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Description of the
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long, attached to a dead scleractinian coral, soft in life (
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) but stiff in ethanol (
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). Common base covered with many hydrozoan polyps and membranous bryozoans, and in the interior, there are several thick canals,
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in diameter, running through its length. Lower portion of each polyparium are short stems,
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long and 3 x 3.53 x
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in diameter near the proximal portion. Polyparia
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high (including lower stem), sparsely branched in all directions. Some of these branches branch off into a few secondary branches. Terminal branches are cylindrical and long, reaching
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long and 3.5 x
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in diameter, whether primary or secondary branch. In the interior of stem five to seven thick canals leading to apical polyps and an additional three to five thin canals. Canal walls are thin, soft and limp.
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB562FFBBFF44674EA1111745" bold="true" box="[151,275,1854,1879]" pageId="8" pageNumber="332">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Live colony of
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB562FFBBFE66674EA2B41744" box="[437,694,1854,1878]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="332">Chironephthya cornigera</emphasis>
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A: holotype (NSMT-Co 1704), B: paratype (NSMT-Co 1705).
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB562FFBBFF1467F5A111178D" box="[199,275,1925,1951]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="332">Polyps</emphasis>
: Monomorphic polyps with calices, occur independently at wide intervals,
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, at the lower portion of the stem (
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), but at the upper portion, the interval gradually narrows, and in some cases, they occur together. At the distal end portion of the branch, 57 polyps gathered, and just below which, two to eight polyps sur- round the branch (
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). Below these, single polyps occur in a generally oblique row around the branch (
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). In a few cases, a young polyp arises from the proximal portion of the calyx of large polyps. Calyces, in two
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, cup-shaped (
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) at distal portion of terminal branches, and shelf-like (
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) on lateral sides of branches and stem. Both
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of calyces supported by two to three teeth formed by seven to nine large, sometimes bifurcated spindles of &lt;
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long with many complex warts (
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) on the outer surface, and having small slender spindles or needles of &lt;
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long with some conical warts (
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) embedded in the inner surface. Anthocodiae, &lt;1.0 mm high and &lt;
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wide, armed by eight points and a crown (
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CD). Each point consists of one pair of large spindles of &lt;
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with many complex warts, and 12 pairs of small spindles of &lt;
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long with some conical warts (
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). Crown bearing 68 rows of horizontally-disposed curved spindles &lt;
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long with many complex wart (
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). Between two adjacent points, intermediate sclerites of 12 pairs of rods, &lt;
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long (
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). Anthocodial formula: 1P+(12)p+(68)Cr+(12)M. Tentacle axis provided with several rods, &lt;
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log, arranged in chevron towards the distal end (
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). These rods with a few conical and complex warts. Almost completely smooth slender rods, &lt;
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long, entering pinnules. Pharynx with a few minute spiny spindles, &lt;
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long (
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).
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFF4464D9A11614D0" bold="true" box="[151,276,1193,1218]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Preserved specimens of
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A: holotype (NSMT-Co 1704), with two unidentified brittle stars attached. B: paratype (NSMT-Co 1705). cb: common base; op: ophiuroids; st: stem.
