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: MSNMCoe369,
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sp.
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, same collecting data as for the holotype, GenBank: OR872065 OR872068 (16S), OR872011 (18S).
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC3FFB6FF4DFCF62E2DFCB1" bold="true" box="[199,337,777,803]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description</emphasis>
. Colonies living in anfractuosities of scleractinian corals (
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), where they form a continuous belt along the lateral walls (but not the bottom of the cavities), partly embedded among sand grains, detritus,filamentous algae and diatoms (
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); stems erect, monosiphonic, either unbranched (
<figureCitation id="1337FBFFFFC3FFB6FB8DFCAD2B0EFCFE" box="[1031,1138,850,876]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1755,1779]" captionTargetBox="[155,1428,188,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-22@16.[151,1435,181,1732]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 13. Nemalecium caeruleus, sp. nov. A. Distal portion of a stem with two hydranths. BH, MR. Various stems, to show mode of branching, and counterparts of Nemalecium sp. (IL). SU. Detailed view of the mode of branching and hydrothecae. From specimens MSNMCoe367 (BG), additional unregistered colonies (A, MU), and MSNMCoe369 (IL). Scale bars: SU = 200 µm; AR = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10842960" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10842960/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 13M</figureCitation>
) or sympodially-branched (
<figureCitation id="1337FBFFFFC3FFB6FF15FC892E16FC02" box="[159,362,886,912]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1755,1779]" captionTargetBox="[155,1428,188,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-22@16.[151,1435,181,1732]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 13. Nemalecium caeruleus, sp. nov. A. Distal portion of a stem with two hydranths. BH, MR. Various stems, to show mode of branching, and counterparts of Nemalecium sp. (IL). SU. Detailed view of the mode of branching and hydrothecae. From specimens MSNMCoe367 (BG), additional unregistered colonies (A, MU), and MSNMCoe369 (IL). Scale bars: SU = 200 µm; AR = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10842960" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10842960/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 13BH, NR</figureCitation>
), up to
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high, borne on short apophyses of a creeping, branching hydrorhiza firmly adhering to the substrate; composed of fairly long hydrophores, often with 13 intervening, proximal athecate internodes with slight bulges at both ends (
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), nodes straight; a hydrotheca on distal part of the hydrophore; one (
<figureCitation id="1337FBFFFFC3FFB6FF5AFC1D2EC4FC6E" box="[208,440,994,1020]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1755,1779]" captionTargetBox="[155,1428,188,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-22@16.[151,1435,181,1732]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 13. Nemalecium caeruleus, sp. nov. A. Distal portion of a stem with two hydranths. BH, MR. Various stems, to show mode of branching, and counterparts of Nemalecium sp. (IL). SU. Detailed view of the mode of branching and hydrothecae. From specimens MSNMCoe367 (BG), additional unregistered colonies (A, MU), and MSNMCoe369 (IL). Scale bars: SU = 200 µm; AR = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10842960" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10842960/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 13CF, H, N, O</figureCitation>
) or a pair (
<figureCitation id="1337FBFFFFC3FFB6FDBDFC1D2D82FC6E" box="[567,766,994,1020]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1755,1779]" captionTargetBox="[155,1428,188,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-22@16.[151,1435,181,1732]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 13. Nemalecium caeruleus, sp. nov. A. Distal portion of a stem with two hydranths. BH, MR. Various stems, to show mode of branching, and counterparts of Nemalecium sp. (IL). SU. Detailed view of the mode of branching and hydrothecae. From specimens MSNMCoe367 (BG), additional unregistered colonies (A, MU), and MSNMCoe369 (IL). Scale bars: SU = 200 µm; AR = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10842960" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10842960/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 13B, G, PR</figureCitation>
) of 75125 µm long apophyses are given off laterally from below the hydrothecal base, each bearing a hydrophore of varied length, ending distally into a hydrotheca; an intervening athecate internode may be occasionally present between the apophysis and the hydrophore (
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); subsequent branching pattern similar throughout the colony, with up to 5
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order branches formed, giving rise to cymose colonies (
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC3FFB6FE30FB8C2E9FFB1E" box="[442,483,1139,1164]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">e.g.</emphasis>
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), composed of up to a dozen polyps; hydrophores 155425 µm long, intervening athecate internodes 230380 µm long, diameter at nodes 7090 µm. Hydrothecae (
