z2012n4a2 1638-9387 5166480 Sinularia hirta (Pratt, 1903) ( Fig. 15E ) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34530, Grande Ravine ( 21°07.922’S , 55°16.095’E ), reef slope, 16-20 m , 24.XI.2008 , leg. M. Aknin. — ZMTAU Co 34445 (3 colonies), Saint-Leu, Pointe au Sel ( 21°12’17.54”S , 55°16’48.90”E ), reef slope, 12 m , 9.IV.2008 . — MNHN , Reef of Nord Boucau, leg. G. Faure. Sinularia molesta Tixier-Durivault, 1970 ( Fig. 15F ) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34425 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Cap la Houssaye ( 21°01’02.90”S , 55°14’15.49”E ), reef slope, 17 m , 8.IV.2008 . — ZMTAU Co 34465, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux ( 21°09’04.39”S , 55°16’12.47”E ), reef slope, 14-20 m , 10.IV.2008 .