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)
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:
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16536,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, Dung Island, Nha Trang Bay, South
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Sea,
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, coll. T. N. Dautova.
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Living colonies are dish-shaped with lobed edges; some lobes are united into ridges which are placed radially on the outer part of disk. Some finger-like or lumpy lobes (up to
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in height) can occur on the central part of disk (
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). The polyps cover the disk and lobes; they are also distributed on the lower surface of the disk but only near the edge, as a border
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in width. The preserved
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is funnel-shaped (
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high. The lower surface of the disk and stalk surface are slightly grooved longitudinally.
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Modified clubs and curved, slightly flattened, rods (
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A) are arranged as points in the polyps. These triangular arrangements of sclerites occupy the lower part of the tentacles and the upper part of the neck zone. The polyp armature observations were carried out on semi-expanded polyps; collarets were not found.
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The surface layer of the lobes contains clubs
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long. Some of the small ones, mostly up to
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long, approach the
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-like club form, while others have a distinct central wart (
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B). Their handles are tapered, straight or slightly curved, and ornamented with round tubercles. Other small clubs have complexly warted heads with notched tubercles and warty handles (
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C). Long, curved-handled clubs,
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in length, are also present. Some of them have a distinct central wart (
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A), while others tend to have unordered processes on the heads (
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B, a, b). The latter forms merge into club-like spindles. There are also numerous small spindles which vary from being relatively smooth to being thick with evenly distributed and complex warts (
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B).
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The stalk surface has similar sclerites to those of the lobe surface. Some small clubs approach the form of
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-like clubs while others have a central wart and a tapered or blunt, robust handle (
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A). Clubs with notched tubercles on their heads have an indistinct central wart and are more robust in comparison with the ones from the polypary. They have thick robust handles, which are sometimes forked, and are abundantly ornamented with well-developed warts (
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A, a, b, c). They are similar to remarkably robust clubs,
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long, with thick warty handles and heads (
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B). Crosses are common. There are also clublike spindles and small spindles that vary from being thickened warty forms to thin forms with small conical processes (
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C).
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The spindles from the lobe interior are
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in length, without median constriction (
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). They are sometimes curved or have concave sides, probably due to their compact placement in the lobes. The spindle warts may have flat summits or they may resemble granulated cones, which sometimes are transversely widened (
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A). The spindle ends are slightly tapered (
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B).
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The warts on the stalk interior spindles mostly have flat summits (
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A) but some small ones may be covered with granulated cones. Two size ranges of spindles may be observed here:
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1. long spindles with tapering ends with or without a median waist (
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B);
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2. short, thick spindles with blunt rounded ends (
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C) and no median waist.
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE894F9A7FEBDA135" bold="true" box="[151,282,1632,1656]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE923F9A6FE7BA135" box="[288,476,1633,1656]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Sinularia arctium</emphasis>
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, living colonies, depth 12 m, Dung Island, Nha Trang Bay, South China Sea.
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE8C6F961FEF6A18D" bold="true" box="[197,337,1702,1728]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Variability.</emphasis>
No clear intra-colony variability in sclerite forms and sizes were found between the lobes and the central region of the polypary.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3F67C60B3621391FE8C6F934FF4AA079" blockId="10.[151,1436,1702,2037]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE8C6F934FEF2A040" bold="true" box="[197,341,1779,1805]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Coloration.</emphasis>
The alcohol-fixed specimens are light brown. The living colonies are brown with colorless polyps.
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE8C6F887FEC2A017" bold="true" box="[197,357,1856,1882]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Distribution.</emphasis>
Nha Trang Bay (South
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Sea,
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).
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<subSubSection id="77C295803621391FE8C6F8A0FCCDA0E5" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE8C6F8A0FEF6A0CC" bold="true" box="[197,337,1895,1921]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name alludes to the external similarity of colony shape with leaves of the plants of the genus
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE92EF848FE2DA0E5" box="[301,394,1935,1960]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Arctium</emphasis>
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(Magnoliopsida:
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:
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).
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FE8C6F873FE99A083" bold="true" box="[197,318,1972,1998]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Remarks.</emphasis>
The species may be considered as very close to four
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193621391FEBA9F872FBB0A083" box="[938,1047,1973,1998]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Sinularia</emphasis>
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species which were described by
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Alderslade &amp; Shirwaiker (1991: 211-232,
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48)
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from the Laccadives with respect to the
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- like clubs with plump heads. However,
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differs from all of them in both colony shape and sclerite form.
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EE8E1FF78FEC9A795" box="[226,366,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. jasminae</emphasis>
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has no sclerites in the polyps, has mostly small waisted spindles (
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long) in the upper part of the lobe interior, and has no clubs with long thin handles (
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Alderslade &amp; Shirwaiker 1991: 211214,
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23
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).
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EE9B1FECBFDEBA668" box="[434,588,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. parulekari</emphasis>
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has differently shaped sclerites in the polyps and lacks clubs with long handles (
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).
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEBA6FEF5FBCBA606" box="[933,1132,306,331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. karavattiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EECA4FEF5FAFCA606" box="[1191,1371,306,331]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. gaveshaniae</emphasis>
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have clubs with quite long handles and clubs with radially divergent outgrowths on the heads, but have rodlets in polyp tentacles and different internal spindles (
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). All of the 4 above mentioned species have no clubs with a distinct central wart.
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEC09FE60FB30A68D" box="[1034,1175,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. slieringsi</emphasis>
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is the only species which has similar colony shape to
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEB5AFE0AFC75A6AB" box="[857,978,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. arctium</emphasis>
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, together with similar sclerite
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in the lobe surface, including forms that approach
<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEAD1FE33FCFDA540" box="[722,858,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">leptoclados</emphasis>
-like clubs. However,
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEC62FE33FB49A540" box="[1121,1262,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. slieringsi</emphasis>
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has no curved spindles in the polyps and no
<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEA09FDDDFD3FA57E" box="[522,664,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">leptoclados</emphasis>
-like clubs with plump heads in the lobes surface (
<bibRefCitation id="5B49BBFA3620391EED08FDDDFDF2A516" author="Ofwegen" pageId="11" pageNumber="26" refString="Ofwegen, L. P. &amp; Vennam, J. (1994) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 3. The Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 68, 135 - 158." type="journal article" year="1994">
Ofwegen &amp; Vennam 1994: 152158,
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). The internal spindles of
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEB8EFD86FBBCA517" box="[909,1051,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. slieringsi</emphasis>
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are also different.
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EECFEFD86FA3BA517" box="[1277,1436,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. verseveldti</emphasis>
Ofwegen, 1996
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has the similar shape of the preserved specimen. However,
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EEC75FDAFFA80A5CC" box="[1142,1319,616,641]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. verseveldti</emphasis>
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contains
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-
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clubs along with theleptoclados-like clubs wart clubs in the lobe surface and capstans in the stalk surface (Ofwegen 1996: 210211,
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). Moreover,
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differs from
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<emphasis id="0DAC1A193620391EECA2FD72FAB0A583" box="[1185,1303,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">S. arctium</emphasis>
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having flat spiny rods in the polyp tentacles and the point sclerites of quite a different shape.
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