<figureCitation id="1337FBFFFFC3FFB6FA85FB692AE8FB22" box="[1295,1428,1174,1200]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1755,1779]" captionTargetBox="[155,1428,188,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-22@16.[151,1435,181,1732]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 13. Nemalecium caeruleus, sp. nov. A. Distal portion of a stem with two hydranths. BH, MR. Various stems, to show mode of branching, and counterparts of Nemalecium sp. (IL). SU. Detailed view of the mode of branching and hydrothecae. From specimens MSNMCoe367 (BG), additional unregistered colonies (A, MU), and MSNMCoe369 (IL). Scale bars: SU = 200 µm; AR = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10842960" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10842960/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 13SU</figureCitation>
) moderately deep (5565 µm high), with circular, 170200 µm wide apertures, walls slightly diverging distally from a 125140 µm wide, transversely-set, thin diaphragm (topped by a belt of large, ovoid desmocytes), rim smooth, sometimes inwardly-curved; rare renovations could be noted, with the secondary hydrothecae borne on fairy long hydrophores (
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). Hydranths (
<figureCitation id="1337FBFFFFC3FFB6FDD9FAD92DC5FAD2" box="[595,697,1318,1344]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1755,1779]" captionTargetBox="[155,1428,188,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-22@16.[151,1435,181,1732]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 13. Nemalecium caeruleus, sp. nov. A. Distal portion of a stem with two hydranths. BH, MR. Various stems, to show mode of branching, and counterparts of Nemalecium sp. (IL). SU. Detailed view of the mode of branching and hydrothecae. From specimens MSNMCoe367 (BG), additional unregistered colonies (A, MU), and MSNMCoe369 (IL). Scale bars: SU = 200 µm; AR = 500 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10842960" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10842960/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 13A</figureCitation>
) highly extensible, up to
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long, composed proximally of an exceedingly long, slender, tubular, non-digestive portion (containing large, vacuolated cells), and distally of a short, globular, digestive part (filled with gland cells) bearing apically a conical hypostome, encircled by a whorl of 2225 filiform, amphicoronate tentacles, among which occur 12 scorpioid nematodactyls; tentacle bases with adjacent clusters of gland cells, appearing visually as refringent patches; when a couple of nematodactyls is present, they are set at an angle of 80120° between each other with respect to the perimeter of the hypostome; non-digestive and digestive parts of the hydranth separated by a narrow constriction, allowing the head to move freely in all directions. Gonothecae not seen.
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Cnidome (
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): pseudostenoteles [(23.828.9) × (10.011.0) µm], banana-shaped microbasic mastigophores [(5.86.2) × (1.51.7) µm], large, ovoid microbasic heteronemes [(7.67.9) × (2.73.1) µm], and small, ovoid microbasic heteronemes [(5.25.5) × (2.42.6) µm].
</paragraph>
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Color in life (
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): the hydranth column is, for most of its length, translucent, except for its lumen and distalmost part that are white; the apical, digestive region is translucent, the tentacles have a distinctive fluorescent bluish tinge, while the hypostome and nematodactyls are milky white.
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<footnote id="E817FB74FFC3FFB6FF1DF8782B11F869" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFC3FFB6FF1DF8782B11F869" blockId="14.[151,1437,1927,2043]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
3 The
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species of the genus,
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC3FFB6FE75F8772D2EF80D" box="[511,594,1927,1951]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">N. lighti</emphasis>
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, was formerly described as belonging to the genus
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC3FFB6FBD1F8782BC1F80D" box="[1115,1213,1927,1951]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Halecium</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC3FFB6FB40F8782A2DF80D" author="Hargitt, C. W." box="[1226,1361,1927,1951]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" pagination="467 - 507" refId="ref29578" refString="Hargitt, C. W. (1924) Hydroids of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Science, 24 (4), 467 - 507." type="journal article" year="1924">Hargitt 1924</bibRefCitation>
)
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. Later,
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erected the genus
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC3FFB6FDA2F8592DDBF82C" box="[552,679,1958,1982]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Nemalecium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to accommodate the species, nevertheless still considering it as part of the family
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. However, subsequent molecular analyses (
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Maronna
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC3FFB6FC2AF83A2CA8F84E" box="[928,980,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">et al.</emphasis>
2016
</bibRefCitation>
) revealed that this genus is not closely related to the
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and is currently
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC3FFB6FDE2F81B2D89F869" box="[616,757,2019,2043]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">incertae sedis</emphasis>
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, pending further molecular analyses.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FF1DFD932E6BFD16" bold="true" box="[151,279,620,644]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">FIGURE 12</emphasis>
.
