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EL,
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB8A166FF66DDA2112BF975" bold="true" box="[151,276,1683,1705]" pageId="6" pageNumber="157">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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(A) live, centrodorsal concealed with ten arms exposed from coral, photographed at night; (B) well-developed rounded pentagonal centrodorsal with one row of cirri; (C) combs with&gt;20 tall, narrow, triangular teeth confluent with the outer edge of pinnule, non-tapering. (D)
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exposed on coral following removal from under loose coral rubble, with diagnostic red color and&gt;10 arms, curling. (EF)
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(E) specimen 2, entire animal showing&gt;20 arms and numerous cirri; (F) specimen 1, well-developed circular centrodorsal with two rows of cirri; arrows indicate syzygies. (GL)
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nigra—
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(GJ) live, semicryptic on coral reef, showing various color morphs; (K) well-developed circular centrodorsal with one row of cirri; arrows indicate syzygies; (L) combs with triangular teeth, confluent with interior side of pinnule, diminishing distally to a blunt tip. Raja Ampat, Indonesia: A. not vouchered; C. SIO-BIC E6166. Palau: B. CRECH 236; K. SIO-BIC E5875; L. SIO-BIC E6265. Madang, Papua New Guinea: D. MNHN-IE-2013-8123. G. MNHN-IE-2013-8179; I. MNHN-IE-2013-8103; MNHN-IE-2013-8064. Challenger Station 174, near Kandavu, Fiji: EF. NHM 88.11.9.104, type specimens 1 and 2. Timor: H. AM J.25420.
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB9A167FF66DC25112AF8F4" bold="true" box="[151,277,1812,1834]" pageId="7" pageNumber="158">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Maximum likelihood tree of
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inferred from COI. Symbols near nodes refer to bootstrap (BS) and jackknife (JK) support scores, for maximum likelihood (ML) and maximum parsimony (MP) analyses, respectively. An asterisk indicates nodes with&gt;90% bootstrap and jackknife support. Other scores are represented BS/JK. A hyphen is given for nodes not recovered in MP analyses. Previous morphological identifications in brackets. Taxa labeled as: location - Genbank accession number. Location abbreviations
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Great Barrier Reef, Australia (GBR); Madang, Papua New Guinea (PNG); Raja Ampat, Indonesia (Raja); Rowley Shoals, Western Australia (WA). New COI sequences: Genbank
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FF36DBA611DAFF6D" bold="true" box="[199,485,151,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Other included taxa (1).</emphasis>
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Mouth excentric in fully developed individuals; centrodorsal well-developed, circular, and with cirri (
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F, K); IBr2 series united by synarthry; first syzygy at 3+4 on arms arising from IBr; IIBr and beyond of two ossicles; arms arising from IIBr and beyond with first syzygy at 1+2 and/or 3+4 (
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F, K); distal intersyzygial interval 4; distalmost pinnule comb on P6; comb teeth triangular, confluent with interior side of pinnule, reduced in size distally, and tapering to blunt tip (
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L).
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FF36DA5E115FFE55" bold="true" box="[199,352,367,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Distribution.</emphasis>
Tropical Indo-western Pacific from Abrolhos Is, WA, to Lady Elliott I., QLD,
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, east to
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and
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, west to
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, and north to Ogasawara (Bonin) Is. and
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,
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, including
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Atoll and
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(
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Chen
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1988
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, AH
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,
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;
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,
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,
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). Depth range: low intertidal to 32 (perhaps 73) m.
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list a maximum depth of
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for
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, but this may be an error for the
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maximum given by AH
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. Depths greater than ~
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attributed to
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by AH
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are for species no longer included in the genus:
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FF66D9791195FDBD" box="[151,426,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Palaeocomatella decora</emphasis>
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and “
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FE1DD979126BFD82" box="[492,596,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Comissia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FD99D97912D1FDBD" box="[616,750,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">brachycirra</emphasis>
(Messing 2001).
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FF36D95D1194FD58" bold="true" box="[199,427,620,645]" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Molecular results.</emphasis>
Specimens identified as
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formed reciprocally monophyletic groups in both the parsimony and likelihood analyses (
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), with a minimum of 5.3% uncorrected
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distance between the taxa.
