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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF4BE4BF7C33DE9B" bold="true" box="[151,280,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela</emphasis>
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Moore, Alderslade &amp; Miller
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF4BE52A7C38DF31" bold="true" box="[151,275,258,283]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Monomorphic scleraxonians which form bulky, complex colonies; often with an extensive membranous or encrusting growth, from which multiple, upright, robust branches may emanate; some secondary branching can occur along with anastomoses; medulla without well-defined coelenteric canals; ring of boundary canals encircling medulla, clearly defining the cortex; distinct, robust calyces with a smooth mat-like surface; sclerites include tuberculate sticks and spindles, rodlets and spiky clubs; preponderance of short, stout warty rodlets in calyces and surface; longitudinally arranged tuberculate sticks and spindles and spiky clubs in the tentacle rachis; thorny
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clubs crowded and longitudinally arranged in the pinnules.
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF1BE5D67C4FDC3D" bold="true" box="[199,356,510,535]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Type species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFEB7E5D67FC8DC3D" box="[363,739,510,535]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Parerythropodium grandiflorum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA34B0A3E1CFFEDFD2BE5D679B1DC3D" author="Tixier-Durivault" box="[759,1178,510,535]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" refString="Tixier-Durivault, A. &amp; d'Hondt, M. - J. (1974) Les Octocoralliaires de la campagne Biacores. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 174, 1361 - 1433." type="journal article" year="1974">Tixier-Durivault &amp; d'Hondt, 1974</bibRefCitation>
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by designation and monotypy.
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=
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF01E66E7CF5DC75" box="[221,478,582,607]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela grandiflora</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF1BE6427C16DCA9" bold="true" box="[199,317,618,643]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Remarks:</emphasis>
Morphologically comparable genera include
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,
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and
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFB59E644782CDCA9" box="[1157,1287,620,643]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Briareopsis</emphasis>
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. Specimens of
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFE60E6A67F25DC8D" bold="true" box="[444,526,654,679]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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have been mistakenly identified as
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFC6CE6A6799DDC8D" box="[944,1206,654,679]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Anthothela grandiflora</emphasis>
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for over 150 years. Superficially the colonies are similar with a complex construction of both encrusting and branched forms, similar colour and habitat and comparable appearance of calyces and polyps.
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The main features of
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFD9DE6D27FB9DD39" bold="true" box="[577,658,762,787]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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which differ from those of
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are: preponderance of short, stout, warty rodlets in the cortex and calyx (
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specimens chiefly have tuberculate sticks and spindles); many thorny
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clubs in pinnules and tentacle rachis, few or no flat spatulate clubs (
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFB79E76A780BDD71" box="[1189,1312,834,859]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Anthothela</emphasis>
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specimens have many spatulate clubs and few or no
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clubs); crowded mixed sclerite forms on the polyp neck and tentacle rachis that include spiky clubs (
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFD81E7A27FF3DD89" box="[605,728,906,931]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Anthothela</emphasis>
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specimens have only sparse tuberculate sticks and spindles on the polyp neck and tentacle rachis).; colony robust, with a tendency for multiple branches to grow roughly perpendicular from a membrane with only minor secondary branching or anastomosing (
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specimens have many narrow, tangled, commonly anastomosing branches growing without any discernable organisation). The main features of
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which differ from those of
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are: thorny
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clubs in the tentacles (
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFED5E0177CBEDA7C" box="[265,405,1087,1110]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Victorgorgia</emphasis>
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has
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clubs which lack thorns and have only small, rounded tubercles); no central coelenteric canals in the medulla (
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFDF2E04C7F91DA51" box="[558,698,1124,1147]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Victorgorgia</emphasis>
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has clearly defined central coelenteric canals in the medulla); growth form not aborescent (
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFE3CE0AF7F46DAB4" box="[480,621,1159,1182]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Victorgorgia</emphasis>
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has arborescent colonies); sclerites present in the pharynx (
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFAD3E0AF78B0DAB4" box="[1295,1435,1159,1182]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Victorgorgia</emphasis>
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species lack pharynx sclerites).
