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<emphasis id="B953EA979906D979D4C09DA581C631C2" bold="true" box="[151,422,1745,1771]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Trimuricea omanensis</emphasis>
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(
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c, 1920, 32a)
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<emphasis id="B953EA979906D979D4C09C488168307C" bold="true" box="[151,264,1852,1877]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Material:</emphasis>
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,
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Coel. 41599,
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, Musandam, no palm beach (OM11 A7 S6),
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,
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depth, coll. K. Samimi-Namin,
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<emphasis id="B953EA979906D979D4909CF0813930B4" bold="true" box="[199,345,1924,1949]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Description.</emphasis>
The
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is a piece of colony, about
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high and
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wide, that is branched in one plane and has many anastomoses forming a network (
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c). The calyces are dome shaped, closely set to each other and situated all around the branches. They are low, only
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in height and have a diameter of up to
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.
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<paragraph id="8B9836859907D978D4C09CC5820A30CC" blockId="23.[151,1436,1969,2021]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="B953EA979907D978D4C09CC5814030EF" bold="true" box="[151,288,1969,1991]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
The polyp sclerites of
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<emphasis id="B953EA979907D978D65D9CC6827630EE" box="[522,534,1970,1991]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">T</emphasis>
.
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Gordon, 1926
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, holotype, BMNH 1933.5.3.104: a, point triradiates; b, point spindles; c, collaret spindles; d, tentacle scale.
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<emphasis id="B953EA979908D977D4C09CB5814830FF" bold="true" box="[151,296,1985,2007]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
Sclerites of
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<emphasis id="B953EA979908D977D5969CB681AD30FE" box="[449,461,1986,2007]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">T</emphasis>
.
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Gordon, 1926
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, holotype, BMNH 1933.5.3.104: a, calicular thornscales; b, coenenchymal spindles.
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<paragraph id="8B9836859909D976D4C09CFB829230EA" blockId="25.[151,1436,1935,1987]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<emphasis id="B953EA979909D976D4C09CFB8140308D" bold="true" box="[151,288,1935,1957]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 19.</emphasis>
Sclerites of
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<emphasis id="B953EA979909D976D5F59CE48246308C" box="[418,550,1936,1957]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">T. omanensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26057EC9909D976D6799CFB8208308D" box="[558,616,1935,1956]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype, RMNH Coel. 41599: a, point triradiates; b, point spindles; c, collaret spindles; d, tentacle scales; e, small thornscales from calyx.
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990AD975D4C09CFB8140308D" bold="true" box="[151,288,1935,1957]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
Sclerites of
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990AD975D5C89CE48244308C" box="[415,548,1936,1957]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">T. omanensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990AD975D67D9CFB8203308D" bold="true" box="[554,611,1935,1956]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype, RMNH Coel. 41599: a, calicular thornscales; b, coenchymal spindles; c, coenchymal spindles with one thorny end.
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<paragraph id="8B983685990BD974D4C09CEB848230FA" blockId="27.[151,1435,1951,2004]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D4C09CEB8142309D" bold="true" box="[151,290,1951,1973]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">FIGURE 21.</emphasis>
Holotype colonies: a,
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D6459CD48217309C" box="[530,631,1952,1973]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">T. persica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D6D69CEB82DD309D" bold="true" box="[641,701,1951,1972]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, RMNH Coel. 38785; b,
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D79A9CD48455309C" box="[973,1077,1952,1973]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">T. spinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D0689CEB841B309D" bold="true" box="[1087,1147,1951,1972]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26057EC990BD974D0689CEB841B309D" box="[1087,1147,1951,1972]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, RMNH Coel. 39317; c,
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D1DE9CD4809930FA" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">T. reticulata</emphasis>
(Thomson &amp; Simpson, 1909)
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, BMNH 1933.3.13.18; d,
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D7659CCB83A130FA" box="[818,961,1981,2004]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">T. tuberculosa</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990BD974D7909CCA846030FA" bold="true" box="[967,1024,1982,2003]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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</emphasis>
, RMNH Coel. 39318.
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The points have triradiates (
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a), along with curved, hockeystick or boot-shaped sclerites, or spindles (
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b),
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long. The upper ray of the triradiates and upper part of the spindles is echinulate or smooth for up to
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, and slightly blunt. The collaret spindles are
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long (
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c); the middle part of the convex side is more tuberculated than the concave side and both the ends. The concave side is relatively smooth in the center with more tuberculation at both ends. These polyp sclerites have few tubercles. A few tentacle scales are present, up to
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long (
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d).
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The calyces have thornscales,
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long, with a warty base, and one or more echinulate or smooth thorns up to
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long (
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e, 20a).
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The coenenchyme has simple spindles,
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long, with simple and complex tubercles (
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b). Additionally, spindles with one smooth, thorn-like end are also present (
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c). Also a few sclerites are present that superficially resemble unilateral spinose spindles.
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D490995081403514" bold="true" box="[199,288,548,573]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Colour.</emphasis>
The live colony was yellow with magenta extended polyps (
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a). Preserved colony is brown. All sclerites are colourless.
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D4909918812E35AC" bold="true" box="[199,334,620,645]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after the country
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where the
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was found.
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<subSubSection id="C33D650E990CD973D49099FB84C735D9" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D49099FB815B3581" bold="true" box="[199,315,655,680]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Remarks.</emphasis>
The species mostly resembles
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D6E999E583FD3581" box="[702,925,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Trimuricea inermis</emphasis>
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, both species having small coenenchymal spindles and calicular thornscales. But it differs in having some sclerites resembling unilateral spinous spindles, some spindles with one thorny end and branch anastomoses forming a net-like colony shape.
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