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a, 2223)
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aff.
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The
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wide, branched in one plane, with many anastomoses forming a network (
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a). The stem is
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thick, and the branches are
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thick. The end branches in some parts of the colony have lost their coenenchymal tissue and the axis is visible. The calyces are dome shaped, closely set to each other, and situated all around the branches. They are up to
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high and
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in diameter.
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The points have triradiates (
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a), along with curved, hockeystick or boot-shaped sclerites, or spindles (
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b),
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long. The upper ray of the triradiates and upper part of the spindles is slightly echinulate or tuberculate for up to
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. The collaret spindles are
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long (
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c); the middle part of the convex side is more tuberculate than the concave side and both the ends. The concave side is relatively smooth in the center, with some tuberculation at both ends. A few tentacle scales are present, up to
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long (
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d).
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The calyces have thornscales,
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long, with one or more echinulate thorns up to
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long (
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a). The smaller ones do not have lateral arms.
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The coenenchyme has spindles,
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long. The long ones have large, densely placed complex tubercles and short ones have simple tubercles (
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b).
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D4909D588140316C" bold="true" box="[199,288,1580,1605]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Colour.</emphasis>
The live colony was reddish-purple in colour, preserved it is brown. All sclerites are colourless. There is no information about the colour of polyps.
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<subSubSection id="C33D650E990CD973D4909D0081BF3199" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B983685990CD973D4909D0081BF3199" blockId="28.[151,1437,1039,2001]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D4909D00812E31A4" bold="true" box="[199,334,1652,1677]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin
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(Persian). It refers to the Persian Gulf where the species was found.
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<paragraph id="8B983685990CD973D4909DC882573034" blockId="28.[151,1437,1039,2001]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D4909DC8815B31FC" bold="true" box="[199,315,1724,1749]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species resembles
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D6109DC9832D31FC" box="[583,845,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Trimuricea tuberculosa</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D7039DC883F331FC" bold="true" box="[852,915,1724,1749]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">n. sp.</emphasis>
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in the tuberculation of the spindles, but differs in having less strongly tuberculated polyp sclerites. It also resembles
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D7869D9583BE31D1" box="[977,990,1761,1784]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D7A69D95842631D1" box="[1009,1094,1761,1784]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">spinosa</emphasis>
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, but differs in lacking many thornscales with more than one thorn
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This species was described by Samimi-Namin &amp; van
<bibRefCitation id="EFB64B74990CD973D7769C5384703069" author="Ofwegen" box="[801,1040,1831,1856]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refString="Samimi-Namin, K. &amp; van Ofwegen, L. P. (2009 a) Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa, 2058, 1 - 52." type="journal article" year="2009" yearSuffix="a">Ofwegen (2009a: 43)</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D0619C5D84D33069" box="[1078,1203,1833,1856]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Trimuricea</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D0B19C5385353069" box="[1254,1365,1831,1856]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. After examination of a fragment of the material described by
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as
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D02A9C3885FC304C" box="[1149,1436,1868,1893]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Echinomuricea reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(BMNH 1933.3.13.18: =
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D5949C0582D730A1" box="[451,695,1903,1928]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Trimuricea reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) it became obvious that our 2009 identification was incorrect.
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<emphasis id="B953EA97990CD973D4C09CE181E73084" box="[151,391,1940,1965]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Trimuricea reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs in having far less tuberculate coenenchymal spindles, which are narrower. It also has calicular thornscales with long narrow thorns and less tuberculate roots.
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