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, Plate 9AC
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Material examined.
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1630, dry, Pearl Islands,
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, no depth given, F.H. Bradley,
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, no depth given, J.A. McNiel, no date.
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Colonies measure up to
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in diameter, more cylindrical, and slightly tapered at the ends, with rounded tips about
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in length. Colonies are light purple to pinkish (Plate 9A). Slightly marked longitudinal grooves occur along the branches, and near the base and the polyps were evenly distributed all around (Plate 9B). Polyp mounds are slightly raised and placed close together on the branch surface (Plate 9AB). Polyp-apertures are small, up to
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The illustrated specimen (YPM 1630) is a large portion of a fan,
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in height,
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in width, and
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in diameter at the base (Plate 9A).
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Pearl Islands, Corinto, Zorritos,
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localities (Verrill 1868) (
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE0FFA2D9DB413BCC1BF85E" bold="true" box="[197,318,1894,1920]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Remarks.</emphasis>
Verrill described this species as a variety of
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE0FFA2DA53413ACE92F85E" box="[845,951,1895,1920]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">E. ampla</emphasis>
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but they differ in many aspects: colonies are not bushy as in
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE0FFA2D86641D0CCC4F878" box="[376,481,1933,1958]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">E. ampla</emphasis>
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, they are more flexible, and the colour of the colonies and sclerites in this species is never orange, as is the case in
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE0FFA2DB0141E9CFAFF813" box="[543,650,1972,1997]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">E. ampla</emphasis>
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; spindles are smaller than in
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE0FFA2DAF641E9C971F813" box="[1000,1108,1972,1997]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">E. ampla</emphasis>
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, and also less abundant; no complete double discs were found in
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE0FFA2DB764186CE17F82A" box="[616,818,2011,2036]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">E. purpurascens</emphasis>
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(Tables 12). These species differ not only in the morphology but also in geographic distribution;
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE1FFA3DBC046C5CE87FF6F" box="[734,930,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">E. purpurascens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has not been reported for any site in Baja California,
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locality of
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE1FFA3D8CB46E2CF1BFF06" box="[469,574,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">E. ampla</emphasis>
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. Therefore, we consider
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<emphasis id="B96BE35EFFE1FFA3DA7A46E2C901FF06" box="[868,1060,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">E. purpurascens</emphasis>
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as a separate species (
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).
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