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,
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,
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FDE7FD922DD6FD16" box="[621,682,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">in situ</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FD3FFD932DBBFD16" bold="true" box="[693,711,620,644]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A</emphasis>
. Whole colony in coral crevice.
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FB8CFD932B48FD16" bold="true" box="[1030,1076,620,644]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">B, C</emphasis>
. Colony details, showing individual polyps and their colors in life. Photo in A taken by J-M. Bertot.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FF4DFD042E48FC87" bold="true" box="[199,308,763,789]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks</emphasis>
. The new species is immediately distinguished from its two congeners [
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FBE9FD042BFEFC86" box="[1123,1154,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">viz</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FB1AFD042B90FC86" box="[1168,1260,762,788]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. lighti</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FB76FD052AE8FC87" author="Hargitt, C. W." box="[1276,1428,762,789]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="467 - 507" refId="ref29578" refString="Hargitt, C. W. (1924) Hydroids of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Science, 24 (4), 467 - 507." type="journal article" year="1924">Hargitt, 1924</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FF4DFCE02E4BFCAA" box="[199,311,798,824]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. gracile</emphasis>
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Galea
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FE0DFCE02EC4FCAA" box="[391,440,798,824]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
., 2012
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</taxonomicName>
] both ecologically and morphologically. Unlike them, it lives exclusively in coral anfractuosities, forming minute, sympodial stems, able to find shelter in such small cavities. Additionally, it forms a well-supported monophyletic clade, well separated from specimens of
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FC49FC982B62FC12" box="[963,1054,870,896]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. lighti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from multiple localities (
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). However, genetic divergence exists also between
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FD34FC742C37FC36" box="[702,843,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24B8613FFC2FFB7FCDBFC742CD5FC37" box="[849,937,907,933]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and other morphologically indistinguishable specimens identified as
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FE29FC512D53FC5A" box="[419,559,942,968]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Nemalecium</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
in this study and in
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FCB3FC512B5DFC5B" author="Boissin, E. &amp; Hoareau, T. B. &amp; Postaire, B. &amp; Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Bourmaud, C. A. F." box="[825,1057,942,969]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="2104 - 2117" refId="ref26525" refString="Boissin, E., Hoareau, T. B., Postaire, B. Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Bourmaud, C. A. F. (2018) Cryptic diversity, low connectivity and suspected human-mediated dispersal among 17 widespread Indo-Pacific hydroid species of the south-western Indian Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (9), 2104 - 2117. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 13388" type="journal article" year="2018">
Boissin
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FC1EFC502CBAFC5A" box="[916,966,942,968]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. (2018)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFC2FFB7FF4DFC2D2C92FAEB" blockId="15.[151,1437,762,1761]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
The present material matches the typical ecology and distinctive “white blue opalescent coloration of the top of the hydranths”, documented by
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FE70FC092CD7FB82" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Mioche, D." box="[506,939,1014,1041]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="165 - 181" refId="ref29530" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Mioche, D. (1996) Annual survey of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) cohabiting in shrimp-crevices of a reef flat of La Reunion (Indian Ocean). Scientia Marina, 60 (1), 165 - 181." type="journal article" year="1996">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Mioche (1996: 169)</bibRefCitation>
in specimens from
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.
