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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. A, B. Letepsammia formosissima (SAM _ H 1429, off Kidds Beach, 79 m) A calicular view B basal view C, D Letepsammia franki (SAMC _ A 090070, off Durban, 95 m) C calicular view D basal view E, F Rhombopsammia niphada (SAM _ H 1390, off Port Alfred, 90 m) E calicular view F basal view G, H Stephanophyllia fungulus (SAMC _ A 073106, Cape Vidal, 140 m) G calicular view H basal view I Madrepora oculata (SAM _ H 3038, off St Lucia, 825 m) full view J, L Culicia sp. cf. Culicia australiensis (SAMC _ A 073032, off Shaka's Rock, 50 m) J calicular view K full view L septa details M, N Culicia excavata. M (UCTES _ DBN 85 H, off Ispongo, depth unknown): full view N (BMNH 1840.09.30.19, Cape of Good Hope, depth unknown): Calicular view O, P Stenocyathus vermiformis (SAM _ H 3213, off Cintsa, 630 m) O calicular view P lateral view Scale bars: 10 mm (A-H, J-N); 100 mm (I); 2 mm (O, P)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/604117" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 14E, F</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Owens" authorityYear="1986" class="Anthozoa" family="Micrabaciidae" genus="Rhombopsammia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhombopsammia niphada" order="Scleractinia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="niphada">Rhombopsammia niphada</taxonomicName>
Owens, 1986a: 252-255, figs 2B, 3A-D. -
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: 19-20, text-fig. 2, pl. 9, figs D-I, pl. 10, figs A, B
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 150" refId="B37" refString="Cairns, S, 1994. Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 557: 1 - 150" title="Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific." volume="557" year="1994">. -Cairns 1994</bibRefCitation>
: 41, pl. 15, figs I-K, pl. 16, figs A, B
<bibRefCitation author="Owens, J" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="586 - 590" refId="B208" refString="Owens, J, 1994. Letepsammia franki, a new species of deep-sea coral (Coelenterata: Scleractinia: Micrabaciidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107 (4): 586 - 590" title="Letepsammia franki, a new species of deep-sea coral (Coelenterata: Scleractinia: Micrabaciidae)." volume="107" year="1994">. -Owens 1994</bibRefCitation>
: 588. -
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="27 - 243" refId="B54" refString="Cairns, S, Zibrowius, H, 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippines and Indonesian regions. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 172: 27 - 243" title="Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippines and Indonesian regions." volume="172" year="1997">Cairns and Zibrowius 1997</bibRefCitation>
: 75-76. -
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: 371. -
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Atoll Research Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="13 - 46" refId="B57" refString="Cairns, S, Hoeksema, B, van der Land, J, 1999. Appendix: List of Extant Stony Corals. Atoll Research Bulletin 459: 13 - 46" title="Appendix: List of Extant Stony Corals." volume="459" year="1999">Cairns et al. 1999</bibRefCitation>
: 34
<bibRefCitation author="Plusquellec, Y" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Paleontology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="985 - 1001" refId="B221" refString="Plusquellec, Y, Webb, G, Hoeksema, B, 1999. Automobility in Tabulata, Rugosa, and extant Scleractinian analogues: stratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution of Paleozoic mobile corals. Journal of Paleontology 73 (6): 985 - 1001" title="Automobility in Tabulata, Rugosa, and extant Scleractinian analogues: stratigraphic and paleogeographic distribution of Paleozoic mobile corals." volume="73" year="1999">. -Plusquellec et al. 1999</bibRefCitation>
: 998
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="259 - 329" refId="B45" refString="Cairns, S, 2004a. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 259 - 329" title="The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia." volume="56" year="2004 a">. -Cairns 2004a</bibRefCitation>
: 271. -
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Occasional Paper of the Bernice P Bishop Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B48" refString="Cairns, S, 2009. Online appendix: Phylogenetic list of 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species, with their junior synonyms and depth ranges. In: Roberts J, Wheeler, A, Freiwald, A, Cairns S (Eds) Cold water corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-sea Corals Habitats. Cambridge University Press. https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/7548" title="Online appendix: Phylogenetic list of 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species, with their junior synonyms and depth ranges. In: Roberts J, Wheeler, A, Freiwald, A, Cairns S (Eds) Cold water corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-sea Corals Habitats. Cambridge University Press. https: // repository. si. edu / handle / 10088 / 7548" year="2009">Cairns 2009</bibRefCitation>
: 2. -
<bibRefCitation author="Kitahara, M" journalOrPublisher="Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Sao Paulo)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B157" refString="Kitahara, M, Cairns, S, Stolarski, J, Blair, D, Miller, D, 2010b. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial CO1 sequence data. PLoS ONE 5: e11490. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011490" title="A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial CO 1 sequence data. PLoS ONE 5: e 11490. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0011490" year="2010 b">Kitahara et al. 2010b</bibRefCitation>
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. -
<bibRefCitation author="Quattrini, A" journalOrPublisher="Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution," pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1531 - 1538" refId="B228" refString="Quattrini, A, Rodriguez, E, Faircloth, B, Cowman, P, Brugler, M, Farfan, G, Hellberg, M, Kitahara, M, Morrison, C, Paz-Garcia, D, Reimer, J, 2020. Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time. Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution, 4 (11): 1531 - 1538" title="Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time." volume="4" year="2020">Quattrini et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
: 1538, fig. 1. -Seilitz et al. 2020: 11. -
<bibRefCitation author="Kitahara, M" journalOrPublisher="Publications Scientifiques du Museum, Paris" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B154" refString="Kitahara, M, Cairns, S, 2021. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 32: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Publications Scientifiques du Museum, Paris" title="Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 32: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle." year="2021">Kitahara and Cairns 2021</bibRefCitation>
: 64-65, 67, figs 15D, H, 18, 19A-D.
