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Johnston
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Oury
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2023
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Voolstra
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). Preserved DNA of the
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Skeletal characteristics of the
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The corallum measures
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. Branches are straight and robust, and most branches ramify. Verrucae are evenly distributed and are equal in size and shape, approximately
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. Verrucae are not verrucose at their tips, but rather are jagged and crown shaped (
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). The inner corallite diameter ranges between
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(
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). Within the corallite, short, wide columellae are present, and septa, if present, are weakly developed and form 13 hexamerally arranged rows (
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). Short spinulae are evenly distributed across the coenosteum (
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).
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D0DE2F99AFECBF9AE" bold="true" box="[152,281,1605,1629]" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Photographs and SEM of the
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D0F36F999FD0DF9AE" box="[588,735,1605,1629]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
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holotype USNM-SI 1522390 showing
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a side view of holotype,
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spacing and shape of verrucae,
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close up of verrucae,
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verrucae and corallites, and
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D097CF9B6FBC8F972" bold="true" box="[1030,1050,1641,1665]" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">e)</emphasis>
and
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close ups of corallites showing the wide, flattened columellae.
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D0DBDF90CFD4AF91E" bold="true" box="[199,664,1747,1773]" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">Color and pigmentation of live colony:</emphasis>
Colonies may be brown, pink, or pale yellow, and like many
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D0822F90CFF30F8E3" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">Pocillopora</emphasis>
species
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, have pigment concentrated in the oral opening of the polyps, forming a dark ring. The
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was pale yellow (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D0DBDF8E2FE6DF8A4" bold="true" box="[199,447,1853,1879]" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">Habitat and biology:</emphasis>
On the fore reefs of Moorea,
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</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
is very abundant ≥
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and is the most common
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species
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at these depths. It can also be found at a much lower abundance at 5 and
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on the fore reef (
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Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D0CB8F85BFE29F86E" box="[450,507,1923,1949]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">et al.</emphasis>
2022b
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) as well as in the back reef lagoon. Reproduction has not been observed in
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D0DEDF878FEEEF833" box="[151,316,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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but reproduction is hypothesized to occur via broadcast spawning based on the broadcast spawning observed in sister lineages,
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cf.
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</taxonomicName>
in the Red Sea (
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Bouwmeester
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2011
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,
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), and
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D082CF815FF22F7F4" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">P. meandrina</emphasis>
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and
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on the Great Barrier Reef (
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Schmidt-Roach
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC20B83D09F9F831FB69F7F4" box="[1155,1211,2029,2055]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="118">et al.</emphasis>
2012
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DBDFF49FEB1FF43" bold="true" box="[199,355,150,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Distribution:</emphasis>
From genetic surveys of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0FFCFF48FCDEFF42" box="[646,780,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Pocillopora</emphasis>
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that have used the mtORF marker to date,
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0982FF48FA4EFF42" box="[1272,1436,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
was initially thought to be endemic to
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(
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Edmunds
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0E93FF64FBF3FF27" box="[1001,1057,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
2016
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;
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Forsman
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E09A2FF64FAC2FF27" box="[1240,1296,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
2013
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;
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Gélin
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DEDFF01FF1DFF04" box="[151,207,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
2017
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;
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Johnston
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Robitzch
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Sawall
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Schmidt-Roach
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2014
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). However, recent geographic sampling in the tropical South Pacific has recovered this species at Ducie Island and Rapa Nui using genomic data (
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Armstrong
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2023
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;
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0C66FE98FE2EFE92" author="Voolstra, C. R. &amp; Hume, B. C. C. &amp; Armstrong, E. J. &amp; Mitushasi, G. &amp; Porro, B. &amp; Oury, N. &amp; Agostini, S. &amp; Boissin, E. &amp; Poulain, J. &amp; Carradec, Q. &amp; Paz-Garcia, D. A. &amp; Zoccola, D. &amp; Magalon, H. &amp; Moulin, C. &amp; Bourdin, G. &amp; Iwankow, G. &amp; Romac, S. &amp; Banaigs, B. &amp; Boss, E. &amp; Bowler, C. &amp; de Vargas, C. &amp; Douville, E. &amp; Flores, M. &amp; Furla, P. &amp; Galand, P. E. &amp; Gilson, E. &amp; Lombard, F. &amp; Pesant, S. &amp; Reynaud, S. &amp; Sullivan, M. B. &amp; Sunagawa, S. &amp; Thomas, O. P. &amp; Trouble, R. &amp; Thurber, R. V. &amp; Wincker, P. &amp; Planes, S. &amp; Allemand, D. &amp; Forcioli, D." box="[284,508,327,353]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" pagination="15" refId="ref6377" refString="Voolstra, C. R., Hume, B. C. C., Armstrong, E. J., Mitushasi, G., Porro, B., Oury, N., Agostini, S., Boissin, E., Poulain, J., Carradec, Q., Paz-Garcia, D. A., Zoccola, D., Magalon, H., Moulin, C., Bourdin, G., Iwankow, G., Romac, S., Banaigs, B., Boss, E., Bowler, C., de Vargas, C., Douville, E., Flores, M., Furla, P., Galand, P. E., Gilson, E., Lombard, F., Pesant, S., Reynaud, S., Sullivan, M. B., Sunagawa, S., Thomas, O. P., Trouble, R., Thurber, R. V., Wincker, P., Planes, S., Allemand, D. &amp; Forcioli, D. (2023) Disparate genetic divergence patterns in three corals across a pan-Pacific environmental gradient highlight species-specific adaptation. npj Biodiversity, 2, 15. https: // doi. org / 10.1038 / s 44185 - 023 - 00020 - 8" type="journal article" year="2023">
Voolstra
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0CFAFE98FE6BFE92" box="[384,441,327,353]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
2023
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).