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FAB4FC092ED1FBA7" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E." pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="207 - 213" refId="ref29469" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E. (2000) Gonangium development and medusoid of Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae). Scientia Marina, 64 (Supplement 1), 207 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2000.64 s 1207" type="journal article" year="2000">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Migotto (2000</bibRefCitation>
, as
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FE5EFBE42D53FBA6" box="[468,559,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. lighti</emphasis>
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) discussed its reproduction, although based on mixed specimens of this species with Brazilian counterparts of
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FE64FBC02D36FBCA" box="[494,586,1086,1112]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. lighti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The authors appear not to have undertaken a morphological comparison of the colonies from the two localities
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, although a thorough description of
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FC48FB9C2B62FBEE" box="[962,1054,1122,1148]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. lighti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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was published earlier (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FF15FB792E15FB32" author="Migotto, A. E." box="[159,361,1158,1184]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="1 - 125" refId="ref31131" refString="Migotto, A. E. (1996) Benthic shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the coast of Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, including a checklist of Brazilian hydroids. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 306, 1 - 125." type="journal article" year="1996">Migotto 1996: 36</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 7HI). Differences in the “shape and size of the corpuscles” of the medusoid were noted, and it was concluded that “we are not dealing with one widespread or nearly circumtropical species, but rather with two or more sibling species” (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FE60FB312CE4FB7B" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E." box="[490,920,1230,1257]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="207 - 213" refId="ref29469" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E. (2000) Gonangium development and medusoid of Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae). Scientia Marina, 64 (Supplement 1), 207 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2000.64 s 1207" type="journal article" year="2000">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Migotto 2000: 213</bibRefCitation>
). Moreover, there could be additional, though unstated, differences between their material and specimens of
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FCEBFB0C2CC3FA9E" box="[865,959,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. lighti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described by
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FBEBFB0D2A6BFA9E" author="Bouillon, J." box="[1121,1303,1266,1292]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="71 - 80" refId="ref26676" refString="Bouillon, J. (1986) Nemalecium gen. nov., genre nouveau de Haleciidae (Thecata-Leptomedusae, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Indo- Malayan Zoology, 3 (1), 71 - 80." type="journal article" year="1986">Bouillon (1986)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FAD8FB0D2F9EFAA3" author="Calder, D. R." pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="1 - 140" refId="ref26879" refString="Calder, D. R. (1991) Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions, 154, 1 - 140. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1352274" type="journal article" year="1991">Calder (1991)</bibRefCitation>
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, and the authors decided not to name the species “until thoroughly morphological comparisons are not [
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FAFEFAE82AEFFAA2" box="[1396,1427,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">sic</emphasis>
] undertaken” (
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). The present material from Bali allowed us to characterize the hydroid morphologically and genetically, and to assign to it a specific name.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFC2FFB7FF4DFA7D2CB8F972" blockId="15.[151,1437,762,1761]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
Fertile colonies were found during the warm season (from November to February) of the southern hemisphere (
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), and they were either mono- or dioecious (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FBADFA592FB9FA77" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E." pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="207 - 213" refId="ref29469" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E. (2000) Gonangium development and medusoid of Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae). Scientia Marina, 64 (Supplement 1), 207 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2000.64 s 1207" type="journal article" year="2000">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Migotto 2000: 208</bibRefCitation>
). The gonothecae are reportedly borne on both the hydrorhiza and stem internodes, and are broadly conical (with smooth to slightly undulated walls), tapering basally, distally being wide and truncate
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. The gonophore is a medusoid; the males are ovoid, while the females are almost rounded; the origin of the manubrium is slightly eccentrically-placed, and it does not open distally into a mouth, being encircled by a compact mass of gametes occupying the whole subumbrellar cavity; there are no canal system and sense organs, except for a belt of refringent corpuscles around the aperture, the latter being closed by a velum. The gonophores are released at dawn, or when the colonies are left in the dark. Unfortunately,
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FDF6F95D2C86F92F" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E." box="[636,1018,1698,1725]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="207 - 213" refId="ref29469" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E. (2000) Gonangium development and medusoid of Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae). Scientia Marina, 64 (Supplement 1), 207 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2000.64 s 1207" type="journal article" year="2000">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Migotto (2000)</bibRefCitation>
did not state whether the illustrations provided in their fig. 2 represent French or Brazilian specimens, or both.
