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(
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, 
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A–O)
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Small, dome-shaped, orange colonies, 
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in height. Dimorphic polyps are both yellow and white. Autozooids are large with long bodies. Siphoozooids are smaller. No sclerites in the polyps.
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The 
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× 
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is a combination of two orange, dome-shaped colonies linked by a, 
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spreading holdfast. The stalk is inconspicuous as the polyparium arises close to the holdfast. The two colonies are 18 and 
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in height. Because of the similar size of the two attaching colonies, it is impossible to distinguish the mother and daughter. That is, the specimen is close to its natural maximum size which is, 
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. Autozooids are 
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in diameter, yellow while retracted. Polyps long slender, white with a yellow base when extended. Siphonozooids are 
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when retracted. No polyp sclerites. All the sclerites are orange in water and densely distributed throughout the surface and interior of the colony. Sclerites from polyparium (
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A–J) and stalk (
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K–O) are variable. Polyparium sclerites composed of robust barrels with six-, seven- and eight-radiates, some appearing as double stars with elongated median waists. A transverse continuous groove appears on the waist of some sclerites (
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). One of the stalk sclerite types is cruciform with two central radiates perpendicular to the plane of the crucifix (
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). This shape is unique among species of 
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. Others are robust, barrel-shaped with six-, seven- and eight-radiates and. Sclerite size, 
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in length.
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Figure 1. Living specimens of soft corals belonging to the 
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</taxonomicName>
; D, a light pink variety of 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236993E23A6CFC42FABB" box="[701,959,1342,1363]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">Dendronephthya gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; E, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C39236992B03A6CFF14FA98" authorityName="Roxas" authorityYear="1933" class="Anthozoa" family="Nephtheidae" genus="Nephthea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="chabrolii">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236992B03A6CFF14FA98" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">Nephthea chabrolii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; F, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C39236990773A09FDC9FA98" authorityName="Macfadyen" authorityYear="1936" box="[296,564,1371,1392]" class="Anthozoa" family="Nidaliidae" genus="Nephthyigorgia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="annectens">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236990773A09FDC9FA98" box="[296,564,1371,1392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">Nephthyigorgia annectens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; G, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C39236993283A09FC60FA98" authority="Lam &amp; Morton, 2008" authorityName="Lam &amp; Morton" authorityYear="2008" box="[631,925,1371,1392]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="hongkongensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236993283A09FC60FA98" box="[631,925,1371,1392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">Paraminabea hongkongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23E57E15C39236992F13A09FBF7FA99" box="[942,1034,1371,1393]" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
Scale bar52 cm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236991CD3AECFF08FA3E" box="[146,245,1470,1494]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">Remarks</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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There are eight described species of 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236993053AB5FD10FA17" box="[602,749,1511,1535]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">Paraminabea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. These are 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236992D83AB5FBB2FA17" box="[903,1103,1511,1535]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. acronocephala</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3923699003395AFD47F9F7" authority="(Williams, 1992)" baseAuthorityName="Williams" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[348,698,1543,1568]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="aldersladei">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3923699003395AFE09F9C8" box="[348,500,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. aldersladei</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3923699399395AFCC1F9C8" box="[710,828,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. arborea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE84B795C392369921A3955FF37F9A8" author="Williams GC &amp; Alderslade P" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" pagination="337 - 364" refId="ref11622" refString="Williams GC, Alderslade P. 1999. Revisonary systematics of the western Pacific soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae), with descriptions of a related new genus and species from the Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51: 337 - 364." type="journal article" year="1999">Williams &amp; Alderslade, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3923699182397AFE6EF9A8" box="[221,403,1576,1600]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. cosmarioides</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3923699326397AFC2FF9A8" authority="(Williams, 1992)" baseAuthorityName="Williams" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[633,978,1576,1600]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="goslineri">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3923699326397AFD03F9A8" box="[633,766,1576,1600]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. goslineri</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C39236992BA397AFDEFF988" authority="(Thomson &amp; Henderson, 1905)" baseAuthorityName="Thomson &amp; Henderson" baseAuthorityYear="1905" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Menella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="indica">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236992BA397AFBB3F9A8" box="[997,1102,1576,1600]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. indica</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE84B795C39236991C5391AFDF6F988" author="Thomson JA &amp; Henderson WD" box="[154,523,1608,1632]" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" refId="ref10745" refString="Thomson JA, Henderson WD. 1905. The Alcyonaria. Report to the government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries in the Gulf of Manaar. London: W. A. Herdman." type="book" year="1905">Thomson &amp; Henderson, 1905</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3923699377391AFC7BF988" authority="(Williams, 1992)" baseAuthorityName="Williams" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[552,902,1608,1632]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="kosiensis">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3923699377391AFD4FF988" box="[552,690,1608,1632]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. kosiensis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C392369928D391AFE16F969" authority="(Utonomi &amp; Imahara, 1976)" baseAuthorityName="Utonomi &amp; Imahara" baseAuthorityYear="1976" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Euplexaura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="robusta">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C392369928D391AFBB2F988" box="[978,1103,1608,1632]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">P. robusta</emphasis>
