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<mods:title id="EA097E0E960B6197BBC6A814683C6DAC">Acropora rongelapensis sp. nov., a new species of Acropora from the Marshall Islands (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae)</mods:title>
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8FFF97C878FA03F4DCF98E" bold="true" box="[264,694,1532,1558]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Acropora (Acropora) rongelapensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8FFF97C878F9B8F78CF9F8" box="[264,486,1607,1632]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Material examined</emphasis>
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.
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G 57574
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<collectingCountry id="F35D6984FF8FFF97CB5BF990F49BF911" box="[555,753,1647,1673]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Marshall Islands</collectingCountry>
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, Rongelap Atoll lagoon,
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166°.67.0'E depth
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, coll. Z. Richards, date
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.
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.
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G 57575
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<collectingCountry id="F35D6984FF8FFF97CB42F940F49DF941" box="[562,759,1727,1753]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Marshall Islands</collectingCountry>
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, Rongelap Atoll lagoon,
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, coll. Z. Richards, date
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.
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G 57576
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<collectingCountry id="F35D6984FF8FFF97C8D5F8F0F401F8B1" box="[421,619,1807,1833]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Marshall Islands</collectingCountry>
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, Rongelap Atoll lagoon,
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Skeletal characteristics (based on
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)
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8CFF94C848FEBBF7DAFEC5" box="[312,432,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Corallum.</emphasis>
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Side attached open branching plate
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max. diameter, with horizontally flattened branches; main branches
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<quantity id="4CB284F1FF8CFF94CBDEFE93F54BFE1E" box="[686,801,364,390]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" metricValueMax="12.0" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="8.0" valueMax="12.0" valueMin="4.0">4–12 mm</quantity>
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wide and up to
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<quantity id="4CB284F1FF8CFF94CA9FFE93F23EFE1E" box="[1007,1108,364,390]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="100.0">100 mm</quantity>
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long. Secondary branches up to
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long. Branches round with a flattened base in crosssection, strongly tapered and distal branchlets upcurving.
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8CFF94C848FE1BF7DEFE65" box="[312,436,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Corallites.</emphasis>
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Axial corallites exsert up to
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<quantity id="4CB284F1FF8CFF94CA6CFE1BF519FE66" box="[796,883,484,510]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="10.0">10 mm</quantity>
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. Axial corallites outer diameter
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<quantity id="4CB284F1FF8CFF94CD88FE1BF70FFDBE" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5499999999999998" metricValueMax="1.9" metricValueMin="1.2" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="1.5499999999999998" valueMax="1.9" valueMin="1.2">1.2– 1.9 mm</quantity>
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, inner diameter
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. Calices round, primary septa present up to 2/3 R, a few to all secondary septa present up to ½ R. Radial corallites mixed sizes, not touching, appressed tubular or tubular exsert tending towards immersed or subimmersed on main branch. Incipient axial corallites difficult to distinguish from tubular radial corallites. Incipient axial corallites and radial corallites occurring laterally along flattened branch tips are tubular. A few exsert tubular corallites are borne along the centre of branches.
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8CFF94C878FC3BF40DFC45" box="[264,615,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
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Variation Based on
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</emphasis>
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G57576 resembles
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<typeStatus id="54F197B6FF8CFF94CBFAFC13F49BFB9E" box="[650,753,1004,1030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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in all characters except axial corallite diameters are slightly larger (outer diameter
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, inner diameter 0.7–1.0 mm).