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DBDFEB5FE80FE77" bold="true" box="[199,338,362,388]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species name derives from the Tahitian word for sister, tuahine. Genomic data indicate that
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DEDFE52FE78FE54" box="[151,426,397,423]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Pocillopora tuahiniensis</emphasis>
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is sister species to
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0FA6FE51FCB4FE54" box="[732,870,398,423]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
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(mtORF haplotypes 3a, 3b, 3f, 3h) in
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(
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Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0C36FE6EFE57FE39" box="[332,389,432,458]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
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). Haplotype identification following
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Pinzón
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0EB0FE6EFBD0FE39" box="[970,1026,432,458]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
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. The species name attributed to mtORF haplotypes 3b, 3d, 3f,
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on the Great Barrier Reef is
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0E0AFE0BFC2EFE1E" box="[880,1020,468,493]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
(Ellis and Solander 1786) (
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Schmidt-Roach
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0D9CFE28FECDFDE2" box="[230,287,503,529]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
2014
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)
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; see comments in Remarks below. Because
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0E20FE28FBBCFDE2" box="[858,1134,503,529]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Pocillopora tuahiniensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E090CFE28FB02FDE2" box="[1142,1232,503,529]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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had until recently only been found in
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, the etymology of its name, i.e., Tahitian, reflects this geographic location where it was first identified to be a unique species using genomics.
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DBDFDBFFD7FFD89" bold="true" box="[199,685,608,634]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Taxonomic history and previous records:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0FC8FDBFFC50FD89" box="[690,898,608,634]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Pocillopora solida</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E095EFDBEFB4EFD89" box="[1060,1180,608,634]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. setchelli</emphasis>
Hoffmeister 1925
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, and
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have been described from
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.
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was considered a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0C5BFD78FE68FD32" box="[289,442,679,705]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. damicornis</emphasis>
(Linnaeus, 1758)
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0FDCFD78FC6EFD32" author="Veron, J. E. N. &amp; Pichon, M." box="[678,956,679,705]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" refId="ref6321" refString="Veron, J. E. N. &amp; Pichon, M. (1976) Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series. Vol. 1. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part 1. Families Thamnasteriidae, Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae. Part 1. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 79 pp." type="book" year="1976">Veron and Pichon (1976)</bibRefCitation>
but
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0E96FD78FAE3FD32" author="Hoeksema, B. &amp; Cairns, S." box="[1004,1329,679,705]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" refId="ref4844" refString="Hoeksema, B. &amp; Cairns, S. (2023) World List of Scleractinia. Available from: https: // www. marinespecies. org / scleractinia (accessed 21 September 2023)" type="url" year="2023">Hoeksema and Cairns (2023)</bibRefCitation>
currently consider it to be a synonym of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0C87FD14FD4BFD17" box="[509,665,714,740]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. brevicornis</emphasis>
Lamarck 1816
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0E2FFD15FBF5FD17" authorityName="Quelch" authorityYear="1886" box="[853,1063,714,740]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="solida">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0E2FFD15FBF5FD17" box="[853,1063,714,740]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Pocillopora solida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0918FD14FB22FD17" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[1122,1264,715,740]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="squarrosa">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0918FD14FB22FD17" box="[1122,1264,715,740]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. squarrosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are considered taxa inquirendum (
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0C16FD32FD41FCF4" author="Hoeksema, B. &amp; Cairns, S." box="[364,659,749,775]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" refId="ref4844" refString="Hoeksema, B. &amp; Cairns, S. (2023) World List of Scleractinia. Available from: https: // www. marinespecies. org / scleractinia (accessed 21 September 2023)" type="url" year="2023">Hoeksema &amp; Cairns 2023</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="070336A3DC23B83E0DBDFCCFFB08FBD2" blockId="2.[151,1437,150,2007]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
The
<typeStatus id="D8078801DC23B83E0D8CFCCFFE8AFCD9" box="[246,344,784,810]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0C0DFCCEFE06FCD9" box="[375,468,784,810]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P.solida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is deposited in the National History Museum in London,
<collectingCountry id="7FAB7633DC23B83E0940FCCFFB45FCD9" box="[1082,1175,784,810]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">England</collectingCountry>
(BMNH1886.12.9.22). The specimen is
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in height and
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in width and is neither compact nor spherical. The
<typeStatus id="D8078801DC23B83E09CCFCECFACAFCBE" box="[1206,1304,819,845]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0847FCEBFA4EFCBE" authorityName="Quelch" authorityYear="1886" box="[1341,1436,819,845]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="solida">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0847FCEBFA4EFCBE" box="[1341,1436,819,845]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. solida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is described as a large specimen, distinct from all other known forms, which grew horizontal having branches that are elongated and much divided with verrucae that are very unequal, irregularly placed, rarely crowded, and generally separated by spaces more than their own diameter (
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0E7FFC42FC49FC44" author="Quelch, J." box="[773,923,925,951]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" pagination="57 - 70" refId="ref5689" refString="Quelch, J. (1886) Zoology. In: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ... and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson Zoology. Vol. 16. Pt. 46. R. N. Neill, Edinburgh, pp. 57 - 70." type="book chapter" year="1886">Quelch 1886</bibRefCitation>
). Unlike
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E097BFC41FB76FC44" authority="Johnston &amp; Burgess, 2023" authorityName="Johnston &amp; Burgess" authorityYear="2023" box="[1025,1188,925,951]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tuahiniensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E097BFC41FB76FC44" box="[1025,1188,925,951]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E09D1FC42FAD7FC44" bold="true" box="[1195,1285,925,951]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E09D1FC42FAD7FC44" box="[1195,1285,925,951]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the verrucae of
