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32
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2600”N
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127
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4736”W
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Colonies with flattened branches. Surface sclerites mostly 7­ radiates (occasionally 8­radiates) with long (&gt;
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DG, 41BD), averaging
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in length (e.g.,
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H).
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A11AFFDAFEB99C4D958EFD55" bold="true" box="[264,407,1804,1828]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 39.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A118FFD8FEB99E9F9581FF87" bold="true" box="[264,408,1502,1526]" pageId="58" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 41.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A118FFD8FE899D3B95C9FCE5" bold="true" box="[312,464,1658,1684]" pageId="58" pageNumber="59">Description.</emphasis>
Robust flattened branches, white cortex and pink to purple autozooid apertures. Numerous conical, semi­closed, autozooid polyp apertures uniformly/randomly distributed throughout the branches (
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). Tiny siphonozooid apertures tightly closed, not observable to the naked eye. Medulla in the terminal branches with 67 major canals. Autozooid polyp tentacles with blunt ovals up to
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long, regularly ornate with notable conical rays (
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AB) though different overall form in the
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A).
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Surface sclerites mostly 7­radiates, and occasionally 8­radiates, with long (&gt;
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) lobulated, smooth rays (
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DG, 41BD), averaging
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in length (0.005 SD, n=10). Oval surface sclerites about 1.45 times longer than wider, averaging
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in width (0.005 SD, n=10). Medulla with highly ornate, forked, and irregular, spindles usually less than
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in length (
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H).
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FE899AA29668FB8C" bold="true" box="[312,625,483,509]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Morphological variation.</emphasis>
Two characters exhibited a great deal of variation between the
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and
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: the form of autozooid ovals and the medullar sclerites, the most variable character in
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FDAD997596BDF83C" box="[540,676,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Paragorgia</emphasis>
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spp. The medulla sclerites of the
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of
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FAA4997595AAF804" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">P. stephencairnsi</emphasis>
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have a great array of forked and bent forms. Since both examined specimens present the same kind of surface sclerites, which is the prevailing diagnostic character in most
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FE6999ED9646F8B4" box="[472,607,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Paragorgia</emphasis>
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spp., they can be considered as the same species until further specimens are available.
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FE8999BD95C1F967" bold="true" box="[312,472,764,790]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Distribution.</emphasis>
Pacific Ocean, off British
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,
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,
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350
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.
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FE8998659658F94F" bold="true" box="[312,577,804,830]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Species comparisons.</emphasis>
Externally,
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FD6598659787F94C" box="[724,926,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">P. stephencairnsi</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FB179865913AF94C" box="[1190,1315,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">P. yutlinux</emphasis>
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, but the two can be differentiated using sclerite form.
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FCCA980D97EFF914" box="[891,1014,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">P. yutlinux</emphasis>
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has mostly 6­radiates and
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FEB9983595C9F9FC" box="[264,464,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">P. stephencairnsi</emphasis>
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7­radiates.
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<emphasis id="CF80EAA6A119FFD9FE8998DD95D0F9C7" bold="true" box="[312,457,924,950]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is named in honour of Dr. Stephen Cairns, one of the most prolific coral taxonomists.
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