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Colony encrusting, unilaminar, pauci to multiserial, fanshaped to stellate (
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); lobes may rapidly increase in width, to include more than 20 transversal zooidal rows (
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); zooids usually alternating in contiguous rows (
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). The first lobe is produced distally to the ancestrula and a second one grows in the opposite direction, budded from a lateral zooid from the first lobe (
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). Additional lobes (up to four in the present material) may start from near the ancestrula, produced from zooids situated along the edges of previous lobes.
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Autozooids lightly calcified, whitish and vitreous, with lateral boundaries marked by thin furrows and transversal boundaries coincident with the distal rim of the opesia and opercula, but not visible along the edges of the lobes. Autozooids elongate, 0.3310.537; 0.451±
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wide, at their mid high. Opesium distal, pyriform, narrower distally than proximally, and rounded to elongated 0.154 0.261; 0.222±
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long and nearly as wide as zooids. Opesia of zooids located along the lobe edges, varying in a narrower range (0.1620.211; 0.188±0.012). Proximal gymnocyst occupying one third to half of zooidal length, 0.1760.285;
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long, proximally ending as one or two deeply wedged portions lateral to the opesium of the preceding zooid. Gymnocyst narrow (
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) and deeply sloping laterally, usually absent distally in correspondence of the opesia. Gymnocyst more extensively developed along outer sides of zooids forming the lobes edges. Surface smooth, occasionally slightly undulated transversally. Cryptocyst absent. Opesium bordered by a thin raised gymnocystal rim.
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In most zooids three large calcified branching spines are placed close to the proximal rim of the opesia (
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), overarching the frontal membrane, and bending distally towards the base of the operculum, as a cagelike shield protecting the frontal membrane. Spines show robust and flat main branches, which are longitudinally parallel to each other or slightly curved laterally. Central spines branch after their midlength, bifurcating two-tothree times, usually giving raise to eight pointed tips. Lateral spines branch at about the same level to the central ones, forming median larger branches bifurcating often nearly symmetrically, plus smaller lateral branches, which bifurcate less and more irregularly, with several tips bending laterally and even proximally. Four and even five spines have been observed on some zooids clustered in the older parts of some lobes (
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). These spines are in close contact to each other to form a nearly continuous roof over the frontal membrane; each spine extensively branches, including a trifurcation pattern. Two spines were seen only on the first couple of periancestrular zooids.
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In addition, robust elongate conical spines, up to
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long, usually forming at a right angle to the frontal surface, are located proximally on the gymnocyst of each zooid (usually reducing from four to two on coupled zooids at the beginning of new rows), the most proximal one(s) placed lateral to the orifice of the preceding zooid, and slightly converging towards midline. These spines give the impression of being oral spines during initial observations. One to five additional, shorter and thinner spines may be present on the gymnocyst.
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Kenozooids not observed, but incomplete abutting zooids (
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) may be present along the lobes edges, generated distolaterrally to a zooid and coupled with a zooid. They have an extensive gymnocyst usually with a single proximal spine and are closed by a distal, askew placed, membrane.
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Communication pores were not observed. Budding loci scattered along the walls of marginal zooids (
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). New branches seem to arise from them, starting with a single zooid growing opposite to the growing direction of the previous lobe.
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Ancestrulae were damaged and only visible in one colony (
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), consisting of a large rounded (
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long and
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wide) flat lightly calcified bulge ending distally in a fissure-like opening ornamented with spines. Possible vertical walls seem to be present internally, only visible through the light microscope. From the ancestrula two zooids are distally budded, which are decidedly smaller than the subsequent ones.
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The recently collected specimens from
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, fit well to the characters observable on the
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, show only two branched spines, which still exhibit strong and flattened longitudinally elongated main branches, and the branching pattern characteristic of
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. A certain difference relates to the length of the gymnocystal spines encircling the orifices, which are somewhat smaller than those visible on the
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(
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) and mostly than those figured by
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.
