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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294" ID-GBIF-Dataset="4ab1a1e9-9b98-42e8-bea4-604011ae7d70" ID-PMC="PMC4591733" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-522-1" ID-PubMed="26448719" ID-ZBK="72178B43CB244C57A24323CB13B9A8BF" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-522-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 522" ModsDocTitle="Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species" checkinTime="1451243973288" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Matsumoto, Asako K. & van Ofwegen, Leen P." docDate="2015" docId="7F18DC06450476C579F22D194E4E864E" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 522: 1-127" docOrigin="ZooKeys 522" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294" docTitle="Melithaea suensoni Matsumoto & Ofwegen, 2015, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="75964162-7435-4643-BE6B-A8837CA1C91D" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="32" masterDocId="DB31BE618A66FF8AFFA8FFBD9346FFF5" masterDocTitle="Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species" masterLastPageNumber="127" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="32" updateTime="1668160728543" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Matsumoto, Asako K.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>van Ofwegen, Leen P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>522</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-522-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152062423" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:75964162-7435-4643-BE6B-A8837CA1C91D" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7F18DC06450476C579F22D194E4E864E" lastPageNumber="32" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Taxon classification Animalia Alcyonacea Melithaeidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/75964162-7435-4643-BE6B-A8837CA1C91D" class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea suensoni" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="suensoni">Melithaea suensoni</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="31" pageNumber="32">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 75d, 84, 85, 86
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<subSubSection pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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Holotype ZMUC ANT-000565, off Nagasaki,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="32.366665">32°22'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="128.7">128°42'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 170 fms (311 m), 25 December 1900, coll. Suenson.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Colony branched in one plane, with slender branches (Fig. 75d). Points with slightly bent spindles up to 0.30 mm long, distal end with more developed tubercles or leaves (Fig. 84a). Collaret with bent spindles up to 0.35 mm long, middle part with more developed tubercles (Fig. 84b). Tentacles with platelets, the larger ones crescent-shaped with irregular projections (Fig. 84c). These platelets are up to 0.15 mm long. Pharynx with straight spiny rods, up to 0.05 mm long (Fig. 84d). Coenenchyme with capstans (Fig. 84e) and disk spindles (Figs 84f, 85c), 0.05-0.15 mm long, and small clubs of similar length (Fig. 84g). Spindles are also present, 0.15-0.30 mm long, with simple or complex tubercles (Fig. 85b). The calyces with additional clubs, up to 0.20 mm long (Fig. 85a).</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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Figure 84. Sclerites of
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea suensoni" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="suensoni">Melithaea suensoni</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., ZMUC ANT-000565; a point spindles b collaret spindles c tentacle sclerites d pharynx rods e capstans f disk spindles g clubs of coenenchyme.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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Figure 85. Sclerites of
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea suensoni" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="suensoni">Melithaea suensoni</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., ZMUC ANT-000565; a clubs of calyx b spindles c disk spindles.
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<subSubSection pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="color">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Color.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">White with orange calyces and polyps. Sclerites of calyces and polyps faint pink, all others colorless.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Off Nagasaki, East China Sea (Fig. 86).</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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Figure 86. Distribution of
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea sagamiensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="sagamiensis">Melithaea sagamiensis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (*), BMNH 62.7.16.62(61?) (♦),
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea satsumaensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="satsumaensis">Melithaea satsumaensis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (●), and
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea suensoni" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="suensoni">Melithaea suensoni</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (■).
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<subSubSection pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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The species is named after the collector, E. Suenson, who belonged to the Telegraph company Great Nordic Ltd. (Store Nordiske), established in 1869 at Denmark (
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<bibRefCitation author="Matsumoto, AK" journalOrPublisher="Journal for the Comparative Study of Civilizations" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" pagination="153 - 186" title="The relation between telegraph cables of Great Nordic Ltd. (Store Nordiske) and Japanese octocoral collection in Copenhagen, Denmark and UUZM, Uppsala, Sweden." volume="19" year="2014">Matsumoto 2014</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation author="Matsumoto, AK" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of Higashi Nippon International University Faculty of Economics and Informatics" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" pagination="65 - 86" title="List of Japanese gorgonian coral specimens (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria. Surveyed in June 2012." volume="20" year="2015">2015</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<subSubSection pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
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This species resembles
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea sagamiensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="sagamiensis">Melithaea sagamiensis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., but differs by its thicker coenenchymal spindles.
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