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(
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,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFF358017FEBAFA25" bold="true" box="[151,379,1401,1428]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Material examined.</emphasis>
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,
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,
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,
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reef, depth
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, coll.
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;
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.
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The
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NTM C3949 is
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high and
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wide, the stalk is
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high (
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). The polyps are up to
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wide and
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high, and grouped in long catkins.
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. Without clear arrangement of sclerites (
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). Abaxial point sclerites are spindles, up to
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long, with simple tubercles (
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). Scales and rods,
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long, are present laterally and adaxially, and they are also present in the tentacles and polyp stalk (
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b-c). Supporting bundle without projecting spindles or one projecting for a maximum distance of
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, composed of spindles, up to 1.00 mm long, with simple tubercles (
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). Several polyp sclerites have an optically black inner core.
</paragraph>
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. Spindles and unilaterally spinose spindles, up to
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long, with simple and complex tubercles (
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e-f).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFF65826BFE20F891" bold="true" box="[199,481,1797,1824]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Surface layer base stalk</emphasis>
. Capstans, derivatives of capstans, spindles and unilaterally spinose spindles, all with simple and complex tubercles (
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g-h). The spindles are up to
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long.
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<paragraph id="8BAA0601231AFFEBFF658223FAA5F8D9" blockId="59.[151,1437,1401,2041]" box="[199,1380,1869,1897]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFF658223FEA3F8D9" bold="true" box="[199,354,1869,1896]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Interior stalk</emphasis>
. Spindles, up to 1.00 mm long, with simple tubercles (
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), and pointed ends (
<figureCitation id="132E1A84231AFFEBFB4F8220FAFCF8D9" box="[1261,1341,1869,1896]" captionStart="FIGURE 50" captionStartId="65.[151,250,1910,1935]" captionTargetBox="[190,1397,181,1884]" captionTargetId="figure@65.[190,1397,181,1884]" captionTargetPageId="65" captionText="FIGURE 50. Litophyton simplex n. sp., holotype NTM C3949; a, abaxial point spindles; b-c, lateral, adaxial point, tentacle, and polyp stalk sclerites; d, supporting bundle spindle, partly; e-f, sclerites of surface layer top of stalk; g-h, sclerites of surface layer base of stalk; i-j, spindles of interior base of stalk; k, tuberculation of interior base stalk spindle. Scale at a also applies to d, e, h, j; scale at i also applies to f; scale at b also applies to g." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3765029" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3765029/files/figure.png" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Fig. 50</figureCitation>
i-j).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30F558A231AFFEBFF65821CFA8CF83D" box="[199,1357,1906,1933]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BAA0601231AFFEBFF65821CFA8CF83D" blockId="59.[151,1437,1401,2041]" box="[199,1357,1906,1933]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFF65821CFE8AF83D" bold="true" box="[199,331,1906,1932]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Etymology.</emphasis>
The Latin
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<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFE60821CFDD4F83D" box="[450,533,1906,1932]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, simple, referring to the simple tuberculation of the sclerites of this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30F558A231AFFEBFF6582FBFD01F801" box="[199,704,1941,1969]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BAA0601231AFFEBFF6582FBFD01F801" blockId="59.[151,1437,1401,2041]" box="[199,704,1941,1969]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFF6582FBFE94F801" bold="true" box="[199,341,1941,1968]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Distribution</emphasis>
. Great Barrier Reef: Davies reef.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30F558A231AFFEBFF6582D4FD70F849" pageId="59" pageNumber="60" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BAA0601231AFFEBFF6582D4FD70F849" blockId="59.[151,1437,1401,2041]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFF6582D4FEF8F865" bold="true" box="[199,313,1978,2004]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">Remarks.</emphasis>
The species resembles
<taxonomicName id="4C157D82231AFFEBFD9A82D5FC13F865" authority="(Roxas, 1933) (Ternate)" baseAuthorityName="Roxas" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[568,978,1978,2004]" class="Anthozoa" family="Nephtheidae" genus="Litophyton" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="59" pageNumber="60" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="nigrescens">
<emphasis id="B961DA13231AFFEBFD9A82D5FD08F865" box="[568,713,1979,2004]" italics="true" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">L. nigrescens</emphasis>
(
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) (
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)
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
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) but differs in having much coarser, sparse tuberculation in the stalk sclerites.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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