</paragraph>
<footnote id="E817FB74FFC2FFB7FF1DF8972B1EF869" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFC2FFB7FF1DF8972D73F82C" blockId="15.[151,1436,1896,2043]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
4 “[…] material from different localities should be morphologically compared, taking into account the whole characters of the skeleton and of the coenosarc (hydranth, gonangium, medusoid), and a detailed study of the nematocysts” [
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FACEF8782D79F82C" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E." pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="207 - 213" refId="ref29469" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E. (2000) Gonangium development and medusoid of Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae). Scientia Marina, 64 (Supplement 1), 207 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2000.64 s 1207" type="journal article" year="2000">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Migotto (2000: 213)</bibRefCitation>
].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFC2FFB7FF1DF83B2A75F84E" blockId="15.[151,1436,1896,2043]" box="[151,1289,1988,2012]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
5
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FF4DF83B2ED0F84E" author="Galea, H. R. &amp; Ferry, R. &amp; Bertot, J. M." box="[199,428,1988,2012]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="43 - 54" refId="ref28847" refString="Galea, H. R., Ferry, R. &amp; Bertot, J. M. (2012) Medusoids in the life cycle of Dentitheca dendritica (Nutting, 1900) and Nemalecium gracile sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Zootaxa, 3527, 43 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3527.1.3" type="journal article" year="2012">
Galea
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FE83F83A2E49F84E" box="[265,309,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">et al</emphasis>
. (2012: 48)
</bibRefCitation>
expressed the view that
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFC2FFB7FD2CF83B2C39F84E" author="Calder, D. R." box="[678,837,1988,2012]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="1 - 140" refId="ref26879" refString="Calder, D. R. (1991) Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions, 154, 1 - 140. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1352274" type="journal article" year="1991">Calders (1991)</bibRefCitation>
material is conspecific with their
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFC2FFB7FB17F83A2A7FF84E" box="[1181,1283,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">N. gracile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFC2FFB7FF1DF81C2B1EF869" blockId="15.[151,1436,1896,2043]" box="[151,1122,2019,2043]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">6 It is unclear whether this description was based on merged observations of the two species.</paragraph>
</footnote>
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDDFFA8FF1DF9242E60F966" bold="true" box="[151,284,1755,1780]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">FIGURE 13</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDDFFA8FEA6F9232D69F966" box="[300,533,1756,1780]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Nemalecium caeruleus</emphasis>
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,
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A
</emphasis>
. Distal portion of a stem with two hydranths.
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDDFFA8FBF5F9232B8BF966" bold="true" box="[1151,1271,1756,1780]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">BH, MR</emphasis>
. Various stems, to show mode of branching, and counterparts of
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDDFFA8FD10F8FF2C65F88A" box="[666,793,1792,1816]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Nemalecium</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
(IL).
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDDFFA8FC07F9002CC6F885" bold="true" box="[909,954,1791,1815]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">SU</emphasis>
. Detailed view of the mode of branching and hydrothecae. From specimens MSNMCoe367 (BG), additional unregistered colonies (A, MU), and MSNMCoe369 (IL). Scale bars: SU = 200 µm; AR = 500 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFDCFFA9FF1DFDF12B16FDD9" blockId="17.[151,1436,526,587]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FF1DFDF12E65FDB4" bold="true" box="[151,281,526,550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 14</emphasis>
. Cnidome of
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FE29FDF12DF5FDB4" box="[419,649,526,550]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Nemalecium caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FD1CFDF12D83FDB4" bold="true" box="[662,767,526,550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24B8613FFDCFFA9FD1CFDF12D9AFDB4" box="[662,742,526,550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
A
</emphasis>
. Pseudostenotele.
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FC31FDF12CB0FDB4" bold="true" box="[955,972,526,550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">B</emphasis>
. Banana-shaped microbasic mastigophore.
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FA0EFDF12AEAFDB4" bold="true" box="[1412,1430,526,550]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C</emphasis>
. Large, ovoid microbasic heteroneme.
