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<emphasis id="B96D797BFFF8FFD276CC6D4D4675F8FF" bold="true" box="[151,327,1874,1901]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Narella merga</emphasis>
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,
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<figureCitation id="1322B9ECFFF8FFD276CC6D6847CDF803" box="[151,255,1911,1937]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1774,1799]" captionTargetBox="[174,1414,166,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[174,1414,166,1753]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. In situ images of various species: A, Callogorgia cracentis, holotype. B, Calyptrophora lyra, holotype (not in situ). C, C. diaphana, EX1606-9-1. D, C. carinata, holotype. E, C. clarki, EX1605-L3-6. F, C. pourtalesi, holotype. G, C. distolos, holotype. H, Candidella gigantea, EX1606-6. I, Macroprimnoa ornata, holotype. J, Narella virgosa, holotype. K-L, N. aurantiaca, holotype. M, N. merga, holotype. N, N. horrida, EX1703-2-3. O, N. fordi, holotype. P, N. calamus, holotype. Q, N. virgosa, paratype, EX1504-L4-9-4. R, N. macrocalyx, EX1606-7. S, N. hawaiiensis, EX1504-9-2. T, Paracalyotrophora hawaiiensis, EX1703-2-1. U, P. echinata, EX1703-10-1. V, P. spiralis, holotype. W, Plumarella circumoperculum, EX1603-2-3. X, Thouarella hilgendorfi, EX1605-L1-17." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2614969/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figs. 1M</figureCitation>
,
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AJ
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<emphasis id="B96D797BFFF8FFD276CC6DA0462AF84B" bold="true" box="[151,280,1983,2009]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Etymology</emphasis>
. Named
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(Latin for a two-pronged pitchfork), in allusion to the growth form of the colony. The name is considered as a noun in apposition.
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<emphasis id="B96D797BFFF9FFD376CC6D0D462DF8B9" bold="true" box="[151,287,1810,1835]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
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, holotype:
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, Stereo views of lateral and adaxial sides of a polyp.
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, basal scales.
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, outer surface of medial scales.
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, buccal scales.
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, adaxial buccal scales.
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, opercular scales.
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, coenenchymal scales.
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, pinnular scale. Scale bars in mm.
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<emphasis id="B96D797BFFF9FFD3769C6DBE46D2F829" bold="true" box="[199,480,1952,1979]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Type and Type Locality</emphasis>
.
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stubs
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. Type Locality:
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1606-502,
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19.15048˚N, 164.5587˚ E (
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Guyot, Mid-Pacific Mountains Range west of
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),
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.
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. The
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.
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. Only the distal
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(19 whorls) of the
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was collected, representing just part of one of the two branches, but
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photographs (
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) show the colony to have a short, stout stem about
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in height that bifurcates into two long branches, each about
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long. The color of the colony is white. The whorls are relatively closely spaced (about 2 whorls/cm), each whorl having three polyps; the whorl diameter is about
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. The horizontal length of a contracted polyp is about 4.0 mm. Polychaete commensalism was not noted.
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The basal body wall scales (
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) are
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in height, their distal margin rounded (not spinose, serrate or undulate), forming a short cowl around the medial scales. The dorsolateral edge of the basal scale is rounded but on its lower half bears one or two short but tall (up to
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) thin ridges. The basal scales are open on the adaxial side. The medials (
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) are short (
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), narrow, and upturned at their distal edge. The buccal scales (
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) range from
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in length and are quite wide, also having a rounded distal edge. All body wall scales bear a low granulation and are not ridged except for the dorsolateral edge of the basals. The ratio of the lengths of the major body wall scales is: 1: 0.7: 0.95. There is one pair of flat adaxial buccal scales, shaped as rectangles or ellipses, measuring
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in greater diameter. The adaxial polyp side is also covered with numerous smaller elliptical scales (
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) measuring
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diameter.
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The abaxial opercular scales (
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, top) are symmetrical, each bearing broad lateral lobes and measuring
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in length (L:W = 1.2). The lateral opercular scales are asymmetrical, having only one lateral lobe, and measure
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in length (L:W = 1.52.0). The symmetrical (no lateral lobes) adaxial opercular scales are the smallest (
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, lower), measuring
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in length (L:W = 1.92.0). The adaxial operculars are flat, whereas the other operculars have highly concave outer surfaces. The pinnular scales are about
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in length, flat, and slightly curved (
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).
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The coenenchymal scales (
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Fig.
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) are a mixture of elongate (L:W = 3.1) to elliptical (L:W = 1.4) in shape and up to
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in length. They are thin and imbricate, most bearing a short and relatively low ridge on their outer surface.
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<emphasis id="B96D797BFFF6FFDC769C69E74654FB81" bold="true" box="[199,358,1016,1043]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Comparisons</emphasis>
. The single bifurcation growth mode of
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appears to be unique within the genus. Among those species that have sparse dichotomous branching and a basal scale dorsolateral ridge,
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is most similar to
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<emphasis id="B96D797BFFF6FFDC76EF6E5D467AFBC9" box="[180,328,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">N. alaskensis</emphasis>
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(Gulf of
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,
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) and even shares an overlapping depth range. But,
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differs in having more polyps per whorl (49), smaller polyps, and much longer medial body wall scales that sometimes bear a longitudinal ridge.
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<emphasis id="B96D797BFFF6FFDC769C6EB3466BFB55" bold="true" box="[199,345,1196,1223]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known only from the
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locality.
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