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Off Kyushu (USS
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,
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); 715 m
<bibRefCitation author="Owens, J" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="248 - 256" refId="B206" refString="Owens, J, 1986a. Rhombopsammia, a new genus of the family Micrabaciidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99 (2): 248 - 256" title="Rhombopsammia, a new genus of the family Micrabaciidae." volume="99" year="1986 a">(Owens 1986a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 136" refId="B34" refString="Cairns, S, 1989a. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1 - 136" title="A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae." volume="486" year="1989 a">Cairns 1989a</bibRefCitation>
).
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Types are deposited at the NMNH (
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 136" refId="B34" refString="Cairns, S, 1989a. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1 - 136" title="A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae." volume="486" year="1989 a">Cairns 1989a</bibRefCitation>
).
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/
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,
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,
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;
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<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" unit="m" value="90.0">90 m</elevation>
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/
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off
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,
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="east" minutes="40" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="59.99" value="27.68333">27°40'59.99&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.9" unit="m" value="79.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.9" unit="m" value="79.0">79 m</elevation>
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/
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off
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,
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,
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;
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<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" unit="m" value="90.0">
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SAM_H3128 (
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,
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,
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;
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<elevation metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" unit="m" value="90.0">90 m</elevation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Corallum discoidal (GCD:H = 3.1-3.9), with a flat to slightly concave or convex base. Septa imperforate, solid, and dentate. Largest specimen examined (SAM_H1453) 22.7 mm in CD and 5.8 mm in H. Calice circular, with finely serrated edges. Costae ridged and thin, with closely packed low profile granules resulting in serrated costae. Costal bifurcation alternates with septal pattern. Intercostal spaces porous, broader than costae, decreasing towards epicentre of base. Synapticular bars connect two costae to common adjacent septum, resulting in pores that also decrease in size towards epicentre of base. Septa gradually slope towards calicular margin, producing a narrow marginal shelf, which reaches a maximum of 2 mm. Corallum white.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Septa arranged in typical micrabaciid fashion, with ≤ 144 septa. S1-2 non-bifurcate and straight, with subsequent S3 leading to multiple bifurcations. S1 extend to columella with complex and uniform dentitions along septal margin, and bearing vertical vepreculae on lateral faces. S2 also straight and extending to columella, but joined by S3 near columella. Resulting S2-3 fusion forming a delta with numerous spines. S3 bifurcates repeatedly. First bifurcation produces two S3i on either side of S2. Resultant edges of S3i adjacent to S2 bifurcates three more times in which the first branching gives S3ii, second one S3iii, and last gives two S3iv. S3i adjacent to S1 bifurcates six times, in which the first gives two S3iii, three S3iv, and two S3iv. All septa are predominantly solid, with S3 being perforated at base and at bifurcations. Axial edge of S1-2 and sometimes S3, join the spongy columella.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Regional: Southern margin of South Africa, off Port Alfred extending towards Kidds Beach; 79-90 m. Elsewhere: Philippines; Indonesia (
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 136" refId="B34" refString="Cairns, S, 1989a. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1 - 136" title="A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae." volume="486" year="1989 a">Cairns 1989a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="27 - 243" refId="B54" refString="Cairns, S, Zibrowius, H, 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippines and Indonesian regions. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 172: 27 - 243" title="Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippines and Indonesian regions." volume="172" year="1997">Cairns and Zibrowius 1997</bibRefCitation>
); Japan
<bibRefCitation author="Owens, J" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="248 - 256" refId="B206" refString="Owens, J, 1986a. Rhombopsammia, a new genus of the family Micrabaciidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99 (2): 248 - 256" title="Rhombopsammia, a new genus of the family Micrabaciidae." volume="99" year="1986 a">(Owens 1986a</bibRefCitation>
); 424-852 m.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The material examined herein represents a new record of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhombopsammia niphada</emphasis>
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for South Africa, but adds no taxonomic information to what is already known about the
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morphology.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhombopsammia niphada</emphasis>
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may be mistaken for
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Moseley" baseAuthorityYear="1876" class="Anthozoa" family="Micrabaciidae" genus="Letepsammia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Letepsammia formosissima" order="Scleractinia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Coelenterata" rank="species" species="formosissima">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Letepsammia formosissima</emphasis>
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, which is also found in South Africa, but differs in having predominantly solid septa, and in S1 septal faces bearing vepreculae, as compare with porous septa and smooth S1 septal faces in
<taxonomicName genus="L." lsidName="L. formosissima" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="formosissima">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L. formosissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 136" refId="B34" refString="Cairns, S, 1989a. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 486: 1 - 136" title="A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae." volume="486" year="1989 a">Cairns 1989a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Cairns, S" journalOrPublisher="Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="27 - 243" refId="B54" refString="Cairns, S, Zibrowius, H, 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippines and Indonesian regions. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 172: 27 - 243" title="Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippines and Indonesian regions." volume="172" year="1997">Cairns and Zibrowius 1997</bibRefCitation>
).
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