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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FCC3FD44FBCEFD29" box="[810,1073,673,697]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Other material examined:</emphasis>
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MTQ: GBR G30675* Davies Reef*
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*
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;
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G30677* Fitzroy Reef*
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*
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.
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FCC3FCF7FC72FCBA" box="[810,909,786,810]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
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:
</emphasis>
Colony shape corymbose with determinate growth form. Primary branches long (&gt;
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)* thin and terete*
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in diameter and vertically orientated (
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* E). Axial corallites tubular* 1.22.0 mm outer diameter and 0.8 1.0 mm inner diameter (
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). Radial corallites closely positioned but not touching* predominantly appressed tubular with extended lower lip and large oblique or nariform openings* but become labellate towards branch tips. Septa on both axial and radial corallites are weakly developed; primary septa up to one-quarter of the radius of the calyx* secondary septa absent or some present as points (
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* G). The coenosteum is costate* with some spinule development in the
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specimen (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="535336F8FFB54129FCC3FB24FAD1FAE6" blockId="13.[810,1460,1217,1398]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FCC3FB24FC05FB49" box="[810,1018,1217,1241]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Molecular phylogeny:</emphasis>
The
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sequenced of this species* from the GBR and
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* are recovered as a reciprocally monophyletic group in all phylogenetic trees (
<figureCitation id="CBD72A7DFFB54129FB3FFB1AFAEAFA88" box="[1238,1301,1279,1304]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="7.[113,178,1602,1626]" captionTargetBox="[118,1455,148,1529]" captionTargetId="graphics-75@7.[118,1276,159,1526]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 2. Maximum likelihood (ML) phylogeny based on the 50% complete edge-trimmed alignment matrix (2032 loci). A* inset phylogeny depicts the relationships among all six major Acropora clades (sensu Cowman et al. 2020) and the three subclades within clade I. Clade I-C is indicated by the dashed box. The position of Acropora selago (Clade VI) and Acropora donei (Clade III) are indicated. B* ML phylogeny of clade I-C. Ultrafast bootstrap support and gene/site concordance factors are indicated at the nodes (see key). Primary species hypotheses (PSHs) are indicated by clade labels. Field codes for each specimen (tip labels) also reflect the collection location: Great Barrier Reef (73-* 74-* 76-* GBR); Coral Sea (75-); Lord Howe Island* south-east Australia (81-)* Fiji (101-* FJ)* Tonga (TG); Rarotonga* Cook Islands (CI); Kimbe Bay* Bismarck Sea* Papua New Guinea (69-* KM); Palau (PL); Pohnpei (PN); Ningaloo Reef* Western Australia (88-); Ryukyu Islands* Japan (54-); Chagos (BFC); and Mayotte (MY)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14443913" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14443913/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Figs 2</figureCitation>
* 3; Supporting Information* Figs S1* S2). The species is sister to
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FAF0FAFAFACFFAA6" box="[1305,1328,1311,1334]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A.</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FAB1FAFAFA4CFAA6" box="[1368,1459,1311,1334]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">pagoensis</emphasis>
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in the
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reconstructions* but the SNAPP species tree places
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FA75FADBFA4BFAC5" box="[1436,1460,1342,1365]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A.</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FCA7FABBFC56FAE5" box="[846,937,1374,1397]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">pagoensis</emphasis>
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as sister species to
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FB82FABBFB3CFAE5" box="[1131,1219,1374,1397]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. rongoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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).
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FCC3FA6AFC77FA37" box="[810,904,1423,1447]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Remarks:</emphasis>
Forms small corymbose clumps* generally
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in diameter. Colonies are compact cushions with short branches in high-energy environments. In more sheltered habitats* colonies can form taller* more upright corymbose colonies. Generally* an iridescent yelloworange to pinkish/orange colour* especially pronounced at the branch tips and axials* but can also be greyish/brown in colour. Polyps lower on the branches are generally extended during the day and brownish in colour. The species is clearly differentiated morphologically from all other species in clade I-C by its thin* neat branches. Within cluster 1i*
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FCC3F92CFCBEF970" box="[810,833,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A.</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FC99F92CFC34F970" box="[880,971,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">pagoensis</emphasis>
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has much thicker branches* whereas
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FABEF92CFA4CF970" box="[1367,1459,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. rongoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has thick branches and an indeterminate growth form.