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FD9DFDCD2D55FDD8" bold="true" box="[535,553,562,586]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">D</emphasis>
. Small, ovoid microbasic heteroneme. Scale bar: 10 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFDCFFA9FF4DFD622C25FCB1" blockId="17.[151,1437,668,1091]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
In colonies from
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FE1BFD632D3DFD24" box="[401,577,668,694]" name="Reunion Island" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Reunion Island</collectingCountry>
, the hydroid coexisted with unidentified species of
<taxonomicName id="4C0C9CF9FFDCFFA9FB10FD632A64FD24" authorityName="Agassiz" authorityYear="1862" box="[1178,1304,668,694]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Oceaniidae" genus="Rhizogeton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anthoathecata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FB10FD632A64FD24" box="[1178,1304,668,694]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Rhizogeton</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0C9CF9FFDCFFA9FADFFD622AE1FD25" authorityName="Lesson" authorityYear="1843" box="[1365,1437,669,695]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Corynidae" genus="Sarsia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anthoathecata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FADFFD622AE1FD25" box="[1365,1437,669,695]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Sarsia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
“either at the same time or alternately” (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFDCFFA9FDEAFD3F2CADFD48" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Mioche, D." box="[608,977,704,731]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="165 - 181" refId="ref29530" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Mioche, D. (1996) Annual survey of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) cohabiting in shrimp-crevices of a reef flat of La Reunion (Indian Ocean). Scientia Marina, 60 (1), 165 - 181." type="journal article" year="1996">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Mioche 1996</bibRefCitation>
), although only a few sterile polyps of a corynid were noted to occur among the colonies from Bali. No propagulae were observed
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FB17FD1A2B9FFD6C" box="[1181,1251,741,766]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">in situ</emphasis>
so far, although they were produced
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FEF1FCF62EB0FCB0" box="[379,460,777,802]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">in vitro</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFDCFFA9FE50FCF72C31FCB1" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E." box="[474,845,776,803]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="207 - 213" refId="ref29469" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E. (2000) Gonangium development and medusoid of Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae). Scientia Marina, 64 (Supplement 1), 207 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2000.64 s 1207" type="journal article" year="2000">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Migotto 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C316B4F1FFDCFFA9FF4DFCD22B96FCD4" box="[199,1258,812,839]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFDCFFA9FF4DFCD22B96FCD4" blockId="17.[151,1437,668,1091]" box="[199,1258,812,839]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FF4DFCD22E34FCD5" bold="true" box="[199,328,813,839]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Etymology</emphasis>
. From the Latin
<taxonomicName id="4C0C9CF9FFDCFFA9FD8FFCD32D16FCD4" authorityName="Galea &amp; Maggioni" authorityYear="2024" box="[517,618,812,838]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Haleciidae" genus="Nemalecium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Leptothecata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="caeruleus">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FD8FFCD32D16FCD4" box="[517,618,812,838]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">caerŭlĕus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FDF2FCD22DF3FCD4" box="[632,655,813,838]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">-a</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FD14FCD22DB5FCD4" box="[670,713,813,838]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">-um</emphasis>
, meaning (sky) blue, to describe its color in life.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C316B4F1FFDCFFA9FF4DFCAF2A63FBD0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BB3E77AFFDCFFA9FF4DFCAF2A63FBD0" blockId="17.[151,1437,668,1091]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FF4DFCAF2E25FCF8" bold="true" box="[199,345,848,874]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Distribution</emphasis>
. Based on ecological preferences and visual appearance, the hydroid is scientifically documented from
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FF59FC8B2E07FC1C" box="[211,379,884,910]" name="Reunion Island" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Reunion Island</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFDCFFA9FE03FC8B2D8DFC1C" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Mioche, D." box="[393,753,884,911]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="165 - 181" refId="ref29530" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Mioche, D. (1996) Annual survey of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) cohabiting in shrimp-crevices of a reef flat of La Reunion (Indian Ocean). Scientia Marina, 60 (1), 165 - 181." type="journal article" year="1996">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Mioche 1996</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFDCFFA9FD71FC8B2B1BFC1D" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E." box="[763,1127,884,911]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="207 - 213" refId="ref29469" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Migotto, A. E. (2000) Gonangium development and medusoid of Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae). Scientia Marina, 64 (Supplement 1), 207 - 213. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2000.64 s 1207" type="journal article" year="2000">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Migotto 2000</bibRefCitation>