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also illustrated a sporadic very long gymnocystal spine, which has been never observed in the examined material from
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, and is actually lacking on the
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of
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFC68215EFBB5FCB5" box="[917,1077,867,891]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. multicornis</emphasis>
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. In contrast, the morphology of the branched spines forming a heavy cagelike roof above the opesia is remarkably distinctive for
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFB0121BAFA1BFC50" box="[1276,1435,902,926]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. multicornis</emphasis>
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and allows to easily distinguish the species from all other congeners. The opesium is more rounded in the material from
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, and more elongated in the
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(
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), although not so markedly as suggested by Hincks (1881) drawings. However, the examination of further material would be useful for evaluating the possible erection of a separate species.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="490A369FFFA4FF9FFF3A2604FA08FB57" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1963]" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">
Similarities exist mostly between
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFDB12604FD66FB9F" box="[588,742,1081,1105]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. emanuelae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFC942604FB8AFB9F" box="[873,1034,1081,1105]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. multicornis</emphasis>
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that have a high number of spines starting proximally to the opesium. Nevertheless, in
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFD162660FC04FBBB" box="[747,900,1117,1141]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. emanuelae</emphasis>
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only the two lateraldistal spines branch whereas the other ones end in a single point. Furthermore, the opesial rim is thin and elevated but not crenulated.
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<paragraph id="490A369FFFA4FF9FFF3A2699FAAFF97F" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1963]" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">
Originally described in 1881 from an unknown Australian locality (
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),
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFB712698FAADFB72" box="[1164,1325,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. multicornis</emphasis>
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has been virtually never recorded since then. The material described and figured by
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as
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFAB426F5FF65FACA" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">Electra bellula</emphasis>
(Hincks)
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(their
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A), however, clearly belongs to this species. Its origin from Heron Island, off East
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in the Pacific Ocean, suggests that Hincks material (from an unknown Australian locality) was collected near that area.
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also accepted the suggestion of
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that
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFB0F270EFE95FAA1" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">Membranipora cervicornis</emphasis>
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, reported again from
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, is conspecific with
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFBA02765FB58FAA1" box="[1117,1240,1367,1391]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">M. bellula</emphasis>
Hincks. Indeed,
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described
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFE3E2746FDE9FA5C" box="[451,617,1403,1426]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">M. cervicornis</emphasis>
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as having the aperture protected by three to five closely approximated branching, antlerlike process (sic), which arise from one side of the cell and almost entirely hide the mouth. Consequently, it is possible that those colonies were conspecific with
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFC4B27FFFBD6FA14" box="[950,1110,1474,1498]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. multicornis</emphasis>
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. The identity of populations encrusting the thallus of
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFE4D27DBFDAFFA30" box="[432,559,1510,1534]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">Amphibolis</emphasis>
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sp. and
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFD6D27DAFC9AFA30" box="[656,794,1511,1534]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">Dictyopteris</emphasis>
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sp. algae from Perth, analysed for clearance capacity by
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, and indicated as the variety
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFCE12434FC1BF9EF" box="[796,923,1545,1569]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">multicornis</emphasis>
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of
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFC392437FBB2F9EF" box="[964,1074,1545,1569]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">E. bellula</emphasis>
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, remains to be ascertained. The specimen from Saint Francis Island,
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South
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figured by
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has been considered similar to
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFA792413FE97F9A7" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. multicornis</emphasis>
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. Nevertheless, only two, particularly slender and relatively poorly branched spines, which only partly cover the markedly elongated opesia, are present on these zooids. Owing to these differences, this specimen could belong to a different species whose identity needs to be ascertained after examination of further material.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="490A369FFFA4FF9FFF3A2481FC1BF865" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1963]" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">
The ancestrula is figured for the first time not only for the species, but also for the genus. It differs greatly from already known ancestrulae in cheilostome bryozoans and from that reported by
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Vieira
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFB9624DCFB24F936" box="[1131,1188,1760,1784]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">et al.</emphasis>
(2016)
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for
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFADA24DDFA15F936" box="[1319,1429,1760,1784]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. bellula</emphasis>
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, which is described as having a gymnocyst smaller than autozooids and possessing eight spines. Single ancestrulae have been also reported (
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Vieira
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFE012515FDB4F8F1" box="[508,564,1831,1855]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">et al.</emphasis>
, 2016
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) although not figured for
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFC632515FB99F8F1" box="[926,1049,1831,1855]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. bicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="8EB54D1CFFA4FF9FFBB22515FB42F8F1" authorityName="Osburn" authorityYear="1940" box="[1103,1218,1832,1855]" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Electridae" genus="Arbocuspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomatida" pageId="10" pageNumber="105" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="species" species="ramosa">
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFBB22515FB42F8F1" box="[1103,1218,1832,1855]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">A. ramosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Somewhat similar ancestrulae were recognized and described by
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from not clearly identifiable colonies belonging to
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA4FF9FFA792571FF6EF849" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="105">E. bellula</emphasis>
from the British Museum Collection. Nevertheless, the swollen bulging ancestrula from Coral Bay is larger than those described by
<bibRefCitation id="2D244B6EFFA4FF9FFE1025AFFDFBF865" author="Cook" box="[493,635,1938,1963]" pageId="10" pageNumber="105" refString="Cook, P. L. (1985) Bryozoa from Ghana. A preliminary Survey. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Sciences Zoologiques, 238, 1 - 315." type="journal article" year="1985">Cook (1985)</bibRefCitation>
as 0.200-0.300 mm long.
