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, 16.5 °C,
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(
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)
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type specimens were collected by
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Carlos
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Colony with flabellate growth in one plane and laterally branched, 21 cm high and 14.2 cm wide (Fig.
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, Table
<tableCitation id="F0FCDA58AB51AE1C8A96F7F7398CFFA3" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
). The holdfast is an irregular oval, 1.9 cm in length and 1.3 cm wide from which grows the main stem, 5.2 cm in height and 0.5 mm in diameter. There is no coenenchyme on the base of the steam lost during the collect; the base coenenchyme shows a dark gray and brownish bicolored axis. The growth of the branches is lateral and upward. Some terminal branches are short, about 5 mm in length and 3.5 mm in diameter, while the longest ones are 9.5 cm in length and 3.5 mm in diameter (Fig.
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, Table
<tableCitation id="E05AD3057E74B2C8C1BCF2DA444C571C" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
). All the terminal tips are blunt and covered by calyces. Calyces in the colony range up to 1 mm in height and are 1 mm in diameter and are shelf-like in form with an imbricated arrangement. The coenenchyme color is pale yellow, but the coloration of the calyces is reddish-brown, giving the colony an overall pale and dark orange appearance (Fig.
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, Table
<tableCitation id="B3EBF7D8C75FF42FEC4C57C108711711" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="E5BDC48A4AF3E07888BD1ADE5F52A768" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Table 1.</emphasis>
Internal and external characters of
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sp. nov.,
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sp. nov. and
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sp. nov. with similar
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nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998-2020 and compared with
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).
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: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate.
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: di= dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched.
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: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely.
<emphasis id="C5C10ADAB77CAB09339D0D7CD0F9575D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Calyx form</emphasis>
: el= elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular.
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: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white.
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: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl= club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods.
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<td id="C92BCF8CFF4098E76D281DD96CA6E250" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td id="59A75D46EE28B3A85873A080A254B953" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">0.6-1</td>
<td id="E1B6E2A55A8BF238D14E73AD42991447" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">sl</td>
<td id="1BC284FD741B791F3420BEE86B8DB62E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">lo</td>
<td id="37852BE83BA297BEE4866C6C5D10AC96" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">uss</td>
<td id="5E309B4BB92C57B49A45B116B4DC9A09" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">4.1</td>
<td id="A2ED80197BF58E7BEB949DD00B0F3228" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">ws</td>
<td id="693915B9AB9848DED6728625FBCB6D87" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">r, ps</td>
<td id="1D1C0F59AE2A0EFFC11820D0EAB0D6BD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">am, lo</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F344DD9E6B41CEFDA7C24859D54C5558" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<td id="497D3E6E8000338AF4532B2E59D20695" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="67079412A0B9AA5D6A136A5CAF8E8B9E" lsidName="M. plantaginea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="plantaginea">
<emphasis id="2A1141CE4CB9CAF1CA938BB8AFA50706" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. plantaginea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="C4B39ECBA10775E10657323A1031F5DF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">fl</td>
<td id="42153C6421805F3E78A325EC2759D472" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">irr, lb</td>
<td id="B734E1C4C3E0BD582CD9AD2D72CEEEEE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">1-5</td>
<td id="854EFB7C348F4190611B9C2A096F712E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">c, im</td>
<td id="B1FDBFC0B6B932B97EE861E740D841E8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td id="0EEB713378F210C38C3889FD526F3377" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">0.7-1.2</td>
<td id="D2864D4391858CF4AC86E92AEFAB47FC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">sl</td>
<td id="4523C2DF79B7630CE950E3049E0CCFC2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">db/w</td>
<td id="7029AB75D3671ED127C8E874AB305C06" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">ls</td>
<td id="0F2CC57580BB00D467C0E7C249F5DB9C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="5D159CDA99D40475260BE862F1AABA07" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">ws</td>