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0DCEFC1EFEC1FC29" authorityName="Quelch" authorityYear="1886" box="[180,275,960,986]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="solida">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DCEFC1EFEC1FC29" box="[180,275,960,986]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. solida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
become obsolete towards the center of the colony (
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC23B83E0E32FC1FFC64FC29" box="[840,950,960,986]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[152,255,1531,1555]" captionTargetBox="[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetId="figure-31@4.[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Types of Pocillopora species closely related to P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. for morphological comparison. a) Holotype of P. solida Quelch 1886 (BMNH1886.12.9.22) collected from Tahiti, French Polynesia. This taxon is considered inquirendum. Images captured by The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. b) Colony photograph and corallite SEM of P. verrucosa (Ellis and Solander 1786) neotype (MTQG65923) collected from Lizard Island Lagoon, Australia. c) Pocillopora danae Verrill 1864 holotype (USNM696) collected from Fiji. Pocillopora danae is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. verrucosa. d) Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846 syntype (USNM700) collected from Fiji. e) Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846 syntype (YPMIZ001970.CN) collected from Hawaii. f) Pocillopora nobilis Verrill 1864 syntype (USNM658) collected from Hawaii. Pocillopora nobilis is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. meandrina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10148623/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Figure 3a</figureCitation>
). In contrast, the corallum of
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0981FC1EFA4EFC29" authority="Johnston &amp; Burgess, 2023" authorityName="Johnston &amp; Burgess" authorityYear="2023" box="[1275,1436,960,986]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tuahiniensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0981FC1EFA4EFC29" box="[1275,1436,960,986]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DEDFC3BFF23FC0D" bold="true" box="[151,241,996,1022]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E0DEDFC3BFF23FC0D" box="[151,241,996,1022]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
colonies are round and compact with branches that are evenly spaced, and verrucae that are equal in size, regularly spaced, and continue along branches towards the center of the colony (
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC23B83E0961FBD8FB57FBD2" box="[1051,1157,1031,1057]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[152,255,1605,1629]" captionTargetBox="[157,1430,889,1575]" captionTargetId="figure-283@1.[151,1436,885,1581]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 1. Photographs and SEM of the P. tuahiniensis holotype USNM-SI 1522390 showing a) a side view of holotype, b) spacing and shape of verrucae, c) close up of verrucae, d) verrucae and corallites, and e) and f) close ups of corallites showing the wide, flattened columellae." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148619" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10148619/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Figures 1</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC23B83E09C6FBD8FB1FFBD2" box="[1212,1229,1031,1057]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[152,255,1173,1197]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1142]" captionTargetId="figure-21@3.[151,1436,181,1149]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. In situ appearance of Pocillopora species photographed at Moorea, French Polynesia. a) Close up of P. tuahiniensis holotype USNM-SI 1522390 at 20 m depth; b) surroundings of holotype, with holotype USNM-SI 1522390 in the center; c) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. at 10 m depth; d) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov., left, and P. verrucosa, right, at 10 m depth; e) P. meandrina at 10 m depth.All colonies were identified using the mtORF and PocHistone markers following the protocol described in Johnston et al. (2018). The identity of colonies in c, d, and e are included in the datasets of (Burgess et al. 2021; Johnston et al. 2022a)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148621" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10148621/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="070336A3DC23B83E0DBDFBF5FA51FB5E" blockId="2.[151,1437,150,2007]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
The
<typeStatus id="D8078801DC23B83E0D80FBF5FE88FBB7" box="[250,346,1066,1092]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0CFAFBF4FDD8FBB7" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[384,522,1067,1092]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="squarrosa">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0CFAFBF4FDD8FBB7" box="[384,522,1067,1092]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. squarrosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is deposited in the Smithsonian Museum in
<collectingRegion id="C578F841DC23B83E0E83FBF5FBACFBB7" box="[1017,1150,1066,1092]" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Washington</collectingRegion>
, D.C.,
<collectingCountry id="7FAB7633DC23B83E09B7FBF5FAD1FBB7" box="[1229,1283,1066,1092]" name="United States of America" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">USA</collectingCountry>
(USNM443). The corallum is described as rudely hemispherical with branches that are closely crowded, stout, nearly straight, unequally compressed, and uneven, with rounded summits (
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0E77FBAFFC59FB79" author="Dana, J." box="[781,907,1136,1162]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" refId="ref4503" refString="Dana, J. (1846) Zoophytes. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1939, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. 7. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 530 - 531. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 70845" type="journal volume" year="1846">Dana 1846</bibRefCitation>
). Unlike
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0E95FBAEFB5CFB79" authority="Johnston &amp; Burgess, 2023" authorityName="Johnston &amp; Burgess" authorityYear="2023" box="[1007,1166,1136,1162]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tuahiniensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0E95FBAEFB5CFB79" box="[1007,1166,1136,1162]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E09EFFBAFFB3FFB79" bold="true" box="[1173,1261,1136,1162]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E09EFFBAFFB3FFB79" box="[1173,1261,1136,1162]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the USNM
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clearly presents styloid columellae within its corallites, similar to that observed in
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E09F2FB4BFAACFB5E" authority="Dana, 1846" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[1160,1406,1171,1198]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E09F2FB4BFB25FB5E" box="[1160,1271,1171,1197]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. grandis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0987FB4BFAACFB5E" author="Dana, J." box="[1277,1406,1171,1198]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" refId="ref4503" refString="Dana, J. (1846) Zoophytes. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1939, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. 7. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 530 - 531. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 70845" type="journal volume" year="1846">Dana, 1846</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="070336A3DC23B83E0DBDFB68FBEFFA19" blockId="2.[151,1437,150,2007]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
The first documentation of
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0F7FFB68FD78FB22" authority="Johnston &amp; Burgess, 2023" authorityName="Johnston &amp; Burgess" authorityYear="2023" box="[517,682,1207,1233]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tuahiniensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0F7FFB68FD78FB22" box="[517,682,1207,1233]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0FCEFB68FCC3FB22" bold="true" box="[692,785,1207,1233]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E0FCEFB68FCC3FB22" box="[692,785,1207,1233]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in the literature identified it using genetics from a morphologically undescribed sample.