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFE26E0827F59DAE9" box="[506,626,1194,1219]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela</emphasis>
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could be compared to
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFC1BE0847962DAE9" box="[967,1097,1196,1219]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Briareopsis</emphasis>
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due to a similarity of sclerites but
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF1EE0E77C6FDACC" box="[194,324,1231,1254]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Briareopsis</emphasis>
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has a distinct single main stem which then branches dichotomously, the cortex is divided into two layers (the inner layer is very spongy), the medulla and cortex are only poorly differentiated by boundary canals and the calyces are very low (
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).
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFE99E1127CBFDB79" bold="true" box="[325,404,1338,1363]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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actually appears to be relatively common in the
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, especially around
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and in the
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along the
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continental shelf (Scott
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, pers. comm.), and can form large and extensive colonies, however its true identity has remained overlooked due to the erroneous assumption it was
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.
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species of
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFC09E18E7908DB95" bold="true" box="[981,1059,1446,1471]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFBEDE18E78B0DB95" box="[1073,1435,1446,1471]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Parerythropodium grandiflorum</emphasis>
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(currently known as
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFCD4E1E27936DBC9" box="[776,1053,1482,1507]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Alcyonium grandiflorum</emphasis>
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) was described as a membranous colony, and more recently other membranous colonies were identified by
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&amp;
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(2006)
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as
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.
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is a possibility that many specimens from
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFC43E23A793CD801" box="[927,1047,1554,1579]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFBF9E23A7957D801" bold="true" box="[1061,1148,1554,1579]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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have been collected as membranous colonies only, presumably prior to the formation of branches with a medulla, and thus not associated with the
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.
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fact,
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&amp;
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(2006) describe a number of
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFBE9E2727986D859" box="[1077,1197,1626,1651]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Alcyonium</emphasis>
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species which are all membranous and have similar sclerites to
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFD5DE2567FD2D8BD" box="[641,761,1662,1687]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFCDFE2567E7FD8BD" bold="true" box="[771,852,1662,1687]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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.
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particular, some of the specimens have thorny
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clubs in the pinnules and tentacles as well as the short, stout, tuberculate rods and short clubs in the calyx and cortex.
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morphological and molecular characters of
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFC50E2EE792FD8F5" box="[908,1028,1734,1759]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFBD0E2EE7977D8F5" bold="true" box="[1036,1116,1734,1759]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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appear to be very similar to that of some nominal
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFE79E2C27F36D929" box="[421,541,1770,1795]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Alcyonium</emphasis>
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species, and these intricately entwined relationships are worthy of further investigation.
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The genus is placed tentatively in the family
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with the knowledge that the family as currently recognised (
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) is polyphyletic (
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), and the phylogenetic position of
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF4BE3527C24D9B9" box="[151,271,1914,1939]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFECAE3527C4DD9B9" bold="true" box="[278,358,1914,1939]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
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is entwined with some nominal
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<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFD04E3527E7BD9B9" box="[728,848,1914,1939]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Alcyonium</emphasis>
(Alcyoniidae)
</taxonomicName>
species. It is possible that