<td id="B9C1636998B0807302D975C968A28503" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">lb, wr</td>
<td id="8EACF7A327BBFA969AD2CDECFBC76F97" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">rb, am</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4B947EA85BAA8E28D7EC014344E9052B" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<td id="CE398285C5B2B46CDD42536D89F58241" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="531909344424C552E9421E88EFF9B0DC" lsidName="M. squarrosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="squarrosa">
<emphasis id="0A927B9DB7295538177434C32F5193BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. squarrosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="222DC29C65C37F0D64E1C1986988516A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">fl</td>
<td id="7705F978CE8905FB15ADA98974C12863" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">di</td>
<td id="732DC86E7AB21AC2BE51BB54EBAC9F7B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">4</td>
<td id="2DAF998C06606B8EC6E6A9959FDD76CA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">c</td>
<td id="D2FC2D25FA856C6D89AAB9DF8FA07378" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td id="7EE5A060F8F740FBB70B3514968C7B70" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">2.6</td>
<td id="889CF2FA37B34BE1150E40FCF64C2B93" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">t</td>
<td id="BEE54C9A5B3A9A3D9843B132948834FD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">lb</td>
<td id="F4DE17880C4A58269AE246C19B64F959" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">cl, cs</td>
<td id="29F343B8395A1AF744B7A709C2093168" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td id="89EFAA5ED09015090CFA0BC5E31FE419" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">tbs</td>
<td id="7C3C9790E31C35FF9D364F52AF3D97F8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">cl</td>
<td id="FBC6F4A88F36D1E342E8818D39AA73BB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">br, cl, py, y</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7B106B62C226A89D8B70A2E0D5FCF639" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<td id="AA731EF0E00B0E959C737C5D3D660916" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="875E01EE122A53B5692A2D532CE228AD" lsidName="M. ambarae" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="908D4581A355868258E1CCFA3AC974E8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</td>
<td id="4E885F4CF4AEA789B82DD0EC2EABFB84" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">fl</td>
<td id="6BAC80479D2F64A0E2E5458260A794CA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">lb</td>
<td id="D181ADFA40C37B80FF02601D8EA98C5C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">9.5</td>
<td id="C7E53471F1FD37985E51A2F109B1A3F8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">im</td>
<td id="681BCC560E96B93A1D4C1201FB6060F5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td id="B2B1F21DB0EFC821ACE8E17D2E55C964" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="DCC59F2116815E58CB610F0C39B797FB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">sl</td>
<td id="757CF0F0CBE4B32D7905BBDAF9D0214A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">o</td>
<td id="7ECDD843135BFD61543C3E84E7BE47C4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">ls, tbs</td>
<td id="1709DE4FE7233ABC2E55ED37529727AC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td id="DABE6C7D2CEA0AA398DA91A4B48696E6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">ws</td>
<td id="B8DAC7B52C2B1077A16751A15EBA3042" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">lb</td>
<td id="8D281DB31D5761C3F047988D7F3D64C1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">cl, o, y, py</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7792982FB4073B81046536CD13FBF8DE" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<td id="90C866C3DAA3990B55407E12B69166F9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A91655FBCD24F7619289C756914FE0EB" lsidName="M. cacao" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="cacao">
<emphasis id="4F2915D7722B4E74B9F39A224CB6DB42" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. cacao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</td>
<td id="522692362FC88D5E65BF59294FA64F54" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">fl</td>
<td id="9F438DDBD8CFD6C4996C5D9D41B0F861" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">lb</td>
<td id="E2BC934D9707C4D9B74CCB7678383D22" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="9021524512DF486F1852EE84011F6389" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">im</td>
<td id="CA4211F16D6668B75ABB3291BC1D8CD4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">yes</td>
<td id="E7813F401C07F149B93194F6A9B75645" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="0F06C72C7527E43484D33E0062BB3A58" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">sl</td>
<td id="FA6CBD040710F1B7A5DC87C7B6E54288" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">br-r</td>
<td id="F9C511E6CEDC1E56FCF31155F171B51D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">ls</td>
<td id="7229CFF5A9524F69FD6CBE2A8AA9ADA9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">1.7</td>
<td id="311E60EEE3E4AD5EDEE4AB8A1DD8FA17" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">ae/de-ws</td>
<td id="1985E527A84BAA455315361953142981" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">tbr-ae</td>
<td id="E0F085281961026AC2D523B40CC87532" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">db, rb</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CE7EF5655C3D3C03B389E691910D0F7A" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<td id="AE9B18BF74B5024A1C81B80A97186F43" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="7B1F68799A85C08AE26DEC428D300D64" lsidName="M. molinai" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="molinai">
