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) of Zhenbei Seamount with water depth of
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<emphasis id="B96F7B739862FFA76179F832F443F845" bold="true" box="[835,1121,1926,1950]" pageId="6" pageNumber="675">Colony form and size.</emphasis>
In life, colonies attached to stones (
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). Autozooid solitary, with anthocodia projecting from anthostele. Anthostele cylindrical, stiff, inner coenenchyme spongy, emerging from a membranous and spreading holdfast (
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). In alcohol preservation, colony of the larger specimen (MBM286427)
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long, with anthostele
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long and
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wide, and anthocodia
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long in contraction; colony of the smaller specimen (MBM286428)
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long, with anthostele
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long and
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wide, and anthocodia
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long in contraction (
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).
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Fig. 6. Morphology of
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. A, MBM286427 in situ; B, clonies in aggregation with MBM286428 in the most right; C, MBM286427 in preservation; D, MBM286428 in preservation; E, siphonozooids; F, transverse section through middle anthostele of MBM286427, showing pharynx and mesenteries. Scale bars = 10 mm (C, D), 0.5 mm (E), and 5 mm (F).
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Fig. 7. Sclerites of
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. A, sclerites from tentacle pinnules of autozooids; B, sclerites from tentacle rachis of autozooids; C, sclerites from anthocodial wall. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.
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Fig. 8. Sclerites of
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. A, sclerites from pharynx; B, sclerites from outermost anthostelar coenenchyme; C, sclerites from deeper layer of coenenchyme; D, sclerites from holdfast. Scale bars = 0.10 mm.
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986DFFA86249F83BF0E4F87C" bold="true" box="[115,198,1935,1959]" pageId="9" pageNumber="678">Polyps.</emphasis>
Polyps dimorphic. Autozooid tentacles of the larger specimen up to
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long, each side of rachis with 1822 pinnules (19, 20, 22, 20, 22, 18, 19 respectively in 7 of 8 tentacles). Autozooid tentacles of the smaller specimen up to about
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long, each side of rachis with 1520 pinnules (18, 18, 18, 15, 19, 19/20, 19, 19 respectively). Pinnules arranged alternately rather than in pairs, with the middle ones larger than basal ones and upper ones. Siphonozooids fertile (oocytes approximately
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in diameter), conspicuous, numerous, densely scattered among anthostele, measuring about
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wide.
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986DFFA86115F81AF3B6F81D" bold="true" box="[815,916,1966,1990]" pageId="9" pageNumber="678">Sclerites.</emphasis>
Tentacular pinnule sclerites mostly tuberculate rods usually with a twist, ranging
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long (
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long; occasionally crosses (
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7B). Anthocodial wall sclerites mostly 8-radiates, ranging
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long; occasionally irregular multiradiates, tuberculate rods and clubs (
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). Pharyngeal sclerites predominantly tuberculate rodlets ranging
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long (
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long; occasionally tuberculate clubs and spindles (
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long; occasionally multiradiates and tuberculate clubs (
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). Sclerites from holdfast mostly 6, 7, 8-radiates, ranging
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long; fewer tuberculate spindles, ranging
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long; occasionally crosses and tuberculate clubs (
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).
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB62B3FDC9F0C2FD4E" bold="true" box="[137,224,637,661]" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Colour.</emphasis>
Anthostele red and anthocodia l wall pinkish both in situ and in ethanol. Tentacles whitish in situ; aboral sides of tentacle rachis and pinnules reddish, and oral sides white in ethanol. Sclerites reddish under transmitted light.
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB62BDFCA9F13BFCEE" bold="true" box="[135,281,797,821]" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Distribution.</emphasis>
Zhenbei Seamount, South
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. It was previously known from the west Pacific including: Ceram Sea,
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); Malay Archipelago (
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) and
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(
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) (
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);
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;
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;
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,
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). The subspecies
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB6022FC09F099FC2E" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon robustum delta</emphasis>
(
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was reported from the Gulf of Mexico at the water depth of
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB62BDFB89F0DFFB8E" bold="true" box="[135,253,1085,1109]" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB6333FB89F232FB8E" box="[265,528,1085,1109]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon robustum</emphasis>
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was originally described based on specimens from the Ceram Sea of
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, and it was subsequently reported from sea areas in the western Pacific (
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;
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;
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;
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;
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,
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).
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subsumed the monotypic genus
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB60BBFB69F324FB2E" box="[641,774,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon</emphasis>
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into
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB636DFB49F1FDFACE" box="[343,479,1277,1301]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Anthomastus</emphasis>
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as a subgenus, and established the subspecies
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB63C6FAA9F09CFA8E" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Anthomastus robustum delta</emphasis>
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based on specimens from the Gulf of Mexico in the Altantic Ocean.
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reinstated
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB62BCFAC9F129FA4E" box="[134,267,1405,1429]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon</emphasis>
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to genus status. We accept this taxonomic assignment, considering
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB602BFA29F324FA6E" box="[529,774,1437,1461]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon robustum</emphasis>
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has a single large autozooid, which is peculiar within the subfamily
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Anthomastinae
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. Moreover, the form of pharyngeal and tentacular sclerites has been considered to be the two main characters distinguishing genera of
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Anthomastinae
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(
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). Our examination showed that the pharyngeal sclerites are predominantly rodlets and the tentacles contain multiradiates in
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB6300F929F19DF96E" box="[314,447,1693,1717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon</emphasis>
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, like those in
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB62BDF909F145F90E" box="[135,359,1725,1749]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Pseudoanthomastus</emphasis>
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, while the pharyngeal sclerites are predominantly platelets and tentacles are devoid of multiradiates in
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB6040F949F324F8CE" box="[634,774,1789,1813]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Anthomastus</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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As indicated by
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, the morphology of
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB60D4F8EAF0C8F84E" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">B. robustum</emphasis>
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from the western Pacific was almost the same as
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB633CF829F210F86E" box="[262,562,1949,1973]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon robustum delta</emphasis>
(
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)
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from the Atlantic except that the holdfast of the Pacific specimens has tuberculate spindles, while
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB63DFF86AF28EF82E" box="[485,684,2013,2037]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">B. robustum delta</emphasis>
(
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has tuberculate rods. This difference occurs also in the South
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Sea specimens. In the future, molecular study is needed to clarify the phylogenetic position of
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB6701FF09F5E2FF0E" box="[1339,1472,189,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">Bathyalcyon</emphasis>
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and the taxonomic status of
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<emphasis id="B96F7B73986EFFAB6700FF6AF35AFECE" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="679">B. robustum delta</emphasis>
(
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)
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.
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