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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Cnidae of Edwardsianthus species A-E E. pudicus (NSMT-Co 1702) A 1 spirocyst in tentacle; A 2 basitrich in tentacle B 1 small basitrich in actinopharynx B 2 large basitrich in actinopharynx B 3 microbasic p - mastigophore in actinopharynx C basitrich in nemathybome D basitrich in column E 1 small basitrich in filament E 2 large basitrich in filament E 3 microbasic p - mastigophore in filament F-J E. gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527) F 1 spirocyst in tentacle F 2 basitrich in tentacle G 1 small basitrich in actinopharynx G 2 large basitrich in actinopharynx G 3 microbasic p - mastigophore in actinopharynx H basitrich in nemathybome I basitrich in nemathybome J 1 basitrich in filament J 2 microbasic p - mastigophore in filament K-O E. carbunculus sp. nov. (CMNH-ZG 05954) K 1 spirocyst in tentacle K 2 basitrich in tentacle L 1 small basitrich in actinopharynx L 2 large basitrich in actinopharynx M 1 small basitrich in nemathybome M 2 large basitrich in nemathybome N basitrich in column O 1 small basitrich in filament O 2 large basitrich in filament O 3 microbasic p - mastigophore in filament." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621138" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Japanese name: minami-mushimodoki-ginchaku: Uchida &amp; Soyama, 2001 Figs 3F-J</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">, 4</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Carlgren" authorityYear="1931" class="Anthozoa" family="Edwardsiidae" genus="Edwardsia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Edwardsia gilbertensis" order="Actiniaria" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="gilbertensis">Edwardsia gilbertensis</taxonomicName>
Carlgren, 1931: 10-12, figs 7-9.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Carlgren" authorityYear="1931" class="Anthozoa" family="Edwardsiidae" genus="Edwardsianthus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Edwardsianthus gilbertensis" order="Actiniaria" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="gilbertensis">Edwardsianthus gilbertensis</taxonomicName>
: England, 1987: 218, 231, fig. 10; Uchida and Soyama, 2001: 49.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Material examined.</paragraph>
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CMNH-ZG 06527: dissected specimen, histological sections, tissues in paraffin, and prepared nematocysts, collected by wading on
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,
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; NSMT-Co 1701: dissected specimens (2 individuals), collected by hand during wading on
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from the intertidal zone of
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from the intertidal zone of
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; NSMT-Co 1782: histological sections, tissues in paraffin, and prepared nematocysts, collected by wading on
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; NSMT-Co 1783: histological sections, tissues in paraffin, and prepared nematocysts, collected by wading on
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from the intertidal zone of
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; NSMT-Co 1784-NSMT-Co 1789: whole or dissected specimens, collected by wading on
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; NSMT-Co 1790: dissected specimens (3 individuals), collected by wading on
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from the intertidal zone of
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,
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; NSMT-Co 1791: histological sections, tissues in paraffin, collected by wading on
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from the intertidal zone of
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; NSMT-Co 1792: histological sections, tissues in paraffin, collected by wading on
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from the intertidal zone of
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; NSMT-Co 1793: histological sections, tissues in paraffin, collected by hand during snorkeling on
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from
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,
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Description.</paragraph>
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.
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Size: preserved specimens ca. 20-60 mm in whole length, and 2.5-3.5 mm in width, with worm-like form, and equal width along whole body. Column: consisting of capitulum, scapus, and physa. The distal-most part capitulum, translucent or opaque gray in color in living specimens, short, without nemathybomes. Scapus with thick periderm-like cuticle, brownish orange in color, both in living and preserved specimens, and with tiny, pale white in color, more or less in 8 rows nemathybomes. Aboral end apparent physa (Fig.
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). Tentacles: 20 in number in two cycles; inner tentacles four or five and outer 10-15, opaque whitish gray in color in living animals (Fig.
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; this color is lost in preserved specimen), without acrospheres. Inner tentacles slender, ca. 1 mm in length, and outer ones long, slender, short, with sparse white spots on surface, 2-3 mm in length. Mouth: at the center of oral disc, a little swollen.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Internal anatomy</emphasis>
.