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFF1E657DA1E41535" box="[205,486,1293,1319]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">Sclerites of coenenchyme</emphasis>
: Surface layer of branches covered tightly with vertically aligned many large spindles of &lt;
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long with many complex warts (
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), and a few slender blunt ended spindles of &lt;
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long with many complex warts (
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). Several large spindles branched at one end or in the middle. Interior of branches containing a few slender spindles or needles of &lt;
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long with a few large conical warts (
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). Surface layer of stem and common base covered tightly with large spindles of &lt;
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long and short and thick club-like sclerites of &lt;
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long both with many complex warts (
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) and slender blunt spindles at one end of &lt;
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long with some complex warts (
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). Most spindles curved and line up vertically but some crosses across each other. Interior of stem and common base containing a few long spindles of &lt;
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long with many complex warts (
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), and a few needles of &lt;
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long with a few conical warts (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB77C1CB563FFBAFF146621A1FC169D" blockId="9.[151,1437,1293,2040]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFF146621A10A1679" box="[199,264,1617,1643]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">Color</emphasis>
: Colony orange, reflecting the color of large spindles, with whitish tentacles and red crown in life. These colors hardly change in ethanol.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3122F97B563FFBAFF1466E9A3C0170D" pageId="9" pageNumber="333" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BB77C1CB563FFBAFF1466E9A0E316C5" blockId="9.[151,1437,1293,2040]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFF1466E9A14C16A1" bold="true" box="[199,334,1689,1715]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">Etymology.</emphasis>
Specific name
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFE2C66EAA26F16A1" box="[511,621,1690,1715]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a Latin word
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFCF866EAA38916A1" box="[811,907,1690,1715]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">corniger</emphasis>
= bearing horns, referring to the colony shape in life.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB77C1CB563FFBAFF146690A3C0170D" blockId="9.[151,1437,1293,2040]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFF146690A25016E9" bold="true" box="[199,594,1760,1787]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">Variability among type material.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54B3C2BEB563FFBAFD886692A2BF16EE" box="[603,701,1762,1788]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
similar in colony form, distribution of polyps, sclerites, and anthocodial formula, but different in its yellowish color from the
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3122F97B563FFB9FF146759A2E81175" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="334" pageId="9" pageNumber="333" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BB77C1CB563FFB9FF146759A2E81175" blockId="9.[151,1437,1293,2040]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1436,153,359]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="334" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFF146759A1391751" bold="true" box="[199,315,1833,1859]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">Remarks.</emphasis>
This new species differs from other species of
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFC9D6759A3F71751" box="[846,1013,1833,1859]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">Chironephthya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that, like
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFB50675AA4941756" box="[1155,1174,1834,1860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFB776759A5371751" box="[1188,1333,1833,1859]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">sirindhornae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFAE86759A5971751" bold="true" box="[1339,1429,1833,1859]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24F1D75B563FFBAFAE86759A5971751" box="[1339,1429,1833,1859]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, it has multiple stems arising from a common base and lacks large spindles in the interior of coenenchyme. This new species is distinguished clearly from the former species
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFCC76702A3C51799" box="[788,967,1905,1932]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">C. sirindhornae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFC1C6701A4281799" bold="true" box="[975,1066,1905,1931]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24F1D75B563FFBAFC1C6701A4281799" box="[975,1066,1905,1931]" pageId="9" pageNumber="333" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
due to its limited branching, the small number of small spindles of the point, the presence of sclerites in its pinnules, and its many branching spindles at the cortex of the branches. The branched horn-like appearance of the living colony of this species is similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB563FFBAFF3A67ADA1CA17E5" box="[233,456,2013,2039]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="333">Nidalia macrospina</emphasis>
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. However, the calyces of these specimens are shelf-like as in the ge- nus
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB560FFB9FF1660E9A16E10A1" box="[197,364,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="334">Chironephthya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, not truncated and conical as in the genus
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB560FFB9FC9860E9A39D10A1" box="[843,927,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="334">Nidalia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The appearance of this species in life is also similar to the branched colony
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB560FFB9FE3F60CDA2DB10C5" box="[492,729,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="334">Eleutherobia dofleini</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. However,
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB560FFB9FBFA60CEA49F10C5" box="[1065,1181,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="334">E. dofleini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is completely different from this species because in
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB560FFB9FE316091A27110E9" box="[482,627,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="334">Eleutherobia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the calyx is fleshy and the sclerites of the cortex of coenenchyme are barrel-shaped. Further, the appearance of living colony of this species is similar to that of the genus
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<emphasis id="B97CA00EB560FFB9FB3E6175A59E110D" box="[1261,1436,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="334">Nephthyigorgia</emphasis>
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(
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: p. 133, fig. 4), but the calyces of it are cylindrical or conical, which are different from the shelf-like form of the genus
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.
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