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Colonies sparsely ramified with long drooping branches subdividing up to three times in lateral branches originating at open angles (60° to 90°). Anastomosis of few branches seldom present. Coenenchyme thin. Coenenchymal sclerites mostly long thin spindles, straight or branched,1.5
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long, and tubercularte spindles, no capstans. Polyp mounds prominent and well spaced without a special
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of sclerites. Anthocodial sclerites bar-like rods, and irregular flattened scales. Colour of the sclerites pale orange. Colour of the colonies bright orange with pale yellow polyp mounds.
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The
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A). The main stem is
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apart: the lateral branches project perpendicular to the main axis, one of them subdivides again in two branches. The branches are flexible, drooping, and reach up to
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in diameter including polyp-mounds, and up to
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long. The main stem is almost devoid of polyps. The colour of the colony is bright orange with pale yellow polyp mounds when alive, and keeps the colour when preserved; polyps are yellowish (
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AB, 3). The polyps are well spaced,
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apart, about 8 polyp mounds/cm (n=5 branches), mostly biserially arranged. The polyp mounds are raised up to
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tall. The anthocodiae are preserved exsert, reaching up to
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tall, and reaching up to
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tall fully expanded in life (
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).
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<emphasis id="95E6EADDFFE0FFF3FF5DFAD4FEFEDA28" bold="true" box="[151,277,1302,1324]" pageId="3" pageNumber="330">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="95E6EADDFFE0FFF3FF5DF846FEF9D89D" bold="true" box="[151,274,1924,1946]" pageId="3" pageNumber="330">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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, live colonies in situ, Río Tambor (type locality), 20 m.
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<emphasis id="95E6EADDFFE7FFF4FF5DF8C8FEF8D81B" bold="true" box="[151,275,1802,1824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="331">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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, holotype UCR 2378; AC, spindles, scale 0.1 mm; D, point bar-like rods, scale 0.1 mm; E, tentacular scales, scale 0.03 mm.
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The coenenchyme is thin. Coenenchymal sclerites consist of long, thin, warty spindles, mostly straight, 1.5
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A); irregularly branched spindles,
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B); spindles with expanded, warty tubercles,
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C); and small immature sclerites,
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wide. The spindles are concentrated in the polyp mounds. The anthocodial armature is arranged in points, consisting of bar-like rods, straight or slightly bent,
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D), and irregular flattened scales around the peristome and along the tentacles,
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E). All sclerites are pale orange.
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<emphasis id="95E6EADDFFE6FFF5FF0DFEE5FEA6DE44" bold="true" box="[199,333,295,320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="332">Variability.</emphasis>
The
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reach up to
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in height, the main stems extending up to
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, and give off up to four lateral branches. Branches subdivide no more than three times. The branches are separated by about
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, and originate at angles from 60° to 90°. Some colonies consist of a single unbranched stem. Anastomosis occurs in branches of some colonies. The branches and branchlets reach about
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in diameter, including polyp-mounds. The polyp mounds are sparsely distributes, 68/cm. All other characteristics, including colours and sclerite sizes, are as in the
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<emphasis id="95E6EADDFFE6FFF5FF0DFE3DFDCBDD1C" bold="true" box="[199,544,511,536]" pageId="5" pageNumber="332">Distribution and abundance.</emphasis>
This species is known only from the Comau Fjord area, SE Pacific from three sites: mouth of Río Tambor, (
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,
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), Huinay dock (
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,
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), and the northern entrance of Quintupeu Fjord (
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;
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), between 15 and at least
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depth. At Río Tambor and Quintupeu entrance it was observed in diving depth (
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), while at Huinay dock a similar colony (not collected) was observed in
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depth with the ROV in
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locality: Río Tambor, Comau Fjord.
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The new species appears to be rare. In 2003 when we discovered the species, we observed approximately 30 to 40 colonies close together, approximately
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tall at Río Tambor, and a couple of colonies at the entrance to Quintupeu Fjord. In late 2013, there were only about 10 colonies up to
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tall sparsely distributed at Río Tambor, whereas, we did not see any colonies at the entrance of Quintupeu Fjord.
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Habitat and Biology: The specimens are patchily distributed in clusters on hard, moderately steep to nearly vertical substrates between 15 and at least
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depth. At Huinay dock the predominant substrate is soft bottom, with a scattering of stones and rocks to which the observed colonies were anchored with encrusting holdfasts (
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).
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We have regularly observed amphipods of the species
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<emphasis id="95E6EADDFFE6FFF5FCE3FC3AFC11DB14" box="[809,1018,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="332">Caprella equilibra</emphasis>
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clinging to the stem of the gorgonian.
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<emphasis id="95E6EADDFFE6FFF5FF0DFBFDFEA5DB5C" bold="true" box="[199,334,1087,1112]" pageId="5" pageNumber="332">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after the Comau Fjord, the
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locality.
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