<emphasis id="7957CBDBD0C7377A2215FAA6195D6295" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. molinai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</td>
<td id="BD2B5CE108E8D667036F8694659270FD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">fl</td>
<td id="34EA9AC5F01BE9BDC7ABE80968AE7602" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">lb</td>
<td id="A910FB7F827BB6DFD25A6C2DE36A39CC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">8.7</td>
<td id="F80D28B163BDBBB049617E3D473CEAC2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">im</td>
<td id="D486FEC60BFBA7A0373454D4896E2F76" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td id="1B467A9DB1324F84D3A3499E12512100" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td id="97D1DC94CBD3A2791BAD48FE6C9154A0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">t</td>
<td id="F5F81C93208E432EBADC3722D00142A5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">g</td>
<td id="490FC81F8DE2C80256EFB901FB6D6BA8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">uss, tbs</td>
<td id="43ADC8AE7805ABE2E4D1493FF142D89F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
<td id="F50B5DAA9235A8D4CC24E1EB1327F55A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">str, cs</td>
<td id="A378CAF4F0898C8944DDCD96C8D0506C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">tbr, lr</td>
<td id="256DD9C4C1C7967D88AF6339569B7E93" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rowspan="1">g, am, cl</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="D54CE920D245512312FEE255E0C1E1DC" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880610" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="ED364F3FCCEA166B285989E9C8D93B1B" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="9DB646443C7EA90EA4235D71C06D8ABF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DAC2CEA67248C649B44B137791AD5354" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="F52C5E0521D2A6DE5B05D8F5AB6761F6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="5D9FACE9F7D4E19BCA0562E6A177C2BD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">A</emphasis>
holotype USNM 1606629
<emphasis id="6616AEC89186A1476AE261B643A6CE75" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">B</emphasis>
holotype detail of branches
<emphasis id="21869A2DC32ADE6FBFC9ABC8467CA258" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">C</emphasis>
axial and coenenchymal sclerites.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="93BC58549715E1C67C69CB417E826F0B" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="holotype sclerites">
<paragraph id="CFC1156726FE5099ED4BEFCDEA759068" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Holotype sclerites.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CBFFF58D48FF17E0A6CB088311114EA1" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
The sclerites of the outer coenenchyme and calycular are pale yellow or pale orange leaf spindles (0.3-1.2 mm length), tuberculated spindles with blunt ends (0.2-1.1 mm length), and tuberculated spindles with acute ends (0.2-1.1 mm length) (Figs
<figureCitation id="802C3F414B0FEBAAE8B22E4B60E82E6C" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Muricea ambarae sp. nov. A holotype USNM 1606629 B holotype detail of branches C axial and coenenchymal sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880610" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">2C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="48680FC5AC291F2CC60EC53702964F35" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Muricea ambarae sp. nov. SEM A, B calycular and coenenchymal sclerites C axial sclerites D anthocodial sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880611" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">3A-D</figureCitation>
, Table
<tableCitation id="D317CBA0B69318FBCEFA6C5785E58974" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
). The leaf spindles are more common all around the polyp aperture, and the spindles with acute ends are the dominant type of sclerite in the rest of the coenenchyme (Fig.
<figureCitation id="317502601AF3CE4130616CE592AE5A9E" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Muricea ambarae sp. nov. SEM A, B calycular and coenenchymal sclerites C axial sclerites D anthocodial sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880611" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">3A</figureCitation>
). The axial sheath comprises thin spindles with acute ends and clubs (0.3-0.9 mm in length) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FCF96A1E30237EEDFBEFDAEF4E922F50" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Muricea ambarae sp. nov. SEM A, B calycular and coenenchymal sclerites C axial sclerites D anthocodial sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880611" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">3B, C</figureCitation>
). These spindles forms have different sizes of tubercles; about 70% of the coenenchyme and calyx sclerites are colorless (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E5DEEC7B47FF643690CB02CB78D747A1" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Muricea ambarae sp. nov. A holotype USNM 1606629 B holotype detail of branches C axial and coenenchymal sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880610" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">2C</figureCitation>
), with the rest of the sclerites pale yellow or pale orange. Anthocodial sclerites are colorless warty rods, 0.2-0.3 mm in length with acute or dull ends (Fig.
