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Composition of sclerites from each part sampled." captionText-14="FIGURE 57. Comparison of size of 8-radiates from two specimens of Paracorallium japonicum (Kishinouye, 1903), USNM 19932 versus neotype, USNM 19931. 8-radiates are combined from all parts sampled." captionText-2="FIGURE 45. Paracorallium japonicum (Kishinouye, 1903), neotype, USNM 19931. Surface details of thin coenenchyme removed from specimen. Scale divisions are 0.1 mm." captionText-3="FIGURE 46. Paracorallium japonicum (Kishinouye, 1903), neotype, USNM 19931. Surface of branch tip (stereo pairs). Arrows indicate the pits underneath original locations of autozooids. Scale divisions above are 1.0 mm and scale bar below is 0.5 mm." captionText-4="FIGURE 47. Paracorallium japonicum (Kishinouye, 1903), neotype, USNM 19931. Axis. Detail of surface with thorny projections. Scale bar is 0.05 mm." captionText-5="FIGURE 48. Paracorallium japonicum (Kishinouye, 1903), neotype, USNM 19931. 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,
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.
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of the dry samples were identified and donated by
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, and both are erroneously labeled “
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.”
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Colony abundantly branched in one plane.
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, prickly branchlets grow on the “front” of the colony and on the sides of the branches.
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thin, and generally dark red with growing tips pinkish to white.
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mounds small, about
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in diameter, are only slightly elevated.
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are distributed in four or five rows, generally on one surface only.
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longitudinally grooved, normally dark red with a white center and having a small pit underneath each polyp mounds.
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cross section, the axis of the main stem is round or oval, but that of the branch tip is Y or X-shaped.
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kinds of sclerites occur: 6-, 7-, 8-radiates, crosses and rods.
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about
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long are numerous, other sclerites are smaller and fewer.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF9FFED40ECC58262637AC3" bold="true" box="[151,288,1414,1437]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">FIGURE 43.</emphasis>
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(Kishinouye, 1903)
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, neotype, USNM 19931. Entire specimen. Scale bar is 5 cm, scale divisions 1.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF9FFED40ECC7BB62617888" bold="true" box="[151,290,1983,2006]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">FIGURE 44.</emphasis>
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, neotype, USNM 19931. Detail of colony surface (left: “front” side, right: “back” side). Scale divisions are 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF8FFEC40ECC4DC62607BB1" bold="true" box="[151,291,1240,1263]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">FIGURE 45.</emphasis>
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(Kishinouye, 1903)
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, neotype, USNM 19931. Surface details of thin coenenchyme removed from specimen. Scale divisions are 0.1 mm.
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Description of the
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:
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF8FFEC40ECC693626779F1" box="[151,292,1687,1711]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Colony form</emphasis>
: The specimen has a holdfast and appears to be almost complete (only some branch tips are missing). It is about
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tall and
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wide, branched irregularly almost in one plane, and the angles of branching are mostly at 3090 degrees (
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). Branches are tapered and sharp at the tip. The diameter at the base of the colony is about
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, the main stem and the thickest branch are
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, (not including the coenenchymal mounds), and the thinnest branch tip is
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. Branch cross sections are rounded, but twig tips are irregular.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF8FFEC40B4C7486258783A" box="[207,283,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Polyps</emphasis>
: The specimen is preserved dry with damaged coenenchyme. Originally retracted into the coenenchyme, making hemispherical coenenchymal mounds, the autozooid tissue has now completely disintegrated. Coenenchymal mounds appear to be distributed on one side (the “front”) of the colony (occasionally straying on to the back surface) (
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). They are only slightly elevated,
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in height and
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in diameter, with an indistinct 8-lobed summit. The mounds are arranged
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apart (center to center).
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFFFFFEB40ECC7A4626778E9" bold="true" box="[151,292,1952,1975]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">FIGURE 46.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFFFFFEB4155C7A4617B78E8" box="[302,568,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Paracorallium japonicum</emphasis>
(Kishinouye, 1903)
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, neotype, USNM 19931. Surface of branch tip (stereo pairs). Arrows indicate the pits underneath original locations of autozooids. Scale divisions above are 1.0 mm and scale bar below is 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFFEFFEA40ECC44A62677B3B" bold="true" box="[151,292,1102,1125]" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 47.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFFEFFEA4155C44B617A7B3B" box="[302,569,1103,1125]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Paracorallium japonicum</emphasis>
(Kishinouye, 1903)
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, neotype, USNM 19931. Axis. Detail of surface with thorny projections. Scale bar is 0.05 mm.
