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<emphasis id="42F65022D17E3A125F71FA68755705AD" bold="true" box="[605,884,1481,1508]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Caledoniana decussata</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="E8B990B5D17E3A125FA2F9B074CF0662" box="[654,748,1553,1579]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[189,232,1919,1945]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,1152,1885]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[189,1399,1152,1885]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 1. A. Caledoniana alata gen. et sp. nov., holotype (below) and paratype (above). B. Caledoniana decussata gen. et sp. nov., colony silhouette (part of holotype). C. Caledoniana microgona gen. et sp. nov., colony silhouette (holotype). The red arrows indicate the presence of gonothecae. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785291" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3785291/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="E8B990B5D17E3A125FD5F9B075240662" box="[761,775,1553,1579]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[189,232,1796,1822]" captionTargetBox="[199,1394,500,1763]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[189,1399,497,1763]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig. 2. — A–B. Caledoniana alata gen. et sp. nov. A. Portion of fertile stem (note gonotheca above) and basal part of a side branch, showing positions of hydrothecae. B. Hydrotheca. — C–D. Caledoniana decussata gen. et sp. nov. C. Portion of stem with first and second order side branches from region of colony with coplanar hydrothecae, showing their relative position. D. Hydrotheca. — E–G. Caledoniana microgona gen. et sp. nov. E. Portion of stem. F. Hydrotheca. G. Three gonothecae. Scale bars: A, C, E, G = 3 mm; B, D, F = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3785293" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3785293/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">2</figureCitation>
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C–D;
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<emphasis id="42F65022D17E3A125D91F9F377150625" bold="true" box="[189,310,1618,1644]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="703D8C30D17E3A125D91F920735406F7" blockId="3.[189,1399,1665,1726]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Colonies lightly fascicled basally, loosely branched, coplanar; nodes indistinct, internodes relatively short; hydrothecae in opposite pairs in both coplanar and decussate series; long, tubular, free part straight.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="42F65022D17E3A125D91F944776706B6" bold="true" box="[189,324,1765,1791]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Etymology</emphasis>
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From the Latin
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, meaning "to form or create a cross in the form of an X", to characterize the arrangement of the hydrothecal pairs in this species.
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<paragraph id="703D8C30D1793A155D91FEA87789016A" blockId="4.[189,426,265,291]" box="[189,426,265,291]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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<heading id="2B753B5CD1793A155D91FEA87789016A" bold="true" box="[189,426,265,291]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" reason="3">
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A155D91FEA87789016A" bold="true" box="[189,426,265,291]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Material examined</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A155DC6FE99777F011B" bold="true" box="[234,348,312,338]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="0895CCA0D1793A155D91FEFA7799013C" box="[189,442,347,373]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">NEW CALEDONIA</collectingCountry>
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: campaign Bathus 2, station CP737,
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,
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,
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,
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;
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high, sterile colony attached to mineral concretion and adjacent sponge, as well as 3 smaller fragments detached from it (IK-2012-10289).
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A155D91F8A577480757" bold="true" box="[189,363,1796,1822]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 2. — A–B</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="B782F7B3D1793A155C54F8A574710757" authority="Galea, 2015" authorityName="Galea" authorityYear="2015" box="[376,594,1796,1822]" class="Hydrozoa" family="Sertulariidae" genus="Caledoniana" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Leptothecata" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="alata" status="gen. et sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A155C54F8A574710757" box="[376,594,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Caledoniana alata</emphasis>
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. Portion of fertile stem (note gonotheca above) and basal part of a side branch, showing positions of hydrothecae.
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. Hydrotheca. —
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A1559B9F88672ED0708" bold="true" box="[1173,1230,1831,1857]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">C–D</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="B782F7B3D1793A1559F3F8867712072C" authority="Galea, 2015" authorityName="Galea" authorityYear="2015" class="Hydrozoa" family="Sertulariidae" genus="Caledoniana" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Leptothecata" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="decussata" status="gen. et sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A1559F3F8867712072C" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Caledoniana decussata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A155CD9F8EA7429072C" bold="true" box="[501,522,1867,1893]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">C</emphasis>
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. Portion of stem with first and second order side branches from region of colony with coplanar hydrothecae, showing their relative position.
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A155E93F8CF75F707C1" bold="true" box="[959,980,1902,1928]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">D</emphasis>
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. Hydrotheca. —
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A1559B5F8CF72F107C1" bold="true" box="[1177,1234,1902,1928]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">E–G</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="42F65022D1793A1559F3F8CF771807E5" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Caledoniana microgona</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Portion of stem.
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. Hydrotheca.
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. Three gonothecae. Scale bars: A, C, E, G = 3 mm; B, D, F = 1 mm.
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Colony erect,
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high, arising from rhizoid stolon firmly attached to substrate. Basal part of stem fascicled, with several accessory tubes creeping over main tube; in monosiphonic parts, division into internodes indistinct; each equivalent of internode relatively short, bearing a pair of opposite, though not contiguous, hydrothecae. Branching sparse and irregular, up to 2
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order; side branches given off singly or in pairs from below a stem hydrotheca; stem and side branches coplanar; structure of latter similar to that of stem, except for first hydrotheca, which is usually unpaired, though a pair of hydrothecae also occurs within colony. Basal parts of stem and side branches with successive pairs of hydrothecae in coplanar series; more distally, pairs become decussate. Hydrothecae large, tubular, adnate for about half of length, or less, to corresponding internodes; free part bent at about 45°; diameter nearly constant throughout, slightly expanding at rim; rim conspicuously thickened; aperture circular in frontal view; opercula not seen. Gonothecae absent, though basal remains at insertion of one of these (below a hydrotheca) present; numerous, large foramina (obliterated by thin pellicle of perisarc) below most hydrothecae, making the possibly future insertion points for them. Coenosarc badly preserved, not suitable for tentacle counting or cnidome studies.
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