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1CFFEDFAF8E35278B7D9B9" ID-CoL="84QZS" authority="Moore &amp; Alderslade &amp; Miller, 2017" authorityName="Moore &amp; Alderslade &amp; Miller" authorityYear="2017" box="[1316,1436,1914,1939]" class="Anthozoa" family="Anthothelidae" genus="Lateothela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFAF8E35278B7D9B9" box="[1316,1436,1914,1939]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Lateothela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27557923E1CFFEDFF4BE3B67DCDD99D" box="[151,230,1950,1975]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFF4BE3B67DCDD99D" bold="true" box="[151,230,1950,1975]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. gen.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and some of these nominal
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1CFFEDFDFFE3B67FB0D99D" ID-CoL="87D6B" box="[547,667,1950,1975]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Alcyonium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFDFFE3B67FB0D99D" box="[547,667,1950,1975]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">Alcyonium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species form a family separate from
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1CFFEDFBE1E3B679F7D99D" ID-CoL="84JVS" authorityName="Broch" authorityYear="1916" box="[1085,1244,1950,1975]" class="Anthozoa" family="Anthothelidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="family">Anthothelidae</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1CFFEDFACFE3B678B7D99D" ID-CoL="84JV8" authorityName="Lamouroux" authorityYear="1812" box="[1299,1436,1950,1975]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="family">Alcyoniidae</taxonomicName>
but this decision requires a revision of both families. Given that
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1CFFEDFC4FE3EF791ED9F5" ID-CoL="5VGP2" authorityName="Moore &amp; Alderslade &amp; Miller" authorityYear="2017" baseAuthorityName="Moore &amp; Alderslade &amp; Miller" baseAuthorityYear="1856" box="[915,1077,1990,2015]" class="Anthozoa" family="Anthothelidae" genus="Anthothela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="93" pageNumber="94" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="grandiflora" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFC4FE3EF791ED9F5" box="[915,1077,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">L. grandiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27557923E1CFFEDFB9EE3EE7987D9F5" box="[1090,1196,1990,2015]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1CFFEDFB9EE3EE7987D9F5" bold="true" box="[1090,1196,1990,2015]" pageId="93" pageNumber="94">n. comb.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs significantly, morphologically and genetically, from the
<typeStatus id="548988593E1FFFEEFDA9E4B07F8EDE9A" box="[629,677,152,176]" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">type</typeStatus>
species of
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1FFFEEFCFFE4BF7EB0DE9A" ID-CoL="87D6B" box="[803,923,151,176]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Alcyonium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="94" pageNumber="95" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1FFFEEFCFFE4BF7EB0DE9A" box="[803,923,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">Alcyonium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1FFFEEFC70E4B0798EDE9A" ID-CoL="BL4S" authority="Linnaeus" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[940,1189,151,176]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" genus="Alcyonium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="94" pageNumber="95" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="digitatum">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1FFFEEFC70E4B0791CDE9A" box="[940,1079,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">A. digitatum</emphasis>
Linnaeus
</taxonomicName>
) it was thought that it is unlikely to be considered a true
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1FFFEEFDF6E4947F98DEFF" ID-CoL="84JV8" authorityName="Lamouroux" authorityYear="1812" box="[554,691,188,213]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="94" pageNumber="95" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="family">Alcyoniidae</taxonomicName>
and for the species to be placed in
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1FFFEEFB89E49479F5DEFF" ID-CoL="84JV8" authorityName="Lamouroux" authorityYear="1812" box="[1109,1246,188,213]" class="Anthozoa" family="Alcyoniidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="94" pageNumber="95" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="family">Alcyoniidae</taxonomicName>
would require a significant broadening of the diagnosis of the family. The gross morphological characterisitics, chiefly the scleraxonian axis and colony formation place the genus within the current definition of
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1FFFEEFBB7E52C7825DF37" ID-CoL="84JVS" authorityName="Broch" authorityYear="1916" box="[1131,1294,260,285]" class="Anthozoa" family="Anthothelidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="94" pageNumber="95" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="family">Anthothelidae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32865703E1FFFEEFF1BE50F7947DF4E" pageId="94" pageNumber="95" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8D36FB3E1FFFEEFF1BE50F7947DF4E" blockId="94.[151,1436,151,357]" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1FFFEEFF1BE50F7C7ADF6A" bold="true" box="[199,337,295,320]" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">Etymology:</emphasis>
The new generic name is derived from the Latin,
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1FFFEEFC52E50F7EEDDF6A" box="[910,966,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">lateo</emphasis>
(to lurk, lie hidden or escape notice) and
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1FFFEEFF4BE5647DE4DF4F" box="[151,207,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">thela</emphasis>
in recognition that the genus has long been mistaken for specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C324D783E1FFFEEFC36E564794EDF4F" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1879" box="[1002,1125,332,357]" class="Anthozoa" family="Anthothelidae" genus="Anthothela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="94" pageNumber="95" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B946EAE93E1FFFEEFC36E564794EDF4F" box="[1002,1125,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="94" pageNumber="95">Anthothela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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