<figureCitation id="69907C149D9821E8EBC10FF255F944C8" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Muricea ambarae sp. nov. SEM A, B calycular and coenenchymal sclerites C axial sclerites D anthocodial sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880611" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">3D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="9757A53EED00F3FEF745AEEA7F1EC1B6" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880611" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="E1BF8EA1BD7A9257FBF2132564C76A7A" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="06A8419401E797071011BAC1788695D4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="458F732ACB741EDC310401EAB53F913B" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="0C6C03E64F87E856DBD81EAE855B381E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. SEM
<emphasis id="C21ACE0D89FEFFD7A50BA0133E073B6D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">A, B</emphasis>
calycular and coenenchymal sclerites
<emphasis id="132BB2BDD67D2B5CFA8FBA5242A44385" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">C</emphasis>
axial sclerites
<emphasis id="8875C2F1168F54D178EF6A276F9B2C45" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">D</emphasis>
anthocodial sclerites.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F8D402B4FFBBD4F901CC1A743FDE0C21" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="morphological variation">
<paragraph id="CD1C5592E379C05D35B08AFB311A0951" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Morphological variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3789498859DE4940A049450B4C41BB46" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
All 14 colonies of
<taxonomicName id="2AAF5232BD37A3709A39C215EC62BE40" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="142FCB6492209D2DC2F70D5355F92F03" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. examined are morphologically like the holotype in colony growth and sclerite form with colony size range observed
<emphasis id="D7351E50C29BD61EE481315F9DB8B341" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">in situ</emphasis>
between 4 and 32 cm height (Suppl. material 1: fig. S1A-D).
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<emphasis id="050DA9F653C5DA7017A2C814CE307B84" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. colonies show differences in color intensity ranging from darker to lighter orange (Suppl. material 1: fig. S1A-D). Only three of these 15 analyzed colonies showed a lax and bushy colony growth form. Qualitative
<emphasis id="7AAAF535FD5233681A1AA22CD94E7469" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">in situ</emphasis>
observations showed a dominance of the planar form over the bushy form (Fig.
<figureCitation id="20BCD672100316FC1771D3FC3F04F919" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Sea fan colonies photographed in situ A, B Muricea ambarae sp. nov. C, D Muricea cacao sp. nov. E-G Muricea molinai sp. nov. Photographs by Carlos Sanchez." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880616" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">8A, B</figureCitation>
). The polyps are colorless or white in live colonies (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7F1B2109C1EF0B4244CC7A9463F1EECC" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Sea fan colonies photographed in situ A, B Muricea ambarae sp. nov. C, D Muricea cacao sp. nov. E-G Muricea molinai sp. nov. Photographs by Carlos Sanchez." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880616" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">8B</figureCitation>
; Suppl. material 1: fig. S2B, D).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="639A71D60040FF0857FEC58B2891DE2B" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="4DCA5618F3A9EDAA4DB3F8E66C9A27E8" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Habitat and distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2C694911718ADD8109EE52B3DF1BD6FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
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<emphasis id="DDC4E038A82C3293D2B99F4970A721A0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. was collected at two locations, the northern and central regions of the Gulf of California (where the species is more frequently collected), and
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Magdalena and Punta Abreojos located along the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico (Fig.
<figureCitation id="DE21BC40DD6C4CBBBC313BC8799F5915" captionStart="Figure l" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure l. Locations of sample collections of the three new species of the genus Muricea discovered along the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur and the Gulf of California, Mexico A scuba diving and monitoring census sites B Muricea ambarae sp. nov. collection sites C Muricea cacao sp. nov. collection sites D Muricea molinai sp. nov. collection sites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figurel" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880609" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">1B</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="B620BD06DACE1AF6A81EB6F099FC24FC" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="A639D3C52915AF1958E3327B3D406420" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. was mostly observed and collected in the Gulf of California on rocky reefs at &lt;30 m depth and it is currently unknown if this species is present in deeper waters.