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Mesenterial arrangement: eight perfect mesenteries, all macrocnemes. Four dorsal and ventral directives, and four lateral mesenteries not paired with other macrocnemes, (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">4E</figureCitation>
). All macrocnemes are present along the whole body length from oral to aboral end, and bear distinct retractor and parietal muscles. Approximately seven to twelve tiny microcnemes, without muscles, only confined to distal-most part. Four microcnemes between dorsal directives and dorso-lateral mesenteries, four between dorso-and ventro-lateral mesenteries, and four between ventro-lateral mesenteries and ventral directives. Retractor muscles: at the mid part of column, distinct and diffused (Fig.
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), pennon-like, consist of ca. 15-35 simple or slightly branched muscular processes (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">4F</figureCitation>
). Parietal muscles: distinctly developed, leaf-like shape elongated along mesenteries, with ca. ten simple or slightly branched muscular processes in each side (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">4F</figureCitation>
). Others: each with one tentacle from each endo- or exocoel. Actinopharynx short, limited in uppermost part (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">4C</figureCitation>
), without siphonoglyph. Tentacular circular muscle indistinct, and longitudinal muscle distinct, ectodermal. Mesoglea thickest in body wall (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">4E</figureCitation>
), and comparatively thick in tentacles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">4C</figureCitation>
), but thinner in mesenteries and parietal muscles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External and internal morphology of Edwardsianthus gilbertensis (CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B) A outer view of preserved specimen B oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat C longitudinal section of oral end D transverse section of nemathybome E transverse section of column in lower part; F. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B); 500 µm (C, E, F); 100 µm (D). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.69025.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/621139" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">4F</figureCitation>
). Nemathybomes protruding from mesoglea (Fig.
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). Marginal sphincter muscle and basilar muscle absent. Gametogenic tissue not attached to retractor muscles, distinct, but no mature gametocyte. Zooxanthellae sparsely distributed on endoderm of mesenteries (Fig.
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).
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.
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Basitrichs, spirocysts, and microbasic
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-mastigophores. See Fig.
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and Table
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for sizes and distributions of cnidae.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Figure 4.</emphasis>
External and internal morphology of
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(CMNH-ZG 06527 except for B)
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outer view of preserved specimen
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oral view of living specimen with 18 tentacles in the habitat
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longitudinal section of oral end
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transverse section of nemathybome
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transverse section of column in lower part;
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. Enlarged view of transverse section of mesenteries. Abbreviations: a, actinopharynx; cap, capitulum; fi, filament; ma, macrocneme; ne, nemathybomes; pa, parietal muscle; ph, physa; rm, retractor muscle; scs, scapus; te, tentacle. Scale bars: 5 mm (
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); 1 mm (
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); 500
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(
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(
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). Photograph B by Kensuke Yanagi.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Remarks.</paragraph>
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was originally described from the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati (Carlgren, 1931), and there have been several reports from other localities in the tropical/subtropical zone in the Pacific (Fautin, 2013). However, there were no records of
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from Japan except for a fieldguide (Uchida &amp; Soyama, 2001), which reported this species from Kabira Bay, Ishigaki Island. In this research we discovered many individuals of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">E. gilbertensis</emphasis>
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living not only in the intertidal zone of Kabira Bay in Ishigaki Island (Fig.
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), but also across a broad area of the Nansei Islands, from Kikai Island, Amami Islands (Kagoshima Pref.) to Yonaguni Island, Yaeyama Islands (Okinawa Pref.). The morphological features of these specimens almost completely correspond to the original description of
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: 6.5 cm in length and 0.2 cm in width in fixed specimens; 16-20 tentacles; nemathybomes more or less in rows; 20-30 muscular processes on retractors. The cnidom of our specimen also agrees well with the original description, especially concerning the point that there is only one type of cnidae, &quot;31-41
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(2)2.5(3)
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in size (Carlgren, 1931) in the nemathybomes. Thus, it is confirmed that
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is widely distributed in the southern islands of Japan including Ishigaki Island.
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