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0F63FB05FCDDFB07" author="Forsman, Z. H. &amp; Johnston, E. C. &amp; Brooks, A. J. &amp; Adam, T. C. &amp; Toonen, R. J." box="[537,783,1242,1268]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" pagination="153 - 155" refId="ref4707" refString="Forsman, Z. H., Johnston, E. C., Brooks, A. J., Adam, T. C. &amp; Toonen, R. J. (2013) Genetic evidence for regional isolation of Pocillopora corals from Moorea. Oceanography, 26, 153 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.5670 / oceanog. 2013.58" type="journal article" year="2013">
Forsman
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0FF9FB04FD6FFB07" box="[643,701,1242,1268]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
</bibRefCitation>
first identified
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0EBAFB04FBB1FB07" box="[960,1123,1242,1268]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0916FB05FB15FB07" bold="true" box="[1132,1223,1242,1268]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E0916FB05FB15FB07" box="[1132,1223,1242,1268]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
as haplotype 10, a novel genetic lineage from Moorea using PCR amplification of the mtORF marker (
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E092DFB22FAE7FAE4" author="Flot, J. F. &amp; Tillier, S." box="[1111,1333,1277,1303]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" pagination="80 - 87" refId="ref4645" refString="Flot, J. F. &amp; Tillier, S. (2007) The mitochondrial genome of Pocillopora (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) contains two variable regions: The putative D-loop and a novel ORF of unknown function. Gene, 401, 80 - 87. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. gene. 2007.07.006" type="journal article" year="2007">Flot &amp; Tillier 2007</bibRefCitation>
). mtORF haplotype 10 has also been identified as Primary Species Hypothesis (PSH) 14 by
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0951FAFFFB2AFAC9" author="Gelin, P. &amp; Postaire, B. &amp; Fauvelot, C. &amp; Magalon, H." box="[1067,1272,1312,1338]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" pagination="430 - 446" refId="ref4775" refString="Gelin, P., Postaire, B., Fauvelot, C. &amp; Magalon, H. (2017) Reevaluating species number, distribution and endemism of the coral genus Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816 using species delimitation methods and microsatellites. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 109, 430 - 446. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2017.01.018" type="journal article" year="2017">
Gélin
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E090AFAFEFB75FAC9" box="[1136,1191,1312,1338]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
(2017)
</bibRefCitation>
using both the mtORF marker and 13 microsatellites. mtORF haplotype 10 was identified as the
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC23B83E0949FA9BFB6DFAAE" authorityName="Schmidt-Roach et al." authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Ellis and Solander" baseAuthorityYear="1786" box="[1075,1215,1348,1373]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="verrucosa">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0949FA9BFB6DFAAE" box="[1075,1215,1348,1373]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
morphotype in that study.
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0D9BFAB8FE34FA72" author="Johnston, E. C. &amp; Cunning, R. &amp; Burgess, S. C." box="[225,486,1383,1409]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" pagination="5368 - 5385" refId="ref4880" refString="Johnston, E. C., Cunning, R. &amp; Burgess, S. C. (2022 a) Cophylogeny and specificity between cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) at Mo'orea and their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae). Molecular Ecology, 31, 5368 - 5385. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / mec. 16654" type="journal article" year="2022">
Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0C37FAB8FE55FA72" box="[333,391,1383,1409]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
(2022a)
</bibRefCitation>
first identified mtORF haplotype 10 as a unique lineage of
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Voolstra
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2023
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).
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DBDF935FEEFF8F7" bold="true" box="[199,317,1770,1796]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">Remarks:</emphasis>
Using the mtORF marker,
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC23B83E0F08F935FCA4F8F7" author="Johnston, E. C. &amp; Wyatt, A. S. J. &amp; Leichter, J. J. &amp; Burgess, S. C." box="[626,886,1770,1796]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" pagination="767 - 778" refId="ref5004" refString="Johnston, E. C., Wyatt, A. S. J., Leichter, J. J. &amp; Burgess, S. C. (2022 b) Niche differences in co-occurring cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.). Coral Reefs, 41, 767 - 778. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00338 - 021 - 02107 - 9" type="journal article" year="2022">
Johnston
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(2022b)
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found that
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0E82F934FB49F8F7" box="[1016,1179,1770,1796]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E09D9F935FB2FF8F7" bold="true" box="[1187,1277,1770,1796]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E09D9F935FB2FF8F7" box="[1187,1277,1770,1796]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is most abundant at depths around
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and greater on the fore reefs of Moorea, whereas co-occurring species have distinctly different relative abundance patterns across depth. Among these co-occurring species are
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E09FFF8EEFAC8F8B9" box="[1157,1306,1840,1866]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. meandrina</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0DB3F88BFE85F89E" box="[201,343,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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.
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Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0E7CF88BFC93F89E" box="[774,833,1875,1901]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
(2022a)
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recognized
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E094AF88BFB6CF89E" box="[1072,1214,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a single lineage at Moorea (and includes mtORF haplotypes 3a, 3b, 3e, 3f, and 3h; haplotype identification following
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Pinzón
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E08F2F8A8FF66F847" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">et al.</emphasis>
(2013))
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. Along with
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0CD3F844FD9CF847" box="[425,590,1946,1972]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC23B83E0F2DF845FD61F847" bold="true" box="[599,691,1946,1972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC23B83E0F2DF845FD61F847" box="[599,691,1946,1972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="119" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, these species are the most abundant species on the fore reefs of Moorea.
