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Branches subdivided dichotomously, up to four orders with branching angle 70°80°. Distance between adjacent branches
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, the first internode of branch
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long and the terminal branchlets up to
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long. Polyps on branch internode average
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tall and
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tall (
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). Polyps usually arranged one on first and medial internode and one or two on terminal branchlets. Polyps in stem internodes small with eight extended tentacles, 0.51.0 mm tall and often arranged one in each internode. Tentacular part with eight obvious tentacles, up to
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in terminal polyps. Verrucae absent.
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<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBF9C57099CEB847529F92F" bold="true" box="[151,289,1708,1732]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">FIGURE 44.</emphasis>
The external morphology and polyps of
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.
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,
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBF9C570D66EB84708CF92F" bold="true" box="[1133,1156,1708,1732]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">B.</emphasis>
The same specimen in situ (the arrow) and after collection.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBF9C5708E3EBF875F2F903" bold="true" box="[488,506,1744,1768]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">C</emphasis>
,
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Non-terminal polyps under a light microscope and SEM, respectively.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBF9C570DF4EBF87119F903" bold="true" box="[1279,1297,1744,1768]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">D</emphasis>
,
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. Terminal polyps under a light microscope and SEM, respectively.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBF9C570BDDEBDC76E5F8E7" bold="true" box="[726,749,1780,1804]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">E.</emphasis>
A part of branch under SEM. Scale bars: 5 cm (
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); 1 mm (
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,
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,
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,
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); 500 μm (
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBF9C570816EA307539F8DB" bold="true" box="[285,305,1816,1840]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">H</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
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Scales in aboral face of tentacle rachis transversely and alternately arranged, thick and nearly smooth, forked and branched with irregular shape, some of them curved with sparse fine warts and toothed edges of ends, measuring 75497 × 10283 μm (
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). Scales in pinnules longitudinally arranged, nearly smooth, usually a little curved with one end forked or broad and the other end narrow or sharp, some of them with many warts and finely toothed end surface, and branched with irregular shape, measuring 183452 × 7144 μm (
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). Scales in polyp body wall irregularly arranged, elongate and nearly smooth with an obvious medial contraction, occasionally with sparse fine warts, measuring 130314 × 14107 μm (
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). Its edges usually finely toothed on surface, forked or lobed with very irregular shape, occasionally protruding outward. Scales in coenenchyme longitudinally arranged, small and slender, nearly smooth and often with lobed edges, some of them forked or branched with irregular shape, measuring 190419 × 1795 μm (
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C54099CEA357528F8DE" bold="true" box="[151,288,1821,1845]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">FIGURE 45.</emphasis>
Sclerites of
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.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C540A2EEA357735F8DE" bold="true" box="[805,829,1821,1845]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">A.</emphasis>
Sclerites in tentacle rachis.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C540D50EA36707AF8DD" bold="true" box="[1115,1138,1822,1846]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">B.</emphasis>
Sclerites in polyp body wall.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C54099CEA6974B8F8B2" bold="true" box="[151,176,1857,1881]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">C.</emphasis>
Some warty sclerites in the proximal pinnules.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C540BAAEA6A76B2F8B1" bold="true" box="[673,698,1858,1882]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">D.</emphasis>
Sclerites in coenenchyme.
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C540ADDEA6A77E5F8B1" bold="true" box="[982,1005,1858,1882]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">E.</emphasis>
Sclerites in pinnules. Scale bars: 300 μm (
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;
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,
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,
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C540812EA4E7523F895" bold="true" box="[281,299,1894,1918]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">D</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C540833EA4E7541F895" bold="true" box="[312,329,1894,1918]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">E</emphasis>
in the same scale).
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<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBC9C5409CCEA8375F8F82E" bold="true" box="[199,496,1963,1990]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
Off Menado, 1264
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(
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);
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,
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(
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); a seamount on the Caroline Ridge in the Western Pacific Ocean,
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.
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<subSubSection id="C33B6511FFBD9C5509CCEDBF7782FE3A" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B9E369AFFBD9C5509CCEDBF7782FE3A" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,465]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBD9C5509CCEDBF7533FF5A" bold="true" box="[199,315,151,177]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Remarks.</emphasis>
The original description of
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<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBD9C550B7BEDBF7763FF5A" box="[624,875,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Chrysogorgia delicata</emphasis>
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is unclear. As described by Nutting, the polyps sclerites are same with
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<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBD9C550B11ED9376BDFF3E" box="[538,693,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Chrysogorgia</emphasis>
sp.
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(described by
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, p78). We compared our specimen with the descriptions of Versluys and Nutting, and found it matches well with them. Therefore, the characters of
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<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBD9C550C88EDF774F9FEF6" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">C. delicata</emphasis>
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can be summarized by having a bottlebrush-shaped colony, nearly smooth and more forked or lobed scales with various shape in polyp body wall, slender and nearly smooth scales often with lobed edges and irregular shape in coenenchyme, and nearly smooth scales usually curved with one end forked or branched and broad, and the other end narrow or sharp in pinnules. It is similar to
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<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBD9C550BE1EC477760FE62" box="[746,872,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">C. axillaris</emphasis>
(
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)
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C214D19FFBD9C550DBCEC4774DAFE46" authority="Versluys, 1902" authorityName="Versluys" authorityYear="1902" class="Anthozoa" family="Chrysogorgiidae" genus="Chrysogorgia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="sibogae">
<emphasis id="B955EA88FFBD9C550DBCEC477126FE62" box="[1207,1326,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">C. sibogae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, but differs from them by more irregular scales with more lobed and branched edges in polyp body wall and coenenchyme (vs. both relatively regular with less lobes) (
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).
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