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The siphonozooids appear as very small pits
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in diameter (
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), observable only on undamaged surfaces and distributed sparsely and randomly.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFFEFFEA40B4C51663BC7A74" box="[207,255,1298,1322]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Axis</emphasis>
: The surface of the axis is longitudinally grooved (
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) at intervals of
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, and covered with minute tubercles ornamented with thorny projections (
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). There are shallow, rounded pits, approximately
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in diameter and without beaded margins, at the position of each coenenchymal mound (
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).
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFFEFFEA40B4C57A622F7AC8" box="[207,364,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Coenenchyme</emphasis>
: The coenenchyme is so abraded (
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thick) that the longitudinal axial grooves and axial sculpture are clearly visible through it in many areas. There are fine warts (
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in diameter) distributed evenly on undamaged areas of coenenchyme.
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: The dried coenenchyme and the coenenchymal mounds are pale brick-red to orange (
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,
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). The axis is dark red (
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). The statistical data for sclerites of this specimen are shown in Table 12.
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The 8-radiates, which are the most abundant form, are of similar size in all the three regions sampled (
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, p&gt;0.05).
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFFCFFE840ECC785626578C6" bold="true" box="[151,294,1921,1944]" pageId="55" pageNumber="56">FIGURE 48.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF3FFE740ECC43362637B10" bold="true" box="[151,288,1079,1102]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 49.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF3FFE740BCC49061697BF2" box="[199,554,1172,1196]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Relative abundance of sclerites</emphasis>
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; Table 12): There are 7 kinds of sclerites in the coenenchyme of the
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Description of specimen
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).
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF3FFE740B4C64062587902" box="[207,283,1604,1628]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Polyps</emphasis>
: The specimen is dry and the coenenchyme is damaged. Originally retracted into the coenenchyme, making hemispherical coenenchymal mounds, the autozooid tissue has now completely disintegrated. The coenenchymal mounds appear to be distributed on one side of the colony, especially at the branch tip (
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). They are only slightly elevated,
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in diameter, indistinctly 8-lobed on their summit (
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apart (center to center). Siphonozooids appear as very small pits which are only observable on undamaged surfaces. They are
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in diameter, not visible to the naked eye, and distributed randomly.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF3FFE740B4C74463BC7806" box="[207,255,1856,1880]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Axis</emphasis>
: The surface of the axis is longitudinally grooved at intervals of
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(
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), and covered with minute tubercles ornamented with thorny projections (
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). These appear to be projecting parts of partially embedded radiate sclerites. At the tip of a branch underneath each coenenchymal mound, there is an indistinct, shallow, rounded pit, about
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long without a beaded margin, (
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). The axis at the tip of a branchlet is spatula shaped (
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).
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF2FFE640B4C09C622F7FEE" box="[207,364,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Coenenchyme</emphasis>
: In many parts this is so thin (approximately
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in dry condition) that the axial sculpture is exposed, and the longitudinal grooves are easily detected (
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apart) on the undamaged parts of coenenchyme.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF2FFE640ECC50E625C7A7F" bold="true" box="[151,287,1290,1313]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">FIGURE 50.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF2FFE640ECC780626378C5" bold="true" box="[151,288,1924,1947]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">FIGURE 51.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF2FFE64153C780616C78C4" box="[296,559,1924,1946]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Paracorallium japonicum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF1FFE540ECC4D6625C7BB7" bold="true" box="[151,287,1234,1257]" pageId="58" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 52.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF1FFE540B4C572626C7AD0" box="[207,303,1398,1422]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="59">Sclerites</emphasis>
: The coenenchymal mounds contain predominantly 8-radiates
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wide, a few asymmetric 6-radiates, and some rods, crosses and multiradiates (
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). The coenenchyme on the base of the colony also contains abundant 8-radiates, which are
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wide, and a few symmetric 6-radiates, 7-radiates and crosses (
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). The statistical data for sclerites of this specimen are shown in Table 13.
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The most abundant sclerites, the 8-radiates, are similar in size in the three regions sampled and do not significantly differ in their length (
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, p&gt;0.05). They are the largest sclerites of all.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF1FFE540B4C6DA617B79A8" box="[207,568,1758,1782]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="59">Relative abundance of sclerites</emphasis>
(
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; Table 13):
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There are 6 kinds of sclerites in the coenenchyme of specimen
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. Unlike the
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, asymmetric 6-radiates are not present. In the coenenchymal mounds, 8-radiates represent 74% of the sclerites, multi-radiates 14%, and rods 13%. In the branch tip, 8-radiates represent 70% of the sclerites, and 7-radiates 10%. In the base, 8-radiates are also the most abundant form, present as 65%, while crosses represent 20% of the total
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.