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FAB0F90DFC9DF88F" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Acropora tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FC7CF8EDFBC8F88F" box="[917,1079,1800,1823]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Acropora azurea</emphasis>
Veron &amp; Wallace
</taxonomicName>
* 1984 can co-occur with
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FC8BF8C2FC16F8AE" box="[866,1001,1831,1854]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and can have similar colony shape* but
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FA75F8C2FC6FF8CE" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FB98F8A3FB3AF8CE" box="[1137,1221,1862,1886]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its thinner branches and smaller corallites* whereas
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB54129FB9DF883FB29F8ED" box="[1140,1238,1894,1917]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. azurea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has appressed radial corallites that are nariform rather than tubular. Specimens of
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB6412AFF68F8BCFEFAF8E1" box="[129,261,1881,1905]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the MTQ collection are identified as
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB6412AFD46F8BCFF4DF800" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Acropora nana</emphasis>
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(Studer* 1878); however* the
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of
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB6412AFD87F89CFD42F800" box="[622,701,1913,1936]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. nana</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB6412AFD39F89CFF4AF820" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">MNB 1941</emphasis>
)
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has tubular to nariform radial corallites* which extend from the branch at an obtuse angle* rather than the acute to appressed angle of
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB6412AFC79F89CFBECF800" box="[912,1043,1913,1936]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The coenosteum of the
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB6412AFAF8F89CFAA0F800" box="[1297,1375,1913,1936]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. nana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="8C57885AFFB6412AFA8FF89DFA3DF800" box="[1382,1474,1912,1936]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
also exhibits a heavily ornamented coenosteum* whereas the coenosteum of
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFEE7FF75FE6FFF38" box="[270,400,144,168]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
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is costate and lacks spinules. A specimen of
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFF3DFF55FEA8FF57" box="[212,343,176,199]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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is included in the series of images illustrating
<taxonomicName id="94EC4D7BFFB7412BFEFEFF2AFE78FF77" baseAuthorityName="Dana" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[279,391,207,231]" class="Anthozoa" family="Acroporidae" genus="Acropora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scleractinia" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="subulata">
<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFEFEFF2AFE78FF77" box="[279,391,207,231]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. subulata</emphasis>
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by
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Veron
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(2016)
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http://www. coralsossheworld.org/media/images/0073_C04_01.jpg; however* the
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of
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFEA0FEEBFE47FEB5" box="[329,440,269,293]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. subulata</emphasis>
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is a fragement of a large tabular or corymbose colony with tightly packed* labellate radial corallites reminiscent of
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFED7FEA9FE00FEF4" box="[318,511,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Acropora squamosa</emphasis>
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(Brook* 1892) but very distinct from
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFF12FE89FE82FE13" box="[251,381,364,387]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
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.
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Figure 5.
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB6412AFF34F909FE5BF894" bold="true" box="[221,420,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Acropora tenuissima</emphasis>
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. Holotype MTQ
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in the field at Myrmidon Reef* Great Barrier Reef (A* B); paratype MTQ G78343 from Namaqumaqua* Viti Levu* Fiji (C); holotype skeletal details (D* E); and scanning electron microscope images of axial corallite (F)* radial corallites (G) and coenosteum (H) of the holotype.
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFF98FE40FF10FE2D" box="[113,239,421,445]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Distribution:</emphasis>
Currently recorded only from
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and the centralsouthern GBR* but likely to occur elsewhere in the south-west Pacific (Supporting Information* Fig. S6).
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFF98FDF8FF1EFDA5" box="[113,225,541,565]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Etymology:</emphasis>
Meaning very thin in Latin
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*
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refers to the thin branches characteristic of this species and which distinguish it from
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFF13FDB9FEB1FDE3" box="[250,334,604,627]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. tenuis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFE69FDB9FE32FDE3" box="[384,461,603,627]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. kenti</emphasis>
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* both of which co-occur with
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<emphasis id="6198EAEAFFB7412BFF98FD9EFF0CFD02" box="[113,243,635,658]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">A. tenuissima</emphasis>
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across its range.
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