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<emphasis id="8808F2085FD9493FC39DF90AE9D90A90" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. shares habitat with
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<emphasis id="2C791D62576FF783D4626A19B11F591A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea plantaginea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="815AC6E4BF2515F2BD96E5D265D518AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0E632259BED09AC1F3F7FE0CB7A42E43" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1869" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea austera" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="austera">
<emphasis id="54D192391C9E345D5FA31FA8DC0B9B2B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea austera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="6B9811E9CC739400AE98A740A0EC5A52" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea cacao" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="cacao">
<emphasis id="7ABB4C5DF5018C9D227686B2336F0C59" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea cacao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
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<emphasis id="4B0EC759772E65E7B804E304B29E7FC2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Leptogorgia alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Duchassaing &amp; Michelotti, 1864), and
<taxonomicName id="5C612F6827C1EC7876E88CA7A7BAADB1" authorityName="Bayer" authorityYear="1960" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Ellisella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ellisella limbaughi" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="limbaughi">
<emphasis id="F93A1AFD26EEE50C47CDA80BB3793BA9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Ellisella limbaughi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bayer &amp; Deichmann, 1960. Colonies of
<taxonomicName id="93FEDC554BE124EFB581C835A767D792" lsidName="M. ambarae" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="448CCA990928C9C9835B7BE42075C0EA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. distributed in the region of
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Magdalena grow on rocky reefs, pebbled seafloors between 5-20 m depth, and in forest-like reefs formed by the brown seaweed
<taxonomicName id="9983858C8B95F65E1BBC93DD15E26EA9" authorityName="Areschoug" authorityYear="1876" class="Clitellata" family="Lumbricidae" genus="Eisenia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eisenia arborea" order="Classiclitellata" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="arborea">
<emphasis id="01944FB6D10D991023C573B802E90FED" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Eisenia arborea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
J.E. Areschoug, 1876 (1-2 m in height) that typically cover large seafloor areas inside the bay.
<taxonomicName id="E70368C2A1B778AEDCC458A3C6DBC68C" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="FC7D89D48E51B45150328515A26AAA88" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. shares habitat in
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Magdalena with
<taxonomicName id="3157BE5387C581ABDCA2BF291A4DF771" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1868" baseAuthorityName="Verrill" baseAuthorityYear="1868" class="Anthozoa" family="Gorgoniidae" genus="Leptogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptogorgia diffusa" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="diffusa">
<emphasis id="B47A931D5C59DDC46D5BAC4BB513D2EF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Leptogorgia diffusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Verrill, 1868),
<taxonomicName id="E6BB3038BA57358E36F75C49D609AD55" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea cacao" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="cacao">
<emphasis id="70217A29926BA9B4D60A47C120DB879C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea cacao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
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<emphasis id="2ACF60ADF4E85CC8FCA32852CDEABC37" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. molinai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
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<emphasis id="DB0D7F3E6774B74F759CD6A809E44F82" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. plantaginea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="91EA8E06A02F2D866B088D93FC433E44" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="480A8E11F6CE21A55A74853CE4CF302D" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1868" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Psammogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Psammogorgia teres" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="teres">
<emphasis id="F367127F5BE40CE6F9146965ABA29332" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Psammogorgia teres</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Verrill, 1868.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="87D1122D933D0E6DF38B4C4D141393D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="11850A5AD649F001F9083FF2C9D032BB" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EA303F099C7CBADBFEEEE24796FB47BF" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<taxonomicName id="6628AA5A30F3D5E59457F7ACCE71AA7D" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="95D4A4E93B9A9DEB47446CA1ECD1CDC1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1529F922BAF6875D0020E99AA7091273" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Muricea ambarae sp. nov. A holotype USNM 1606629 B holotype detail of branches C axial and coenenchymal sclerites." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880610" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">2A, B</figureCitation>
) is similar to
<taxonomicName id="1807245287E8CF1AF1D788A056416581" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea cacao" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="cacao">
<emphasis id="B77E0CCDC8FFDE339304DA78C8B08D21" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea cacao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. in colony growth form patterns and calyx form (Fig.