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, specimens identified as
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from Lizard
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,
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, showed an even greater
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specific divergence, with up to 6.3% uncorrected
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distance (n=13); this taxon may thus represent at least two different species (=
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and
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FC57D9CD145EFCC9" box="[934,1121,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Comatella nigra</emphasis>
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B in
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).
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of
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B are minimally 4.9% divergent from remaining specimens of
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with an
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divergence of less than 0.20%.
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remaining
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terminals were up to 4.8% divergent from one another, and may also represent multiple species.
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is
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(
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:
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R114); no specimens were sequenced from this region, and we have so far found no clear way to split the group into separate species on either molecular or morphological evidence. The
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locality of
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FBA6D88114DEFC15" box="[1111,1249,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. maculata</emphasis>
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(
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- 103
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) (see below) is
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, between
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, Australia, and Papua New Guinea;
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that of
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FA73D8E5113EFBCD" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. stelligera</emphasis>
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(
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-104
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) is
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.
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FF36DF2D1104FBE8" bold="true" box="[199,315,1052,1077]" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FEB4DF2D1185FBE9" box="[325,442,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Comatella</emphasis>
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differs from all other Pacific comatulids in having comb teeth along the edge of the pinnule closest to the arm (a homoplastic trait shared with western Atlantic
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)
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(
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L).
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FAD6DF7115A3FB85" box="[1319,1436,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Comatella</emphasis>
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previously included three species that appeared to represent an ontogenetic series based on size.
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synonymized the smallest,
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FE26DFB9125AFB7D" box="[471,613,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. maculata</emphasis>
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, with the next largest,
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FC73DFB9142DFB7D" box="[898,1042,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. stelligera</emphasis>
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. This synonymy is supported by sequencing of specimens herein. Specimens morphologically assigned to
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FC2ADF9D1459FB19" box="[987,1126,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. maculata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FB6FDF9D1514FB19" box="[1182,1323,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. stelligera</emphasis>
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were less than 0.08% divergent in COI (uncorrected distance). Molecular results also differentiate
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FB51DFE11511FB35" box="[1184,1326,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. stelligera</emphasis>
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from the largest species,
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FEBEDFC5118EFAD1" box="[335,433,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. nigra</emphasis>
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. In addition to size and molecular data,
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FC62DFC513CBFAD1" box="[915,1012,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. nigra</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FB64DFC5151BFAD1" box="[1173,1316,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. stelligera</emphasis>
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in having asymmetric axils on IIBr and following brachitaxes that produce twisted rays, visible in both juvenile and adults. In
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FF66DE0D111EFA89" box="[151,289,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. stelligera</emphasis>
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, all arms radiate in a single plane.
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During the day,
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FE8FDE5111CCFAA5" box="[382,499,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Comatella</emphasis>
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species on reefs are cryptic and curled up beneath coral slabs, rubble or ledges, or deep within branching coral colonies (
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GJ). Arms, especially of large specimens in deeper water (&gt;
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), may extend from crevices or under corals with pinnules arranged in a multidirectional, or tetrad, posture (i.e., successive pinnules offset so that they form four rows along an arm) (
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). At night, individuals may be completely exposed on coral heads or among dead or living coral branches, or only the arms may be visible. However, on the Great Barrier Reef on expanses of sediment in
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,
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Messing
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(2006
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:165) found
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FF10DD091100F992" box="[225,319,1592,1615]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">C. nigra</emphasis>
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“exposed, clinging to the downcurrent side of algae (e.g.,
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<emphasis id="B943B274FFB6A168FC2EDD091471F98D" box="[991,1102,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="159">Halimeda</emphasis>
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sp.) with some arms lying at least partly against the sediment. Under unidirectional flow, it forms a multilayered arcuate fan with successive pinnules slightly offset. Under reduced flow, the arms form an irregular meridional array.”
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For specimens herein referred to as
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,
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we observed two discrepancies relative to previous descriptions: IIIBr sometimes united by syzygy rather than by synarthry only, and 1+2 or 3+4 on undivided arms, rather than 1+2 and 3+4.
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