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Genus
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<paragraph id="635F8F9710C802C226AED1F8A7EDA565" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Diagnosis (emended).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B71B3476B61CF84554F405EE39F68D41" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Colony sparsely to densely, uniserial or irregularly branched, with elongate, straight, curved, or coiled, often ascending branches. Spines maximum 0.5 mm tall with pronounced tubercles. Polyps 1-2 mm in transverse diameter, with three to eight polyps per centimeter.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="130817F8AE49165D9995D6428F42E8D4" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Type species.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="A2A2CF278598783E6D21762931979892" authorityName="Brook" authorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Aphanipathidae" genus="Aphanipathes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanipathes sarothamnoides" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="sarothamnoides">
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Brook, 1889.
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<paragraph id="C19A428FB2B58A1BF3BB9DE066558C7B" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Vanuatu.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="14D406559FE29BCDAE7757350BEBB623" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="954514547CF5CB0959759141B99895FF" author="Brook, G" journalOrPublisher="Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" refId="B5" refString="Brook, G, 1889. Report on the Antipatharia. - Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. zool. 32: 1-222[, pls 1-15]." title="Report on the Antipatharia. - Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger. zool. 32: 1 - 222 [, pls 1 - 15]." year="1889">Brook (1889)</bibRefCitation>
erected the genus
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to include the following five new species:
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Brook, 1889,
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Brook, 1889,
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Brook, 1889,
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<emphasis id="C7FDADD531F16F928FF2C2AA770362E5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes barbadensis</emphasis>
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Brook, 1889 and
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(Brook, 1889), as well as eleven previously described nominal species:
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Lamouroux, 1824;
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<emphasis id="6DEC75073F5D64239D51FCCD1C26C76C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes salix</emphasis>
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(
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, 1880);
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<emphasis id="67223E159FF10B51D98F7C53DD745E5F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes rigida</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken id="BEC719A18C8BC15DCF91883847034114" originalValue="Pourtalès">Pourtales</normalizedToken>
, 1880;
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<emphasis id="AC5BDD78A871BD94FC983D1119AE2F3E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes fruticosa</emphasis>
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Gray, 1857;
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<emphasis id="037DD9D9D0F4D745979961265A423A4B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes pedata</emphasis>
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Gray, 1857;
<taxonomicName id="D141DA4C414E865E857692F26E8AA2BE" authorityName="Pallas" authorityYear="1766" class="Anthozoa" family="Antipathidae" genus="Antipathes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Antipathes pennacea" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="pennacea">
<emphasis id="A4EB72ADE5C028B50CD3ED65315721B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes pennacea</emphasis>
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Pallas, 1766;
<taxonomicName id="C68FADA08E4D2DCE57AC493E03EFA9A2" authorityName="Pourtales" authorityYear="1867" class="Anthozoa" family="Antipathidae" genus="Antipathes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Antipathes filix" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="filix">
<emphasis id="DBEF295FF6C289238CA3829F66E3B99D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes filix</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken id="D23DBA18986213575C1BEC8AD48D19A8" originalValue="Pourtalès">Pourtales</normalizedToken>
, 1867;
<taxonomicName id="C1A6967BE69DE8A50A9557EB213E814B" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1857" class="Anthozoa" family="Antipathidae" genus="Antipathes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Antipathes wollastoni" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="wollastoni">
<emphasis id="2423836C8C08CAB05F90DFDBBACA0946" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes wollastoni</emphasis>
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Gray, 1857;
<taxonomicName id="4040E07C50D2E81C51465D5F26A34A1E" authorityName="Pourtales" authorityYear="1867" class="Anthozoa" family="Antipathidae" genus="Antipathes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Antipathes humilis" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="humilis">
<emphasis id="43DD85899F3D8F4AFD54AD9FBBF33D08" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes humilis</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken id="4E00DAC61B6BAF2FDDA32BA872C6AECC" originalValue="Pourtalès">Pourtales</normalizedToken>
, 1867;