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<paragraph id="8BB536B8FFF1FFE540ACC796676278AC" blockId="58.[151,1436,1326,2034]" pageId="58" pageNumber="59">The most abundant sclerites are 8-radiates, composing over 65% of all sclerites. Small rods are few in the branch tips, but are quite numerous in the coenenchymal mounds, multi-radiates are few and found only in the coenenchymal mounds and the branch tip, and 6-, 7-radiates and crosses are few.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF7FFE340ECC7B462677899" bold="true" box="[151,292,1968,1991]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">FIGURE 53.</emphasis>
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(Kishinouye, 1903)
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, USNM 19932. Surface of branch tip (stereo pairs). Arrows indicate the pits underneath original locations of autozooids. Scale bars are 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE240ECC43062617B15" bold="true" box="[151,290,1076,1099]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">FIGURE 54.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE24151C43061717B14" box="[298,562,1076,1098]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Paracorallium japonicum</emphasis>
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, USNM 19932. Axis. Detail of surface with thorny projections. Scale bar is 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE240B4C4CA62727BB8" box="[207,305,1230,1254]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Remarks</emphasis>
: The average composition of the basal sclerites in these
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(
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19931 and
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19932) is significantly different from all other species examined in this study (
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; Chi-square test). The
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have almost the same colony shape and colour (
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,
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), size, shape and distribution of coenenchymal mounds (
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,
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), axis surface sculpture (
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,
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,
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,
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) and surface ornamentation of sclerites (
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,
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). Moreover, the sizes of the 8-radiates in the
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overlap (
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). These characteristics were first described by
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,
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,b), so we therefore conclude they are the same species,
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. Compositions of basal sclerites are not significantly different from each other (Chi-square test, p&gt;0.05), but there is some variation in percent composition of the different
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of sclerites in the other colony regions (
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,
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), which may be attributed to mere variation.
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,
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,b) described only three kinds of sclerites, abundant 8-radiates, and rare crosses and rods. We also observed abundant 8-radiates, but found more kinds of rare sclerites, 6- and 7-radiates in our specimens (
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,
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).
</paragraph>
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did not designate any types for this species, and he described only the general distribution off the southwestern coast of Kyushu, and off Tosa, not a specific locality. The Smithsonian specimens, which were not mentioned in his publication, were collected from Tosa, meaning
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, and were each subsequently labelled as “
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”, but not by Kishinouye. These are the only specimens of
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known to exist that were collected and identified by Kishinouye. The more complete colony,
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19931, is designated here to be the
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and fixes the characters of the species. The special character, the dark red axis, occurs in only three species:
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D3BFFF6FFE2408CC73662277814" box="[247,356,1842,1866]" class="Anthozoa" family="Coralliidae" genus="Corallium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="ducale">
<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE2408CC73662277814" box="[247,356,1842,1866]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">C. ducale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D3BFFF6FFE24108C73662A97817" authorityName="Hickson" authorityYear="1907" box="[371,490,1842,1866]" class="Anthozoa" family="Coralliidae" genus="Corallium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="reginae">
<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE24108C73662A97817" box="[371,490,1842,1866]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">C. reginae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D3BFFF6FFE24259C73661F77817" baseAuthorityName="Kishinouye" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[546,692,1842,1865]" class="Anthozoa" family="Coralliidae" genus="Paracorallium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="japonicum">
<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE24259C73661F77817" box="[546,692,1842,1865]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">P. japonicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However double club sclerites are present in former two species but absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D3BFFF6FFE24156C75362FD7830" baseAuthorityName="Kishinouye" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[301,446,1879,1902]" class="Anthozoa" family="Coralliidae" genus="Paracorallium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="japonicum">
<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE24156C75362FD7830" box="[301,446,1879,1902]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">P. japonicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB536B8FFF6FFE240B4C77D62BD788A" blockId="61.[151,1436,1230,2005]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
As mentioned above, both of these specimens have axial pits beneath the coenenchymal mounds, but without beaded margins. Therefore, as they do not exactly fit the diagnosis for the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C0A4D3BFFF6FFE24463C79F67FE78ED" authorityName="Bayer &amp; Cairns" authorityYear="2003" box="[1048,1213,1947,1971]" class="Anthozoa" family="Coralliidae" genus="Paracorallium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97EEAAAFFF6FFE24463C79F67FE78ED" box="[1048,1213,1947,1971]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Paracorallium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we have kept them in this genus only provisionally.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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