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0DE2FB4AFECAFB5E" bold="true" box="[152,280,1173,1197]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0C67FB49FE8FFB5E" box="[285,349,1174,1197]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">In situ</emphasis>
appearance of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0C8EFB4AFDBFFB5E" box="[500,621,1173,1197]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">Pocillopora</emphasis>
species
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photographed at Moorea, French Polynesia.
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Close up of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0866FB49FF60FB22" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
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holotype USNM-SI 1522390 at 20 m depth;
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surroundings of holotype, with holotype USNM-SI 1522390 in the center;
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F08F3FB66FA4FFB22" bold="true" box="[1417,1437,1209,1233]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">c)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0DEDFB01FEF8FB06" box="[151,298,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
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at 10 m depth;
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0F43FB01FD1EFB06" box="[569,716,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0FA8FB02FCF0FB06" bold="true" box="[722,802,1245,1269]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC22B83F0FA8FB02FCF0FB06" box="[722,802,1245,1269]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, left, and
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0EF2FB01FBD7FB06" box="[904,1029,1246,1269]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
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, right, at 10 m depth;
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F099EFB02FB2AFB06" bold="true" box="[1252,1272,1245,1269]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">e)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC22B83F0984FB01FA56FB06" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[1278,1412,1245,1269]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="3" pageNumber="120" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="meandrina">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0984FB01FA56FB06" box="[1278,1412,1245,1269]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at 10 m depth. All colonies were identified using the mtORF and PocHistone markers following the protocol described in
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Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0DEDFAF9FF18FACE" box="[151,202,1317,1341]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
(2018)
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. The identity of colonies in
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0F48FAFAFD8CFACE" bold="true" box="[562,606,1317,1341]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">c, d,</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0FF5FAFAFD48FACE" bold="true" box="[655,666,1317,1341]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">e</emphasis>
are included in the datasets of (
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Burgess
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F094FFAF9FBBAFACE" box="[1077,1128,1317,1341]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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;
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Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0874FAF9FA90FACE" box="[1294,1346,1317,1341]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
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).
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The Great Barrier Reef is the
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locality for
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0FB0FA4FFC84FA5A" box="[714,854,1424,1449]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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and
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Schmidt-Roach
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F081FFA4FFA4FFA5A" box="[1381,1437,1423,1449]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
(2014)
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associated mtORF haplotypes 3b, 3d, 3f, and
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to this species.
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Oury
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0E82FA6BFBE3FA3E" box="[1016,1073,1459,1485]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
(2023)
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, however, resolved three different lineages associated with mtORF haplotype 3, with GSH 13a containing haplotypes 3c, 3e,
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, 3j, GSH 13b containing haplotype 3a, and GSH 13c containing haplotypes 3b, 3d, 3f, 3h, 3i. They conclude that GSH 13a is restricted to the Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, and Western Indian Ocean (WIO) but that GSH 13b and GSH 13c are widespread based on the geographic distribution of the corresponding mtORF haplotypes reported in prior literature, despite in their study only sampling GSH 13b from the WIO and GSH 13c mostly from the Tropical South Pacific. While there may be some geographic segregation between mtORF 3 haplotypes found by
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Oury
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F09A4F953FACAF956" box="[1246,1304,1675,1701]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
(2023)
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, the mtORF haplotypes recovered at Moorea were found to be a single genomic lineage (
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC22B83F0935F970FA92F939" author="Johnston, E. C. &amp; Cunning, R. &amp; Burgess, S. C." box="[1103,1344,1711,1738]" pageId="3" pageNumber="120" pagination="5368 - 5385" refId="ref4880" refString="Johnston, E. C., Cunning, R. &amp; Burgess, S. C. (2022 a) Cophylogeny and specificity between cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) at Mo'orea and their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae). Molecular Ecology, 31, 5368 - 5385. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / mec. 16654" type="journal article" year="2022">
Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F09C1F96FFB21F93A" box="[1211,1267,1711,1737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
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) and include those mtORF haplotypes used to identify
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0FD6F90BFCEAF91E" box="[684,824,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
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from its
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locality, therefore we identify all mtORF 3 haplotypes at Moorea as
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0CBDF927FD80F8E2" box="[455,594,1784,1809]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
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. Likewise,
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Oury
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0E6BF927FC9AF8E2" box="[785,840,1783,1809]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
(2023)
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found two distinct lineages (GSH 9a and GSH 9b) associated with the mtORF haplotype 1a + PocHistone lineage (genetic identification following
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Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F081EF8C3FA4FF8C6" box="[1380,1437,1819,1845]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">et al.</emphasis>
(2018))
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used to identify
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0CD4F89FFD96F8AA" box="[430,580,1855,1881]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. GSH 9a is found in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and encompasses the
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locality,
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, for
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0C92F8BCFDAEF88F" box="[488,636,1890,1916]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. meandrina</emphasis>
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. GSH 9b is restricted to the Western Indian Ocean. We thus conclude that GSH 9a, and what we call haplotype 1a
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0F8BF858FC57F853" box="[753,901,1926,1952]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. meandrina</emphasis>
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is
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC22B83F0EDFF858FBEBF853" box="[933,1081,1926,1952]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="120">P. meandrina</emphasis>
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, while GSH 9b may be a regional endemic that needs further identification.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380DE2FA24FEC5F9E0" bold="true" box="[152,279,1531,1555]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Types of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380C03FA23FE20F9E7" box="[377,498,1532,1556]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
closely related to
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380F8DFA23FC5BF9E7" box="[759,905,1532,1556]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380EF5FA23FC0DF9E7" bold="true" box="[911,991,1532,1556]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC25B8380EF5FA23FC0DF9E7" box="[911,991,1532,1556]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
for morphological comparison.