<taxonomicName id="B69E3789B8F936D25A1AB13544B5C61E" authorityName="Pourtales" authorityYear="1880" class="Anthozoa" family="Antipathidae" genus="Antipathes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Antipathes thyoides" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="thyoides">
<emphasis id="E39467C4DA217EA670E2123134640971" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes thyoides</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken id="03D49D1C952D16D35D5D3AE5804E0468" originalValue="Pourtalès">Pourtales</normalizedToken>
, 1880; and
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<emphasis id="225302A59A055D2C89758ED5AA5CFF56" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Antipathes abietina</emphasis>
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<normalizedToken id="63B69AA411A2A49931B20E5F000E3D1F" originalValue="Pourtalès">Pourtales</normalizedToken>
, 1874. The genus was revised to include only
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<emphasis id="A71A7551384283EC5898A615766F50E2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. sarothamnoides</emphasis>
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(the type species) and
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<emphasis id="AF4D84AB17B739907D2ECAFDEE9C87AB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. salix</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="9A1C3378F73E6C4CBB8019622669ABC1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. pedata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="70EF137E092D4CD162445722C3FF5BC3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. verticillata</emphasis>
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. Since then, a fifth species,
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<emphasis id="ECCECFA84FC84A42FCA8BE636A4155ED" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes flailum</emphasis>
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Horowitz, 2022, has been added to the genus. All five species are branched, have polypar spines twice as large as the abpolypar spines, and possess distinct tubercles on the surfaces of polypar and abpolypar spines (Table
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). These species differ based on the density of tubercles on a visible lateral view of a given spine where
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<emphasis id="B7CE8AEAB32FEEA5D4F3106C8A767BC9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. salix</emphasis>
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has about five tubercles (which are also more knob-like than any other aphanipathids),
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<emphasis id="6C044B7335138AF4A217FEF474C0DC89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. flailum</emphasis>
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has about eight to 12 tubercles,
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<emphasis id="86A2552E1A2DA69AD7A5FBE88E57DE98" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. sarothamnoides</emphasis>
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has about 15 tubercles, and
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<emphasis id="03B6A1E90E5D5F037DA008FDCE72F6D8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. pedata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="352533F5C5FEC52A5D7D16B691911254" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. verticillata</emphasis>
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have as many as 30 tubercles.
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<emphasis id="795398828D9F2BC839700AE52ADD558A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes verticillata</emphasis>
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also has spines that form distinct verticils while all other species have spines in horizontal rows that form spirals. The phylogeny reconstructed in
<bibRefCitation id="8ECE43043EBC768670B7302B2A7BECC5" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5213.1.1" author="Horowitz, J" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" pagination="1 - 35" refId="B13" refString="Horowitz, J, Opresko, D, Molodtsova, TN, Beaman, RJ, Cowman, PF, Bridge, TCL, 2022. Five new species of black coral (Anthozoa; Antipatharia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia. Zootaxa 5213 (1): 1 - 35, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5213.1.1" title="Five new species of black coral (Anthozoa; Antipatharia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5213.1.1" volume="5213" year="2022">Horowitz et al. (2022)</bibRefCitation>
suggests that
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<emphasis id="AC51933A377A0DBB8CD31B387E4BA1F2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. verticillata</emphasis>
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might be more closely related to the genus
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<emphasis id="E280C00A8FFA5C780BF84938E547755B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Pseudocirrhipathes</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="49A5CA520366FDFA541AACAC67664855" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">A. salix</emphasis>
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has never been sequenced and the differences in the ornamentation on the spines could suggest that it belongs to a different genus, but confirmation requires comparison of molecular data from holotype or topotype material of each species in the genus to formally revise the group.
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<emphasis id="3AE6C079A47C24313E2B3119569689FF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Table 1.</emphasis>
Comparison of species in the genus
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.
