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. They are densely growing on thin branched algal material which easily fragments (
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). Some of the colonies are connected by their thin spreading membrane, and therefore it is not practical to separate a single colony as a
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. The small size of the
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is also reflected by the fact that each comprises only 412 polyps (
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). The polyps are expanded and their body measures up to
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. The tentacles are approximately
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long and feature one row of 79 pinnules on either side. The pinnules are slender and pointed, up to
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long.
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The sclerites of the
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are ellipsoid platelets, highly abundant throughout the colony, measuring
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x
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in diameter (
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). They are composed of calcite rods whose tips mostly provide a granular appearance to the sclerite surface (
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).
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<emphasis id="4182E431FFD5FFA7FF5CFD933F7FD2A8" bold="true" box="[199,272,618,644]" pageId="11" pageNumber="335">Color.</emphasis>
The ethanol-preserved colonies are cream.
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="4182E431FFD5FFA7FF5CFD763F21D285" bold="true" box="[199,334,655,681]" pageId="11" pageNumber="335">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name is derived from the ancient Greek “epiphúton”, one [plant] that grows upon another plant (epí, “on top of”) + (phutón, “plant”), via epi- (“above, over”) + - phyte (“plant”). It denotes the nature of the colonies found growing on algal material.
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<emphasis id="4182E431FFD5FFA7FF5CFD033F50D338" bold="true" box="[199,319,762,788]" pageId="11" pageNumber="335">Variation.</emphasis>
The
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SMNHTAU_Co_35977 (not shown) and SMNHTAU_Co_ 36062 (
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) are similarly attached to algal fragments. Some of the colonies are larger than those of the
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, up to 8 x
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(
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). Their sclerites are similar to those of
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SMNHTAU_Co_36062 (
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), with a surface that features calcite rods (
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) that are more densely packed than those of the
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="4182E431FFD5FFA7FF0CF9233F7ED6DE" bold="true" box="[151,273,1754,1778]" pageId="11" pageNumber="335">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Scanning electron micrographs of sclerites of
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: Syntypes (SMNHTAU_Co_36010): (A) Ellipsoid platelets. (B) Tips of calcite rods provide a uniform granular appearance to the sclerite surface. Paratype (SMNHTAU_ Co_35977): (C) Ellipsoid platelets. (B) Tips of calcite rods provide a uniform granular appearance to the sclerite surface.
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<emphasis id="4182E431FFD5FFA7FF5CF8913F5BD7AE" bold="true" box="[199,308,1896,1922]" pageId="11" pageNumber="335">Remarks</emphasis>
. The epiphytic nature of the colonies is suggested to be diagnostic for this species The
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and a
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were sequenced and subsequently assigned to MOTU37 (
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McFadden
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. 2019
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).
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<emphasis id="4182E431FFD5FFA7FF5CF8493F36D7E6" bold="true" box="[199,345,1968,1994]" pageId="11" pageNumber="335">Distribution</emphasis>
.
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.
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