<figureCitation id="935B6185D0D1529E253F148B8F2F2151" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Muricea cacao sp. nov. A holotype USNM 1606633 B anthocodial and coenenchymal sclerites C holotype detail of branches." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880612" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">4A, C</figureCitation>
), but dissimilar in dichotomous branching, lack of pseudoanastomosis, colony coloration, and sclerite appearance (Table
<tableCitation id="22FD78C46A283F2BA1FAFA15F1847CF0" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="B90563812ED9AA49EA729284CE475126" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="18AAFB54BF7B7B5F2F37B87C07C81347" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is also close to
<taxonomicName id="EE48C0EA1FF5FD06AC87A9E4F6637043" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea fruticosa" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="fruticosa">
<emphasis id="77B6CC584F327D1C99BB31D07BBE90AE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea fruticosa</emphasis>
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in the shelf-like form of the calyces, but morphologically differs in colony growth and sclerite composition (Table
<tableCitation id="8035480A12EB60D9D72A93CE170E8C53" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="1A4D9ADB0B1DFE1F54DF7D23500326B2" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea fruticosa" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="fruticosa">
<emphasis id="DCDB54E85D2BEE5CB35F6C206A030DFB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a bushy growth pattern, irregular branching and its coenenchyme has unilateral spinous spindles. In contrast,
<taxonomicName id="461E797BEC37288B32B63281E1EEB155" lsidName="M. ambarae" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="1FBAF3B95A9CD8D739C63B848B81CA65" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. has a planar colony growth, lateral branching, a single chromotype, and leaf spindles (Table
<tableCitation id="E38C904E9F71350F25FDAFF72110E5CC" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
), and
<taxonomicName id="809762CC671083A66A0C9D09715F01E0" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="E25EFA19B2DD7057DC5F2F73F2850A10" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. has leaf spindles, which are absent in
<taxonomicName id="D85A189973B4D4D4BD5B7E8D7F3860EE" lsidName="M. fruticosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="fruticosa">
<emphasis id="295FA64AF14FCE297F0997B1806A3E27" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Thus, we propose to include
<taxonomicName id="AAB5EEE5CFE605E3A20F86D0E9F58A38" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="069435EFC09DC8124590235305EA71D9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. in the
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<emphasis id="BAF598F200DCB2D4A108CA294A4DAC4A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-group erected by
<bibRefCitation id="5A6266019A56602DFA3724194428E06D" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.581.7910" author="Breedy, O" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" pagination="1 - 69" refId="B8" refString="Breedy, O, Guzman, HM, 2016a. A revision of the genus Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the eastern Pacific. Part II. ZooKeys 581: 1 - 69, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.581.7910" title="A revision of the genus Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the eastern Pacific. Part II." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.581.7910" volume="581" year="2016 a">Breedy and Guzman (2016a)</bibRefCitation>
.
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<emphasis id="9CFDF5172949C5999CED23B39B4E4152" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is also close to
<taxonomicName id="8D777B07114D6959F1A4AD17D47B318F" authorityName="Deichmann" authorityYear="1941" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea galapagensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="galapagensis">
<emphasis id="0C5047100942DD403735619BE3F0B5A5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea galapagensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Deichmann, 1941, sharing with that species low shelf-like calyces that spread outward, orange colony coloration, and planar colony growth (Table
<tableCitation id="8F4FA4A44C3BE8DB45A3BB0455A5508A" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
). However,
<taxonomicName id="FCB6AEAE780308DA4632252EDB772A79" lsidName="M. galapagensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="galapagensis">
<emphasis id="3C49250951E47CB5D16B51D395C2D0C0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. galapagensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, like that of
<taxonomicName id="837D0EE1560CDFB593C93811B9E30E77" lsidName="M. fruticosa" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="fruticosa">
<emphasis id="084FEE58EE9A45125F03B1E544EC334F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. fruticosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, has falling branches, unilateral spinous spindles, but lacks leaf spindles (Table
<tableCitation id="37684159F1455D0204DCC9F3E0F7F235" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Internal and external characters of Muricea ambarae sp. nov., Muricea cacao sp. nov. and Muricea molinai sp. nov. with similar Muricea nominal species distributed along the Mexican Pacific and Gulf of California collected from 1998 - 2020 and compared with Breedy and Guzman (2015, 2016 a). Colony growth: bu = bushy, fa = falling branches, fl = flabellate. Branching type: di = dichotomous, irr = irregularly, lb = laterally branched, ob = open branched. Polyp distribution rows: im = imbricated, c = close, s = sparsely. Calyx form: el = elongated, sl = shelf-like, t = tubular. Color: am = amber, br = brownish-red, bi = bicolor, cl = colorless, db = deep brown, dy = dull yellowg = gray, lb = light brown, lo = light orange, o = orange, ro = reddish-orange, py = pale yellow, r = red, rb = reddish-brown, y = yellow, w = white. Sclerites: ae = acute end spindles, bs = branched spindles, be = bend spindles, cs = curved spindles, cl = club-like, de = dull ends spindles, lb = lobed, ls = leaf spindles, ps = prickly spindles, r = rods, slr = star-like radiates, str = straight spindles, tbr = tuberculated rods, tbs = tuberculated spindles, uss = unilateral spinous spindles, ws = warty spindles, wr = warty rods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" tableUuid="28E36A39F15A393E21ADCCB797CD678C">1</tableCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="58492A39BDA4364624BDD434C3CAA5F5" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1931" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea californica" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="californica">