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380859FA24FAEBF9E0" bold="true" box="[1315,1337,1531,1555]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">a)</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380DC8F9FFFEDBF9CB" box="[178,265,1568,1592]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. solida</emphasis>
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(BMNH1886.12.9.22) collected from Tahiti, French Polynesia. This taxon is considered inquirendum. Images captured by The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380EECF99CFC7FF9A8" bold="true" box="[918,941,1603,1627]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">b)</emphasis>
Colony photograph and corallite SEM of
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380821F99BFE36F973" authority="(Ellis and Solander 1786)" authorityName="Schmidt-Roach et al." authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Ellis and Solander" baseAuthorityYear="1786" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="verrucosa">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380821F99BFF0EF98C" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
</taxonomicName>
neotype (MTQG65923) collected from Lizard Island Lagoon, Australia.
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B83809BCF9B8FB08F98C" bold="true" box="[1222,1242,1639,1663]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">c)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B83809A5F9B7FEC2F957" authority="Verrill 1864" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1864" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="danae">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B83809A5F9B7FA4EF973" box="[1247,1436,1640,1664]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora danae</emphasis>
Verrill 1864
</taxonomicName>
holotype (USNM696) collected from Fiji.
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380FC5F953FCA9F957" box="[703,891,1676,1700]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora danae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is considered a junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B838083FF953FF17F934" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380DABF970FF3AF934" bold="true" box="[209,232,1711,1735]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">d)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380D97F96FFDFEF93B" authority="Dana 1846" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[237,556,1712,1736]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380D97F96FFE6AF93B" box="[237,440,1712,1736]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora grandis</emphasis>
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syntype (USNM700) collected from Fiji.
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380EAAF970FC36F934" bold="true" box="[976,996,1711,1735]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">e)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380E93F96FFA9AF93B" authority="Dana 1846" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[1001,1352,1712,1736]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="meandrina">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380E93F96FFB04F93B" box="[1001,1238,1712,1736]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora meandrina</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="632D4B52DC25B83809A1F96FFA9AF93B" author="Dana, J." box="[1243,1352,1712,1736]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" refId="ref4503" refString="Dana, J. (1846) Zoophytes. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1939, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. 7. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 530 - 531. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 70845" type="journal volume" year="1846">Dana 1846</bibRefCitation>
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syntype (YPMIZ001970.CN) collected from Hawaii.
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380F11F90CFDAEF918" bold="true" box="[619,636,1747,1771]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">f)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380FF9F90BFC1AF91F" authority="Verrill 1864" authorityName="Verrill" authorityYear="1864" box="[643,968,1748,1772]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="nobilis">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380FF9F90BFC9AF91F" box="[643,840,1748,1772]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora nobilis</emphasis>
Verrill 1864
</taxonomicName>
syntype (USNM658) collected from Hawaii.
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380DEDF927FE8EF8E3" box="[151,348,1784,1808]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora nobilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is considered a junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380E57F927FC66F8E3" box="[813,948,1784,1808]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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The gross
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380C45F8E1FE57F8A4" box="[319,389,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">in situ</emphasis>
colony appearance of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380FF2F8E1FCFEF8A4" box="[648,812,1853,1879]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380E4FF8E2FC42F8A4" bold="true" box="[821,912,1853,1879]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC25B8380E4FF8E2FC42F8A4" box="[821,912,1853,1879]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
cannot easily be differentiated from that of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B83808F2F8E1FEC2F889" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380C4CF8BEFE13F889" box="[310,449,1889,1914]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at Moorea (
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC25B8380F28F8BFFD67F889" box="[594,693,1888,1914]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[152,255,1173,1197]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,188,1142]" captionTargetId="figure-21@3.[151,1436,181,1149]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. In situ appearance of Pocillopora species photographed at Moorea, French Polynesia. a) Close up of P. tuahiniensis holotype USNM-SI 1522390 at 20 m depth; b) surroundings of holotype, with holotype USNM-SI 1522390 in the center; c) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. at 10 m depth; d) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov., left, and P. verrucosa, right, at 10 m depth; e) P. meandrina at 10 m depth.All colonies were identified using the mtORF and PocHistone markers following the protocol described in Johnston et al. (2018). The identity of colonies in c, d, and e are included in the datasets of (Burgess et al. 2021; Johnston et al. 2022a)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148621" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10148621/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Figure 2</figureCitation>
). The coralla of both
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380EDFF8BEFB95F889" authority="Johnston &amp; Burgess, 2023" authorityName="Johnston &amp; Burgess" authorityYear="2023" box="[933,1095,1888,1914]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tuahiniensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380EDFF8BEFB95F889" box="[933,1095,1888,1914]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380935F8BFFB7AF889" bold="true" box="[1103,1192,1888,1914]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC25B8380935F8BFFB7AF889" box="[1103,1192,1888,1914]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B83809A4F8BEFAA1F889" box="[1246,1395,1888,1914]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are generally small, compact, and hemispherical, with branches that are flattened and meander towards the tips (
