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FIGURE 1.
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FIGURE 2.
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diameter, subdivides three times close to the base, with subsequent branching up to 7 times. Branches are
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). The thinner branchlets are
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diameter. The axis is horny with a chambered central core with filaments coated with hydroxylapatite (
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). The polyps are totally or partially retracted into prominent, dome-shaped calyces,
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height and about
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in diameter (
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). Calyces are irregularly distributed, not very close together,
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apart (about 6 calyces/cm, n=30) and are more separated at the base of the colony and closer at the tips where they are in clusters of 24, bud-like (
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). They are sparsely distributed on the holdfast (
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). Polyps are preserved totally or partially retracted; they are whitish. Polyp tentacles bear tuberculate rods,
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long and
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wide (
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long and
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). The coenenchymal sclerites comprise various types of spindles: short and wide, with expanded warty tubercles,
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); and irregularly branched spindles,
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); and warty crosses,
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The colour of the colony is white to pale yellow preserved in ethanol (
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).
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Variability. The
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colony branching up to four times.A small branching hydroid and a polychaete tube is attached to the colony holdfast. All other characteristics are as described for the
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Habitat. The colonies were found in small clusters on large rocks mingled with branching hydroids, sponges, and bryozoans; alongside other octocoral species that are more conspicuous:
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,
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Eugorgia daniana
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,
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Muricea squarrosa
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,
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Muricea fruticosa
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,
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,
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, an undescribed species of
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Psammogorgia
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, and the black corals
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Myriopathes panamensis (
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)
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, and
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Antipathes galapagensis
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, the latter appearing in solitary colonies close to the spot of octocorals, but making forests deeper in the shoal (Matamoros-Calderón et. al., 2021). It was not possible to photograph the colonies in situ, thus, in
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, we show its interesting habitat.
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FIGURE 3. View of Bajo Tigre, 45 m in depth showing the habitat of
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. Photograph from video by Steven Lara and Beatriz Naranjo.
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Distribution. Only known from the
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locality.
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<paragraph id="E831B0064842B408FF14FF45E9E28ADF" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,249]" pageId="6" pageNumber="579">Etymology. Abditus (L), meaning hidden, concealed. The name of the coral alludes to its cryptic way of life, mingled with other small branching creatures.</paragraph>
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