<emphasis id="D8BE2F92CF8565CA7788CE9442034B05" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea californica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Suppl. material 1: fig. S3F-I) is morphologically and biogeographically similar to
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<emphasis id="4E43CFEEE9F3333A356ECF5A2265A208" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (Suppl. material 1: figs S1A-D, S3A-E). However,
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<emphasis id="77F8F414BA49199D3EC4E2C00A3919E9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. californica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has high variability in colony growth and coloration and its main population densities occurs in California while
<taxonomicName id="0D9CE2DED1456FE8DCFC0A144AC7F2D3" lsidName="M. ambarae" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="EF128690C1DB230DC56371F6A361A33E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is mostly distributed in the northern region Gulf of California and does not show evident morphological variability (Suppl. material 1: fig. S1A-D). We conclude
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<emphasis id="4E2E3ED4AC50DE3117EF3B1FFD81DB73" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. californica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="E6724CAFEE977744471FFA65EA156C78" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. are distinct species because they show clear differences in calix form and size, branch diameter and sclerites forms.
<taxonomicName id="7FBC370ADE922E10A38FF3D0DDB7B2E7" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="ADB448CCC6D21E2293FEA815C97D8965" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. have shelf-like slightly raised calyces, terminal branches of up to 3.5 mm diameter, and an absence of torch spindles in the coenenchyme (Suppl. material 1: fig. S3A-E), while
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<emphasis id="E594EA2B1D4F39522729CBB949140829" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">M. californica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has prominent and elongated calyces (almost cylindrical), wider branches of up to 0.5 mm thick, and the presence of torch spindles (Suppl. material 1: fig. S3F-I) (
<bibRefCitation id="FBA60097C677E60D9117643292439832" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.34317" author="Horvath, EA" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" pagination="183 - 306" refId="B16" refString="Horvath, EA, 2019. A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia -Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys 860: 183 - 306, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.34317" title="A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia - Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.34317" volume="860" year="2019">Horvath 2019</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="BA99402E7EA86487DCD81312BCB1DD8A" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1169.89651.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/880612" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="574C67FAC06ECEA5D02CB58864477D95" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="9A961E7BA60AB649D773E12BADDC0BEB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="22913424A5C0454B9355E4D36A8C9617" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea cacao</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis id="242F09A8319F15CCB2CCC77AC4A4FC43" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">A</emphasis>
holotype USNM 1606633
<emphasis id="E46114D34751AC49BCB03EA73539AE3C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">B</emphasis>
anthocodial and coenenchymal sclerites
<emphasis id="0A10CD029927A4DE46578C90BFD269F1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">C</emphasis>
holotype detail of branches.
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E7BE40BC0B0D655D2B96C9EDB36B0777" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="ECB1AC36D87A1B22130333AA4281F09C" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="740A61D8B0617D6CD1BC5CC080B67C32" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">
The word &quot;
<emphasis id="EAC31821433B4F76089C4FD416D117EE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">ambarae</emphasis>
&quot; means
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, a hard, transparent, fossilized resin produced by some trees. Amber has colorations from pale yellow/orange to a dark orange, like the coloration observed in living colonies of
<taxonomicName id="4EC0FB95C69BD1BA1A5F3AA3286A6F32" authorityName="Hernández &amp; Gómez-Gutiérrez &amp; Galván-Tirado &amp; Sánchez" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Muricea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Muricea ambarae" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="333" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="ambarae">
<emphasis id="1128E1F73DB6B0CC279BFB229C976E11" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="333">Muricea ambarae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. Mexican amber, also known as Chiapas Amber, dates from 15 to 23 million years old. Since the time of the Mayan culture, its people have believed amber to have healing and protective qualities. The species name is also inspired from the name of the daughter (
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) of Carlos
<normalizedToken id="342A7A1AB07E180E919F471C63947EF0" originalValue="Sánchez">Sanchez</normalizedToken>
.
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