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<tr id="9A78137DEC3CB696D93A07B140D73BF7" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
<th id="277BABB2F21C337FB68BBA55C1F37710" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="ABFA7963EC52D4D2EF607708B45DDB9C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Growth form</th>
<th id="EF662805AA72D560C8924B6901DFA111" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Terminal branchlet length (cm)</th>
<th id="E168A61BCC21B7C8A9F092DD33AA24D0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Branchlet density per 5 cm</th>
<th id="64F574D896DFA9F0D58F21A5FE0EC8E4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Number of branch orders</th>
<th id="2FBA4652FA0254E685DAF744BE0863A2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Distal branch angle</th>
<th id="1A5C7F52CC729816EB47FD7FF1B17C27" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Polypar/ abpolypar spine heights (mm)</th>
<th id="A12AF43484D2DB14DA1EFF5FFE054021" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">*Tubercle density on polypar spine (per side view)</th>
<th id="E034026F4A1B155DF7C9321BC57C975F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Polyp in transverse diameter (mm)</th>
<th id="08E0FAAD3FDA67CDDE735FC7AC6BFA05" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Polyp density (per cm)</th>
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<td id="2A84AF96FDD887CBF125620FE78C241F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="3AD0E5BAD00D6C2C512952763BEB588B" authorityName="Horowitz &amp; Quattrini" authorityYear="2023" class="Anthozoa" family="Aphanipathidae" genus="Aphanipathes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanipathes puertoricoensis" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="puertoricoensis">
<emphasis id="F4234288739D9F49B6781E4157E3D93F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes puertoricoensis</emphasis>
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<td id="C5040C7D02665C68B504CDA1299C6FF8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Multi-plane</td>
<td id="09972D236DD83329CA1CF4E6BE617BCC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">&gt; 20</td>
<td id="71B272335081C16D7B1FC56D3E7C31CF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
<td id="6D2A79A249725FB08DBAF9B9B0AFE7CF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">2-3</td>
<td id="F49F92D1F5E8D6492DC84ACE86955A83" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">90</td>
<td id="4959D92044024E5E65975C977F369E42" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">0.5/0.3</td>
<td id="E692F64E40CEDF50A07E9CF5401E7FD0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">20-40</td>
<td id="D7D647FF366E67CEBC20E508CB61857B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1.1-1.6</td>
<td id="B3636E0E0C3E560DABD95A63AA25B934" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">6-8</td>
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<tr id="AAB6998E604C3ECBD91B443D3C7B245F" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
<td id="7EA04E98BE8CA71B3AD646DC20BB6E7A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="AE9AC0AD1565701871CFBB04CBE6228B" authorityName="Brook" authorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Aphanipathidae" genus="Aphanipathes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanipathes verticillata" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="verticillata">
<emphasis id="A7ACAD4DAF81311B9526BDB20DA25FEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes verticillata</emphasis>
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<td id="E7C3B63EAC65AAE4907FC4C021808759" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Multi-plane</td>
<td id="5B8BF3F36B7A50C30D968E62A192C901" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="98BB0B60593290EE2D8DF6B54B84DE83" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">4-8</td>
<td id="1509A126C94939F7046E4E9D4A51E9DB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">10 +</td>
<td id="5999355F82622997AE918CEF16572A71" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">45-60</td>
<td id="1FA88DD60FEE4A0D99306B3FD5DDF1E3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">0.28/0.14</td>
<td id="5ADB6F0ADD9E961F5EE5CE33BEA327DA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">20-30</td>
<td id="7593010E4FBCAAB2192546B829A5211B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1.4</td>
<td id="66FCFFC0414D99375EF71F7653633E01" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">6-7</td>
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<td id="2D55E4F651C23C607630A883F61A6E99" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="50F82297157FD0CF7413A9C4DF615578" baseAuthorityName="Pourtales" baseAuthorityYear="1880" class="Anthozoa" family="Aphanipathidae" genus="Aphanipathes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanipathes salix" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="salix">
<emphasis id="67FEFE347AFCCE10E95CDBB58C60FDBB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes salix</emphasis>
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<td id="D32CD5129084C5AB871A9FD2B86B8A72" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Fronds</td>
<td id="1BBF91DD2ED086E0A39034447D252C7F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td id="776AF4AA21E6EE015123F0443BDAE54C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