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC25B838082BF85BFF16F832" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1" captionStart-1="FIGURE 2" captionStart-2="FIGURE 3" captionStartId-0="1.[152,255,1605,1629]" captionStartId-1="3.[152,255,1173,1197]" captionStartId-2="4.[152,255,1531,1555]" captionTargetBox-0="[157,1430,889,1575]" captionTargetBox-1="[158,1429,188,1142]" captionTargetBox-2="[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetId-0="figure-283@1.[151,1436,885,1581]" captionTargetId-1="figure-21@3.[151,1436,181,1149]" captionTargetId-2="figure-31@4.[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetPageId-0="1" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionTargetPageId-2="4" captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Photographs and SEM of the P. tuahiniensis holotype USNM-SI 1522390 showing a) a side view of holotype, b) spacing and shape of verrucae, c) close up of verrucae, d) verrucae and corallites, and e) and f) close ups of corallites showing the wide, flattened columellae." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. In situ appearance of Pocillopora species photographed at Moorea, French Polynesia. a) Close up of P. tuahiniensis holotype USNM-SI 1522390 at 20 m depth; b) surroundings of holotype, with holotype USNM-SI 1522390 in the center; c) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. at 10 m depth; d) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov., left, and P. verrucosa, right, at 10 m depth; e) P. meandrina at 10 m depth.All colonies were identified using the mtORF and PocHistone markers following the protocol described in Johnston et al. (2018). The identity of colonies in c, d, and e are included in the datasets of (Burgess et al. 2021; Johnston et al. 2022a)." captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Types of Pocillopora species closely related to P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. for morphological comparison. a) Holotype of P. solida Quelch 1886 (BMNH1886.12.9.22) collected from Tahiti, French Polynesia. This taxon is considered inquirendum. Images captured by The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. b) Colony photograph and corallite SEM of P. verrucosa (Ellis and Solander 1786) neotype (MTQG65923) collected from Lizard Island Lagoon, Australia. c) Pocillopora danae Verrill 1864 holotype (USNM696) collected from Fiji. Pocillopora danae is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. verrucosa. d) Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846 syntype (USNM700) collected from Fiji. e) Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846 syntype (YPMIZ001970.CN) collected from Hawaii. f) Pocillopora nobilis Verrill 1864 syntype (USNM658) collected from Hawaii. Pocillopora nobilis is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. meandrina." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148619" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148621" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148623" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/10148619/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/10148621/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/10148623/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Figure 13</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380DA3F878FDEDF832" authority="Dana 1846" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[217,575,1959,1986]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380DA3F878FE6FF832" box="[217,445,1959,1985]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">Pocillopora grandis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
also has branches that are flattened and meandering, but these branches can be paddle-like and are typically more robust than those of
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380E53F814FC6CF816" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[809,958,1995,2021]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="meandrina">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380E53F814FC6CF816" box="[809,958,1995,2021]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B8380EB7F814FBA2F816" authority="Johnston &amp; Burgess, 2023" authorityName="Johnston &amp; Burgess" authorityYear="2023" box="[973,1136,1995,2021]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tuahiniensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380EB7F814FBA2F816" box="[973,1136,1995,2021]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B8380902F814FB00F816" bold="true" box="[1144,1234,1995,2021]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC25B8380902F814FB00F816" box="[1144,1234,1995,2021]" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC25B839086AF814FE67FF42" authority="(Ellis and Solander 1786)" authorityName="Schmidt-Roach et al." authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Ellis and Solander" baseAuthorityYear="1786" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="122" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="121" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="verrucosa">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC25B838086AF814FA4EF817" box="[1296,1436,1995,2020]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="121">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
</taxonomicName>
(
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). The branches of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390E7BFF48FC5EFF43" box="[769,908,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
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typically do not meander and may be both flattened and cylindrical with swollen appearing branch tips (
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,
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC24B8390EDCFF65FC3CFF27" box="[934,1006,186,212]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[152,255,1531,1555]" captionTargetBox="[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetId="figure-31@4.[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Types of Pocillopora species closely related to P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. for morphological comparison. a) Holotype of P. solida Quelch 1886 (BMNH1886.12.9.22) collected from Tahiti, French Polynesia. This taxon is considered inquirendum. Images captured by The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. b) Colony photograph and corallite SEM of P. verrucosa (Ellis and Solander 1786) neotype (MTQG65923) collected from Lizard Island Lagoon, Australia. c) Pocillopora danae Verrill 1864 holotype (USNM696) collected from Fiji. Pocillopora danae is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. verrucosa. d) Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846 syntype (USNM700) collected from Fiji. e) Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846 syntype (YPMIZ001970.CN) collected from Hawaii. f) Pocillopora nobilis Verrill 1864 syntype (USNM658) collected from Hawaii. Pocillopora nobilis is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. meandrina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10148623/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">3b3c</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="070336A3DC24B8390DBDFF01FB09FE76" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,782]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">
Both
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390C7FFF01FE75FF0B" box="[261,423,222,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390CD4FF01FDDAFF0B" bold="true" box="[430,520,222,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC24B8390CD4FF01FDDAFF0B" box="[430,520,222,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390F6FFF01FD78FF0B" box="[533,682,222,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390F9DFF01FC8BFF0B" box="[743,857,222,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have neatly arranged verrucae that are equal in size (
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC24B8390DE5FEDEFEF7FEE8" box="[159,293,257,283]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1" captionStart-1="FIGURE 2" captionStart-2="FIGURE 3" captionStartId-0="1.[152,255,1605,1629]" captionStartId-1="3.[152,255,1173,1197]" captionStartId-2="4.[152,255,1531,1555]" captionTargetBox-0="[157,1430,889,1575]" captionTargetBox-1="[158,1429,188,1142]" captionTargetBox-2="[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetId-0="figure-283@1.[151,1436,885,1581]" captionTargetId-1="figure-21@3.[151,1436,181,1149]" captionTargetId-2="figure-31@4.[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetPageId-0="1" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionTargetPageId-2="4" captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Photographs and SEM of the P. tuahiniensis holotype USNM-SI 1522390 showing a) a side view of holotype, b) spacing and shape of verrucae, c) close up of verrucae, d) verrucae and corallites, and e) and f) close ups of corallites showing the wide, flattened columellae." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. In situ appearance of Pocillopora species photographed at Moorea, French Polynesia. a) Close up of P. tuahiniensis holotype USNM-SI 1522390 at 20 m depth; b) surroundings of holotype, with holotype USNM-SI 1522390 in the center; c) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. at 10 m depth; d) P. tuahiniensis sp. nov., left, and P. verrucosa, right, at 10 m depth; e) P. meandrina at 10 m depth.All colonies were identified using the mtORF and PocHistone markers following the protocol described in Johnston et al. (2018). The identity of colonies in c, d, and e are included in the datasets of (Burgess et al. 2021; Johnston et al. 2022a)." captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Types of Pocillopora species closely related to P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. for morphological comparison. a) Holotype of P. solida Quelch 1886 (BMNH1886.12.9.22) collected from Tahiti, French Polynesia. This taxon is considered inquirendum. Images captured by The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. b) Colony photograph and corallite SEM of P. verrucosa (Ellis and Solander 1786) neotype (MTQG65923) collected from Lizard Island Lagoon, Australia. c) Pocillopora danae Verrill 1864 holotype (USNM696) collected from Fiji. Pocillopora danae is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. verrucosa. d) Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846 syntype (USNM700) collected from Fiji. e) Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846 syntype (YPMIZ001970.CN) collected from Hawaii. f) Pocillopora nobilis Verrill 1864 syntype (USNM658) collected from Hawaii. Pocillopora nobilis is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. meandrina." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148619" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148621" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148623" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/10148619/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/10148621/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/10148623/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">Figures 13</figureCitation>
