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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF5680BAFE8FAE8F" bold="true" box="[151,273,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Stragulum</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF568142FE8FAF37" bold="true" box="[151,273,295,320]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Colonies form encrusting sheets. Sclerites are spindles, crosses, and radiates in the upper layer of the coenenchyme, which become smaller on the polyp mounds. The basal layer of the coenenchyme has fused sclerites. Polyps are retractile and unarmed. When preserved, colonies are red with reddish sclerites or white with colourless sclerites. Live colonies are white or red with brownish or white polyps.
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species:
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FEAA81DDFDA9AFA7" box="[363,567,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Stragulum bicolor</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FDFF81DDFDE2AFA7" bold="true" box="[574,636,440,464]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, by original designation and monotypy.
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF0681B9FED0AF83" bold="true" box="[199,334,476,500]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Etymology.</emphasis>
The generic name is the Latin
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, a covering, carpet, mattress, referring to the sheets the colonies form. The gender is neuter.
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF048241FEA7AC4B" bold="true" box="[197,313,548,572]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Remarks.</emphasis>
One of the specimens collected in 2009 at Paranaguá was sent to C.S. McFadden for molecular study. She confirmed we were dealing with a new genus that falls into a clade with
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FBA5822DFB7BAC17" box="[1124,1253,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Paratelesto</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF568209FE86ACF3" box="[151,280,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Rhodelinda</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF94B06FFF5ED45FEE08208FE32ACF3" author="Bayer" box="[289,428,620,645]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" refString="Bayer, F. M. (1981) On some genera of stoloniferous octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with descriptions of new taxa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94 (3), 878 - 901." type="journal article" year="1981">Bayer, 1981</bibRefCitation>
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(both
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), and
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FD1D8209FCDDACF3" box="[732,835,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Tubipora</emphasis>
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(Tubiporidae)
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. Quite high bootstrap support was found grouping it with two specimens of
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FD3D82F5FCE3ACDF" box="[764,893,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Paratelesto</emphasis>
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from Rajah Ampat (
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), and equidistant from
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF1482D1FEA2ACBB" box="[213,316,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Tubipora</emphasis>
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. All of these three genera have in common that they possess fused sclerites.
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FB6782D1FA93ACBB" box="[1190,1293,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Tubipora</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF5682BDFE95AC87" box="[151,267,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Stragulum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FED282BDFEC4AC87" bold="true" box="[275,346,728,752]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">n.gen.</emphasis>
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,
<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FEA882BDFE37AC87" bold="true" box="[361,425,728,752]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">n. sp.</emphasis>
in having a massive structure constructed completely of fused sclerites except within the polyps.
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF338299FEEDAD63" box="[242,371,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Paratelesto</emphasis>
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has fused sclerites in the interior and forms bushes instead of encrusting sheets, and
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FA8A8299FF4FAD4F" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Rhodelinda</emphasis>
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differs in having relatively tall, narrow conical calyces of inseparably fused sclerites, which arise from colonial stolons instead of encrusting sheets.
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Besides
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FEE5830DFE32ADF7" box="[292,428,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Rhodelinda,</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF94B06FFF5ED45FE75830CFDD4AD08" author="Bayer" box="[436,586,871,897]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" refString="Bayer, F. M. (1981) On some genera of stoloniferous octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with descriptions of new taxa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94 (3), 878 - 901." type="journal article" year="1981">Bayer (1981)</bibRefCitation>
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mentioned one more clavulariid genus with fused sclerites,
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FB36830DFA02ADF7" box="[1271,1436,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Cyathopodium</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF94B06FFF5ED45FF5683E9FEB9ADD3" author="Verrill" box="[151,295,908,932]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" refString="Verrill, A. E. (1868) Critical remarks on the halcyonoid polyps in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera. American Journal of Science and Arts, (2) 45, 411 - 415." type="journal article" year="1868">Verrill, 1868</bibRefCitation>
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, and described three more,
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FD9B83E9FD7AADD3" box="[602,740,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Bathytelesto</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C684D74FFF5ED45FD3283E9FC06ADD3" ID-CoL="84TJX" box="[755,920,908,932]" class="Anthozoa" family="Clavulariidae" genus="Scyphopodium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FD3283E9FC06ADD3" box="[755,920,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Scyphopodium</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FC0F83E9FBC3ADD3" box="[974,1117,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Stereotelesto</emphasis>
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. Like
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FB6483E9FAB8ADD3" box="[1189,1318,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Rhodelinda</emphasis>
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these four genera also differ from
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FE5C83D5FD8FADBF" box="[413,529,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Stragulum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FDD983D5FDC1ADBF" bold="true" box="[536,607,944,968]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">n.gen.</emphasis>
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,
<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FDAC83D5FD32ADBF" bold="true" box="[621,684,944,968]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">n. sp.</emphasis>
in having inseparably fused sclerites in calyces. Moreover, none of these genera form encrusting sheets. Noteworthy,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF94B06FFF5ED45FD0A83B1FC1DAD9B" author="Williams" box="[715,899,980,1004]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" refString="Williams, G. C. (1989) A comparison of the stoloniferous octocorallian genera Scyphopodium, Stereotelesto, Bathytelesto and Rhodelinda, with a description of a new species from south eastern Africa (Anthozoa, Clavulariidae). Journal of Zoology, London, 219, 621 - 635." type="journal article" year="1989">Williams (1989)</bibRefCitation>
discussed the genera
<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FBBA83B1FA0BAD9B" box="[1147,1429,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">
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,
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</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C684D74FFF5ED45FF56839DFEA2AA67" ID-CoL="84TJX" box="[151,316,1016,1040]" class="Anthozoa" family="Clavulariidae" genus="Scyphopodium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FF56839DFEA2AA67" box="[151,316,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Scyphopodium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C684D74FFF5ED45FEB0839DFD9EAA67" ID-CoL="84TVH" box="[369,512,1016,1040]" class="Anthozoa" family="Clavulariidae" genus="Stereotelesto" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FEB0839DFD9EAA67" box="[369,512,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Stereotelesto</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and concluded that of these four genera only
<taxonomicName id="4C684D74FFF5ED45FC3D839DFB3FAA67" ID-CoL="84TJX" box="[1020,1185,1016,1040]" class="Anthozoa" family="Clavulariidae" genus="Scyphopodium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91CEAE5FFF5ED45FC3D839DFB3FAA67" box="[1020,1185,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Scyphopodium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be easily differentiated from the others.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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