; both as
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<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FB4EFC8A2A62FC1C" box="[1220,1310,884,910]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">N. lighti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FABEFC8B2AE0FC1C" box="[1332,1436,884,910]" name="Maldives" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Maldives</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFDCFFA9FF15FC672D5AFC21" author="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Bourmaud, C. A. F." box="[159,550,920,947]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="85 - 124" refId="ref29423" refString="Gravier-Bonnet, N. &amp; Bourmaud, C. A. F. (2012) Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of Baa Atoll (Indian Ocean, Maldives Archipelago). Atoll Research Bulletin, 590 (4), 85 - 124." type="journal article" year="2012">Gravier-Bonnet &amp; Bourmaud 2012</bibRefCitation>
, as
<taxonomicName id="4C0C9CF9FFDCFFA9FDC6FC672C72FC21" box="[588,782,920,947]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Haleciidae" genus="Nemalecium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Leptothecata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="undefined-1">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FDC6FC672DA4FC20" box="[588,728,920,946]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Nemalecium</emphasis>
sp. 1
</taxonomicName>
) and
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FCC6FC672CC5FC20" box="[844,953,920,946]" name="Indonesia" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9D9A8BFFDCFFA9FC4CFC672BC2FC21" author="Di Camillo, C. G. &amp; Bavestrello, G. &amp; Valisano, L. &amp; Puce, S." box="[966,1214,920,947]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="1589 - 1599" refId="ref27801" refString="Di Camillo, C. G., Bavestrello, G., Valisano, L. &amp; Puce, S. (2008) Spatial and temporal distribution in a tropical hydroid assemblage. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88 (8), 1589 - 1599. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315408002981" type="journal article" year="2008">
Di Camillo
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FBC2FC662B0BFC20" box="[1096,1143,920,946]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
</bibRefCitation>
, as
<taxonomicName id="4C0C9CF9FFDCFFA9FB69FC672AEBFC21" box="[1251,1431,920,947]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Haleciidae" genus="Nemalecium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Leptothecata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FB69FC672A13FC20" box="[1251,1391,920,946]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Nemalecium</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
; present study). However, at present, only the material from
<collectingRegion id="49C82998FFDCFFA9FCA0FC432C25FC44" box="[810,857,956,982]" country="Indonesia" name="Bali" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Bali</collectingRegion>
can be unambiguously assigned to
<taxonomicName id="4C0C9CF9FFDCFFA9FB6BFC422A12FC44" authorityName="Galea &amp; Maggioni" authorityYear="2024" box="[1249,1390,956,982]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Haleciidae" genus="Nemalecium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Leptothecata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="caeruleus">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FB6BFC422A12FC44" box="[1249,1390,956,982]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">N. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other distributional records should be confirmed through molecular analyses. Additionally, photographic evidence from iNaturalist.org shows similar specimens (mainly identified as
<taxonomicName id="4C0C9CF9FFDCFFA9FC0DFBFB2B46FB8D" box="[903,1082,1028,1055]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Haleciidae" genus="Nemalecium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Leptothecata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B9783B68FFDCFFA9FC0DFBFB2B6FFB8C" box="[903,1043,1028,1054]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Nemalecium</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
) from
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FB0CFBFB2BBEFB8C" box="[1158,1218,1028,1054]" name="India" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">India</collectingCountry>
, Christmas Islands,
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FF1DFBD72F90FBD0" box="[151,236,1064,1090]" name="Taiwan" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
, southern
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FED5FBD62EDEFBD1" box="[351,418,1065,1091]" name="Japan" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Japan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FE26FBD62D20FBD0" box="[428,604,1064,1091]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F31BA7EAFFDCFFA9FDE2FBD72DF3FBD0" box="[616,655,1064,1090]" name="Fiji" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Fiji</collectingCountry>
and Hawaii, whose specific identities need to be assessed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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