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<paragraph id="8BF52914FF8CFF94C848FBC3F5F8FB6E" blockId="2.[264,1324,964,1270]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
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<typeStatus id="54F197B6FF8CFF94C848FBC3F7F4FBCE" box="[312,414,1084,1110]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
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G57575 tends towards an open branching growth form and is apparently from a larger colony than the
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<typeStatus id="54F197B6FF8CFF94CB10FB9BF4A1FBE6" box="[608,715,1124,1150]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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. Branches are thicker than in the
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<typeStatus id="54F197B6FF8CFF94CD24FB9BF2D7FBE6" box="[1108,1213,1124,1150]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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, up to
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diameter, but of similar length. Branches are round or round with a flat base in crosssection. Axial corallites are round and less extended, outer diameter larger than in
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<typeStatus id="54F197B6FF8CFF94CD9AFB4BF750FB6E" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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(
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), inner diameter same as in
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<typeStatus id="54F197B6FF8CFF94CA53FB23F5E4FB6E" box="[803,910,1244,1270]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8CFF94C878FAD3F46BFADD" box="[264,513,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Field Characteristics</emphasis>
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Small colonies up to
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<quantity id="4CB284F1FF8CFF94CB41FAABF411FAF6" box="[561,635,1364,1390]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="cm" value="20.0">20 cm</quantity>
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in diameter, uniform light brown with a whitish glow due to the dense skeleton. Long, bare axial corallites are very prominent. Laterally flattened branches distinguish this species. Occurs subtidally in lagoonal locations. Found at
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<quantity id="4CB284F1FF8CFF94CD90FA5BF775FA7E" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" metricValueMax="3.2" metricValueMin="2.8" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="m" value="30.0" valueMax="32.0" valueMin="28.0">28–32 m</quantity>
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depth.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3507A9FFF8CFF92C878F9E3F5ABFE66" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8CFF94C878F9E3F704F9AD" box="[264,366,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Remarks</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF52914FF8CFF94C848F9BBF757F8BE" blockId="2.[264,1325,1564,1830]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
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<typeStatus id="54F197B6FF8CFF94C848F9BBF717F9C6" box="[312,381,1604,1630]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Types</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A5297FF8CFF94C8D9F9BBF41AF9C5" box="[425,624,1604,1629]" class="Anthozoa" family="Acroporidae" genus="Acropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rongelapensis">
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8CFF94C8D9F9BBF41AF9C5" box="[425,624,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">A. rongelapensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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show potential for variation in growth ranging from open branching, sideattached plates to open branching arborescent. Variation also exists in axial corallite size, with outer axial corallite diameter ranging from
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<quantity id="4CB284F1FF8CFF94CD59F96BF2DDF936" box="[1065,1207,1684,1710]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.05" metricValueMax="2.9" metricValueMin="1.2" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" unit="mm" value="2.05" valueMax="2.9" valueMin="1.2">1.2–2.9 mm</quantity>
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and inner diameters range from 0.5–1.0 mm. It is considered that the samples collected thus far are not adequate to represent the full extent of skeletal variation as well as maximum colony size.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF52914FF8DFF95C878F921F535F8C5" blockId="3.[264,1323,1758,1885]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8DFF95C878F921F7E1F96E" bold="true" box="[264,395,1758,1782]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A5297FF8DFF95C8E9F920F4F1F96E" box="[409,667,1759,1782]" class="Anthozoa" family="Acroporidae" genus="Acropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rongelapensis">
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8DFF95C8E9F920F4F1F96E" box="[409,667,1759,1782]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Acropora rongelapensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(A) Paratype G57576
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8DFF95CAFFF920F5B8F96E" box="[911,978,1759,1782]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">in situ</emphasis>
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at Rongelap Atoll lagoon, Marshall Islands; (B) closeup of A; (C) portion paratype G57575 (DF) holotype specimen G57574 (E) electron micrograph of holotype showing axial and radial corallites (F) electron micrograph of holotype showing coenosteum between radial corallites.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BF52914FF8AFF92C878FEE3F7CEFEAD" blockId="4.[264,1323,284,510]" box="[264,420,284,309]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8AFF92C878FEE3F7CEFEAD" box="[264,420,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Comparisons</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF52914FF8AFF92C848FEBBF5ABFE66" blockId="4.[264,1323,284,510]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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We have placed this species in the
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<taxonomicName id="4C4A5297FF8AFF92CBBCFEBBF5F9FEC5" box="[716,915,324,349]" class="Anthozoa" family="Acroporidae" genus="Acropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="loripes">
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<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8AFF92CBBCFEBBF5F9FEC5" box="[716,915,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Acropora loripes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
group because it is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4A5297FF8AFF92C878FE93F547FE1E" authority="Wallace and Wolstenholme, 1998" authorityName="Wallace and Wolstenholme" authorityYear="1998" box="[264,813,364,390]" class="Anthozoa" family="Acroporidae" genus="Acropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="simplex">
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||
<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8AFF92C878FE93F7E8FE1D" box="[264,386,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">A. simplex</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFDB54E5FF8AFF92C8E3FE93F54EFE1E" author="Wallace" box="[403,804,364,390]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Wallace, C. C. & Wolstenholme, J. (1998) Revision of the coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) in Indonesia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123, 199 - 384." type="journal article" year="1998">Wallace and Wolstenholme, 1998</bibRefCitation>
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)
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, because of the reduced number of radial corallites and the particularly flattened branches, there is also some similarity to the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4A5297FF8AFF92C844FE43F7C4FE4D" box="[308,430,444,469]" class="Anthozoa" family="Acroporidae" genus="Acropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="elegans">
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||
<emphasis id="B93EF506FF8AFF92C844FE43F7C4FE4D" box="[308,430,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">A. elegans</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group, and further specimens may indicate a stronger affinity to that group. The molecular material may resolve this issue in the future.
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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