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As only a small fragment was available, descriptions of axis and colony morphology were taken from the
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description.
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The colony is bottlebrush, (
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) but can appear bilateral. The axis is yellow, stiff, and brittle, although the branch apex is more flexible. The stem twists in a spiral from base to a quarter-length from the apex whereupon the next twist commences.
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The branching of this species is dense, with only
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between branchlets; becoming denser towards the apex. The branchlets are mostly simple, with some forking (dividing usually in basal region of branchlet), upwardly inclined 6090˚, and up to
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long. The branchlets are arranged in spirals from 3 sides of the main stem with 4 branchlets occurring within one spiral, but as the stem twists the spiral is difficult to follow.
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The polyps are isolated,
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high, at a density of 79 per cm (with denser placement at branchlet apex, which generally has a polyp at the tip). The polyps can be modestly flared but generally have a wide, rounded head extending from a slender polyp body making them clavate (
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:W of 1.32.1, average 1.7). The polyps are arranged in short spirals of 34 and angled distally at 4560˚. Each polyp has 8 longitudinal rows with 67 scales in each abaxial row and 5 adaxially.
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The tall rounded operculum rises above the marginal scales. The operculars are isosceles-triangle shaped (
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), tongue-shaped (
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), or lanceolate (
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Fig.
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), 540780 µm high (average 610 µm) and 220350 µm wide (average 280 µm), with an average H:W of 2.2 (range from 1.82.5). The outer scale surface is longitudinally concave with granules across the proximal area and occasional low striations spreading radially from centre towards distal edge (
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). The inner surface has a low, complex multi-keel (
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), or a dense area of low striations (
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); the proximal half of the scale is tuberculate.
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The marginals are somewhat diamond-shaped (
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), 460610 µm high (average 525 µm) and 460640 µm wide, with an average H:W of 1 (ranges from 0.81.3). The inner surface has a smooth band along the distal edge which is broken by a small, simple keel (
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) with 2 or 3 adjacent striations whilst the remainder is tuberculate. The adaxial marginals frequently have no defined keel with just 4 or 5 short, sharp striations perpendicular to the distal edge (
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). The outer surface is mostly smooth with some granules that often form radial striations (
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).
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The body-wall scales occur in a range of shapes from circular and irregular to elliptical (
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). They are generally broader than high, 350490 µm high (average 430 µm), 380780 µm wide (average 540 µm), with an average H:W of 0.8 (ranges from 0.61.1), and curved slightly away from the polyp body. Tubercles cover the inner scale surface. Granules occur sparsely on the outer surface and sometimes tubercles occur along the proximal edge. The distal edge of all sclerites of this species is finely serrate whilst the proximal edge is irregularly lobate.
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There is a single layer of roughly circular (
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r-u) or sometimes elongated coenenchymal scales (
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) that are 190280 µm high (average 225 µm), 230430 µm wide (average 300 µm), with an average H:W of 0.8 (range from 0.41.1). There are large prominent granules on the outer surface of the scales and fine tubercles on the inner surface.
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This species is known only from the
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA6FFC8FF0AAC62FF13094E" box="[151,249,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Remarks</emphasis>
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The
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material examined is damaged so the number of polyps per cm may be an underestimate.
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA6FFC8FF0AAC0EFEC609F2" box="[151,300,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Comparisons</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="020E2480FFA6FFC8FF0AACD2FE5F09DE" author="Wright, E. P. &amp; Studer, T." box="[151,437,1952,1976]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 314" refId="ref65269" refString="Wright, E. P. &amp; Studer, T. (1889) Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the Years 1873 - 76, Zoology, 31 (64), 1 - 314." type="journal article" year="1889">Wright and Studer (1889)</bibRefCitation>
considered
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA6FFC8FDA1ACD3FD7709DE" box="[572,669,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">T. affinis</emphasis>
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to be very similar to
<taxonomicName id="A19F22F2FFA6FFC8FC11ACD3FBF309DE" authorityName="Cairns &amp; Bayer" authorityYear="2009" box="[908,1049,1953,1976]" class="Anthozoa" family="Primnoidae" genus="Thouarella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="antarctica">
<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA6FFC8FC11ACD3FBF309DE" box="[908,1049,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">T. antarctica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the polyps of these species do have a similar number of scales in the abaxial rows (67
<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA6FFC8FCB0ACB7FC7D09BA" box="[813,919,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicName id="A19F22F2FFA6FFC8FCB0ACB7FC7909BA" authorityName="Cairns &amp; Bayer" authorityYear="2009" box="[813,915,1988,2012]" class="Anthozoa" family="Primnoidae" genus="Thouarella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="affinis">T. affinis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
57
<taxonomicName id="A19F22F2FFA6FFC8FC49ACB7FB8909BA" authorityName="Cairns &amp; Bayer" authorityYear="2009" box="[980,1123,1989,2012]" class="Anthozoa" family="Primnoidae" genus="Thouarella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="antarctica">
<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA6FFC8FC49ACB7FB8909BA" box="[980,1123,1989,2012]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">T. antarctica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). However, the latter has a more complexly structured marginal keel with large lateral projections compared to the modest keel found on marginals of the former.
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The polyps of
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFEF1AB93FE3A0E9E" box="[364,464,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. viridis</emphasis>
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are a similar shape and size to
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFCABAB93FC730E9E" box="[822,921,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. affinis</emphasis>
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and they also have similar shaped marginals, although those of
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFEFCAA77FE2E0F7A" box="[353,452,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. viridis</emphasis>
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are slightly taller. However, the operculars of the polyps of
<taxonomicName id="A19F22F2FFA1FFCFFBFAAA77FB210F7A" authorityName="Zapata-Guardiola and Lopez-Gonzalez" authorityYear="2010" box="[1127,1227,260,284]" class="Anthozoa" family="Primnoidae" genus="Thouarella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="viridis">
<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFBFAAA77FB210F7A" box="[1127,1227,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. viridis</emphasis>
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are pointed, while those of
<taxonomicName id="A19F22F2FFA1FFCFFF6BAA5BFEBD0F26" authorityName="Cairns &amp; Bayer" authorityYear="2009" box="[246,343,296,320]" class="Anthozoa" family="Primnoidae" genus="Thouarella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="affinis">
<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFF6BAA5BFEBD0F26" box="[246,343,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. affinis</emphasis>
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are mostly tongue-shaped (with some triangular-shaped operculars with squared proximal edges). In addition, the body-wall scales of the former have more pronounced striations perpendicular to the distal edge (that are visible in lateral polyp view) than the latter.
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The polyps of
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFEEFAAE7FE3C0FCA" box="[370,470,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. affinis</emphasis>
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are more rounded than those of
<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFCC8AAE7FC290FCA" box="[853,963,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<taxonomicName id="A19F22F2FFA1FFCFFCC8AAE7FC550FCA" authorityName="Thomson and Ritchie" authorityYear="1906" box="[853,959,404,428]" class="Anthozoa" family="Primnoidae" genus="Thouarella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="brucei">T. brucei</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The polyps of the latter also have fewer scales in the abaxial row and marginals that are narrower with a higher H:W ratio.
</paragraph>
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Polyps of
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFEA7AAAFFE2A0F92" box="[314,448,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. koellikeri</emphasis>
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tend to be longer than those of
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<emphasis id="54EB8563FFA1FFCFFCB5AAAFFC600F92" box="[808,906,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">T. affinis</emphasis>
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, with more scales in the abaxial row. Also, the former has pointed triangular operculars whereas those of the latter are mostly tongue-shaped.
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