), but the verrucae of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390F74FEDDFD7DFEE8" box="[526,687,257,283]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390FCFFEDEFCDCFEE8" bold="true" box="[693,782,257,283]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC24B8390FCFFEDEFCDCFEE8" box="[693,782,257,283]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
tend to have a more jagged, crown-like appearance (
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) in contrast to the rounded verrucae of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390FF4FEFAFCF3FECD" box="[654,801,292,318]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. meandrina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390E54FEFAFC6AFECD" box="[814,952,293,318]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="C0BC4D20DC24B8390E89FEFAFBB6FECD" authorityName="Dana" authorityYear="1846" box="[1011,1124,292,318]" class="Anthozoa" family="Pocilloporidae" genus="Pocillopora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="5" pageNumber="122" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390E89FEFAFBB6FECD" box="[1011,1124,292,318]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="9F872A26DC24B839090BFEFBFB2BFECD" box="[1137,1273,292,318]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[152,255,1531,1555]" captionTargetBox="[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetId="figure-31@4.[200,1372,182,1498]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Types of Pocillopora species closely related to P. tuahiniensis sp. nov. for morphological comparison. a) Holotype of P. solida Quelch 1886 (BMNH1886.12.9.22) collected from Tahiti, French Polynesia. This taxon is considered inquirendum. Images captured by The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. b) Colony photograph and corallite SEM of P. verrucosa (Ellis and Solander 1786) neotype (MTQG65923) collected from Lizard Island Lagoon, Australia. c) Pocillopora danae Verrill 1864 holotype (USNM696) collected from Fiji. Pocillopora danae is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. verrucosa. d) Pocillopora grandis Dana 1846 syntype (USNM700) collected from Fiji. e) Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846 syntype (YPMIZ001970.CN) collected from Hawaii. f) Pocillopora nobilis Verrill 1864 syntype (USNM658) collected from Hawaii. Pocillopora nobilis is considered a junior subjective synonym of P. meandrina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10148623" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10148623/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">Figure 3bf</figureCitation>
). The verrucae of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390DCFFE96FEEDFE91" box="[181,319,329,354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are verrucose and equally distributed, but in contrast to
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390ED7FE96FB6DFE91" box="[941,1215,328,354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">
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,
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</emphasis>
, and
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390980FE96FA4EFE91" box="[1274,1436,328,354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
, they are irregular in size, shape, and height (
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Schmidt-Roach
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390EDFFEB3FC0CFE76" box="[933,990,363,389]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
) (
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).
</paragraph>
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The spinulae of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390C04FE4FFDF3FE5A" box="[382,545,399,425]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
are much reduced, if present, and columellae are short and wide (
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, and
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). Columellae of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390F5EFE6CFD6BFE3F" box="[548,697,434,460]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. meandrina</emphasis>
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are oval-convex to styloid and rarely obsolete (
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Schmidt-Roach
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2014
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).
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can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390E62FE08FC7EFE03" box="[792,940,470,496]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. meandrina</emphasis>
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by its styliform columellae that may contain 13 stylae. The corallites of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390C9BFE25FDBDFDE0" box="[481,623,506,531]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
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are characterized as having many long, slender spinulae and absent to styloid columellae (
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Schmidt-Roach
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390F51FDC1FDB1FDC4" box="[555,611,541,567]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">et al.</emphasis>
2014
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) (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="070336A3DC24B8390DBDFD9FFBEBFD51" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,782]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">
Mitochondrial and nuclear genomic data reveal that
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390E75FD9EFC63FDA9" box="[783,945,576,602]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="2EFB57CADC24B8390EC2FD9FFBC3FDA9" box="[952,1041,576,602]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is a unique species, sister to
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B839082EFD9EFF31FD8D" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
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, and in a clade different from that of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390F07FDBAFCC3FD8D" box="[637,785,612,638]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. meandrina</emphasis>
(
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Johnston
<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390EF0FDBAFC13FD8D" box="[906,961,612,638]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
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)
</taxonomicName>
. By sequencing the mtORF region,
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390DEDFD56FEE8FD51" box="[151,314,648,674]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
can be easily distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390E29FD57FC0BFD51" box="[851,985,648,674]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">Pocillopora</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="070336A3DC24B8390DBDFD72FB6EFCFD" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,782]" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">
In
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, both
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390C87FD72FD71FD35" box="[509,675,684,710]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. tuahiniensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B8390E30FD72FC0BFD35" box="[842,985,685,710]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">P. verrucosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
host the algal symbiont,
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B839087FFD73FED7FD19" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">Cladocopium pacificum</emphasis>
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, but
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</taxonomicName>
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tends to host a population of
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<emphasis id="35C8EAB1DC24B83908F9FD0EFED7FCFD" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="122">C. pacificum</emphasis>
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that is genetically different from that hosted by
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(
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Johnston
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