<td id="AC9BB3D799B4AEC3BFA1816C7FE964D6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">3-6</td>
<td id="BF20084B0ECF8095FDA1843F0A03DA84" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">30-45</td>
<td id="B790CFF3AC9066D613F2E2211D35618A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">0.22/0.13</td>
<td id="27B9584A3815061F45C769FA90CD3BA4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td id="E961D7B86E62AD595B71F688CAF4FA1F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1.2</td>
<td id="4FA1D70A21191D850CBB13A7A9141D18" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">6</td>
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<td id="E8A7828D8EEE2AF60B69670A323AEDB3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="5BE78C6678104E0F510315ABF38FC182" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1857" class="Anthozoa" family="Aphanipathidae" genus="Aphanipathes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanipathes pedata" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="pedata">
<emphasis id="C24E04F6B67C3ECD859B0D01F8F24F89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes pedata</emphasis>
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<td id="A819346BA83714386E48B7DC22769750" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Fronds</td>
<td id="234827C307943AD0592C1B6B1CC82C9F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="AFE5CF44A92E6C631089E78CBB7D5912" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">5-8</td>
<td id="7935B3622B8AEA56740477565D0B48FC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">8 +</td>
<td id="3F1D78EE828BFA8B043B52E410C52D5A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">30-45</td>
<td id="9EDDDE34297168A4284F750181CF7F1F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">0.4/0.22</td>
<td id="539EE3A90273EF09084F48D67BF32870" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">30</td>
<td id="4CB2D8B20CD296248F01C06888E5D76C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1.2-1.7</td>
<td id="8AC0B7787FAEB4832CDA7AE89DE6DE48" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">5-8</td>
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<tr id="F02FF4DCA5141ED7A534100832CAECDB" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
<td id="948DABFE05FE430186043BF264D29FE5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="15E118448C8EB59AC93A2F0229C41F88" authorityName="Brook" authorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Aphanipathidae" genus="Aphanipathes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aphanipathes sarothamnoides" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="sarothamnoides">
<emphasis id="B5DED6E7153D5D97E999D588F8D85AA3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes sarothamnoides</emphasis>
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<td id="88D54266631ED86E2E367A737E207721" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Fronds</td>
<td id="983EB0F3454C3DFA0828BAD8A444B86A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="C75235065CFBF9E3CC856A5DE3B44C1F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
<td id="53CBFCB5B9D312FDCE5386C8F601B48C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">3-4</td>
<td id="3DAF6EFB879D9CB9F605400A2453E137" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">30-45</td>
<td id="98DFE7AAB6B3576E8532E9DAAC625C2C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">0.2/0.1</td>
<td id="D45CC49717DC1F459682A8F13D840503" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">12-15</td>
<td id="5E05366BAB52E812410ED2764F4D8901" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1.3</td>
<td id="74A571BA5FEFD88425C8825724379FE2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">6</td>
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<tr id="8D830F3964B53354B4B303894446B512" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
<td id="6DE6A4437C33217AA6F743831CBC0D7E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">
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<emphasis id="FC24DF0176781C82020AB0623B2DAA3A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Aphanipathes flailum</emphasis>
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<td id="0D4B88B21402645CB4D83DCD673143EF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">Fronds</td>
<td id="D66BCEB9B791C7F1B1BE77FD5A339C0E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="FACD5333E3E6987BDBBEE9C667905BD5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
<td id="E28D002A6067469AA1C815041AEE230D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="D8BBBA17D9E6D682DCCBC20E7A3A0AEB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">30</td>
<td id="C5D2887B16A6C4E80A64073AD3734C2A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">0.12/0.09</td>
<td id="F9314FB91100E5DAFA518DF1621E62EB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">8-12</td>
<td id="18ED504EB716F35CD2B82983B886938B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">1.8-2.0</td>
<td id="12BE41CAA34C8E1606875A518214439D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rowspan="1">3-4</td>
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<tableNote id="A0E5C491227EE0CC0C86438745F8BEBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">* Including tubercles on the distal and proximal edges of spines.</tableNote>
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