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFF6A24B9FED7F954" bold="true" box="[151,343,1668,1691]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">FIGURES 2635.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFE9D24B8FDCEF955" box="[352,590,1669,1691]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">Arbocuspis multicornis</emphasis>
(Hincks, 1881)
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, PMC. Rosso Australia Collection, H.B.73 a:
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, stellate colony consisting of four lobes diverging from a damaged ancestrula. Note as the top-right branch grows in opposite direction (enlarged in
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFEEA24FCFEB8F916" bold="true" box="[279,312,1729,1752]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">27)</emphasis>
from a bud along a previous lobe;
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFD6024FFFD5CF919" bold="true" box="[669,732,1730,1752]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">2829</emphasis>
, group of zooids from the same colony seen from the above (
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFAB224FFFAE8F919" bold="true" box="[1359,1384,1730,1751]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">28</emphasis>
) and inclined (
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFF0724DCFE93F938" bold="true" box="[250,275,1761,1782]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">29</emphasis>
) to show the bending of the three branching spines originating proximally to the edge of the opesium and the length of the gymnocystal spines frontally projecting from both lateral sides of the opercula;
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFBB524C2FB07F8DA" bold="true" box="[1096,1159,1791,1813]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">3032</emphasis>
, large fan-shaped lobe of a second colony in which only few zooids near the growing edge have three spines (
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFC0C2523FB8AF8FD" bold="true" box="[1009,1034,1822,1843]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">30</emphasis>
) whereas large plagues of aged zooids (enlarged in
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFEEA2500FEB1F89C" bold="true" box="[279,305,1853,1874]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">31</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFE9E2500FEFCF89C" bold="true" box="[355,380,1853,1874]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">32</emphasis>
) show four or five branched spines forming a nearly continuous, paisley designed, roof over the frontal membrane;
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFEEC2561FEAAF8BF" bold="true" box="[273,298,1884,1905]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">33</emphasis>
, close-up of the lateral edge of a colony branch, showing an abutting zooid only consisting of an incomplete gymnocystal portion distally closed by a membrane. Note some budding loci along marginal zooidal walls;
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFAFE2547FA9CF841" bold="true" box="[1283,1308,1914,1935]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">34</emphasis>
3
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, general view (
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFF2A25A4FF70F860" bold="true" box="[215,240,1945,1966]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">34</emphasis>
) and detail (
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA5FF9EFE8925A4FE0DF860" bold="true" box="[372,397,1945,1966]" pageId="11" pageNumber="106">35</emphasis>
) of the sole observed giant ancestrula from a third colony, including a very extensive bulging flat sac bordered by an unknown number of spines, from which two zooids originate, smaller than the subsequent ones. Scale bars: 22, 1 mm; 23, 0.100 mm; 2425, 28, 30, 33, 0.200 mm; 2627, 32, 0.500 mm; 29, 31, 34-35, 0.100 mm.
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<subSubSection id="01AF6514FFA2FF99FF3A22AAFB88FF39" pageId="12" pageNumber="107" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="490A369FFFA2FF99FF3A22AAFB88FF39" blockId="12.[151,1436,151,248]" pageId="12" pageNumber="107">
<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA2FF99FF3A22AAFEE0FF7E" bold="true" box="[199,352,151,176]" pageId="12" pageNumber="107">Distribution.</emphasis>
Based on previous records
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<emphasis id="7BC1EA8DFFA2FF99FD6722A5FCBAFF7E" box="[666,826,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="107">A. multicornis</emphasis>
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appeared restricted to the eastern Australian coasts in the Pacific Ocean. The present finding extends its distribution to the western coasts of
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, in the Indian Ocean (
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). The species seems associated to macroalgae in shallow waters.
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