(Utonomi &amp; Imahara, 1976)
</taxonomicName>
. The new species is distinguishable from all other 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C39236991CD39DBFED8F949" authorityName="William &amp; Alderslade" authorityYear="1999" box="[146,293,1673,1697]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="9" pageNumber="756" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C39236991CD39DBFED8F949" box="[146,293,1673,1697]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="756">Paraminabea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species by its growth form, colony colour and sclerite shape. 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A918A3B4AFE15FBD8" baseAuthorityName="Williams" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[213,488,1048,1072]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="aldersladei">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A918A3B4AFE15FBD8" box="[213,488,1048,1072]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">Paraminabea aldersladei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A90A63B4AFBC4FBD8" box="[505,1081,1048,1072]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A90A63B4AFD88FBD8" authorityName="Williams &amp; Alderslade" authorityYear="1999" box="[505,629,1048,1072]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="arborea">P. arborea</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A93DD3B4AFCC4FBD8" box="[642,825,1048,1072]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="cosmarioidea">P. cosmarioidea</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A92183B4AFC51FBD8" baseAuthorityName="Thomson &amp; Henderson" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[839,940,1048,1072]" class="Anthozoa" family="Plexauridae" genus="Menella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="indica">P. indica</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A92E93B4AFBC4FBD8" baseAuthorityName="Williams" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[950,1081,1048,1072]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="kosiensis">P. kosiensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A95273B4AFEDAFBB8" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">P. robusta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have a digitiform growth form (
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, 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE84B795C3A236A92AD3B6AFE39FB98" author="Williams GC &amp; Alderslade P" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" pagination="337 - 364" refId="ref11622" refString="Williams GC, Alderslade P. 1999. Revisonary systematics of the western Pacific soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae), with descriptions of a related new genus and species from the Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51: 337 - 364." type="journal article" year="1999">Williams and Alderslade 1999:346</bibRefCitation>
, 
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). 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A93153B0BFCBCFB99" box="[586,833,1113,1137]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">Paraminabea arborea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A92D43B0BFC08FB99" box="[907,1013,1113,1137]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">P. indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may appear branched (
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, 353, 
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, 10). Although 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A95273B2BFE9BFB59" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="acronocepala">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A95273B2BFE9BFB59" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">P. acronocepala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A90C13BCBFDE1FB59" baseAuthorityName="Williams" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[414,540,1177,1201]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="goslineri">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A90C13BCBFDE1FB59" box="[414,540,1177,1201]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">P. goslineri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
both have a similar dome-shaped growth form and size range (
<quantity id="4C819B6D5C3A236A907C3BEBFE76FB39" box="[291,395,1209,1233]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.15" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="0.3" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" unit="mm" value="11.5" valueMax="20.0" valueMin="3.0">3–20 mm</quantity>
) to the new species, the former has red retracted polyps whereas the latter is lemon yellow throughout the colony (
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). In general, sclerite tuberculation in the other species are more thorny and robust than in the new species. The new species has cruciform sclerites with six radiates. This 
<typeStatus id="54C2882A5C3A236A92B23A49FBE0FADB" box="[1005,1053,1307,1331]" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">type</typeStatus>
of sclerite is absent in other species. Sclerite shape in the new species is different from that of 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A95273A69FE9BFA9C" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="cosmarioidea">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A95273A69FE9BFA9C" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">P. cosmarioidea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which has small, densely packed tuberculations. 
<taxonomicName id="4C794D0B5C3A236A92CA3A0EFB6DFA9C" baseAuthorityName="Williams" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[917,1168,1372,1396]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Paraminabea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="10" pageNumber="757" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="kosiensis">
<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A92CA3A0EFB6DFA9C" box="[917,1168,1372,1396]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">Paraminabea kosiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has elongate spindles and 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3A236A93493A2EFD72FA7C" box="[534,655,1404,1428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="757">P. robusta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has large, robust tuberculations (
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, 12, 
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, 15).
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Figure 2. 
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Scanning electron micrographs of scletrites. A–E, polyparium sclerites. F–O, stalk sclerites. J and N are top views of the stalk sclerites.
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This uncommon genus is restricted to darker areas such as caves and overhangs at depths of, 
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<emphasis id="B90DEA9A5C3B236B91CD3E59FEF6FECB" box="[146,267,267,291]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="758">Etymology</emphasis>
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This is the first new species of 
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