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<taxonomicName authorityName="Halász &amp; McFadden &amp; Aharonovich &amp; Toonen &amp; Benayahu" authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Halász &amp; McFadden &amp; Aharonovich &amp; Toonen &amp; Benayahu" baseAuthorityYear="2014" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Xenia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="crenata" status="comb. n.">Xenia crenata</taxonomicName>
Reinicke, 1997: 41-42, figs 3c, 15; plates 5, 25.
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Holotype:</emphasis>
RMNH Coel. 23538, Sudanese Red Sea, Sanganeb Atoll, 20 km off Port Sudan, S-slope near jetty (
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,
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), 10 m, April 1991, coll. G.B. Reinicke;
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RMNH Coel. 23517, Sudanese Red Sea, Sanganeb Atoll, lagoon slope, TQ II station, 8 m, March 1991, coll. G.B. Reinicke;
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type of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Xenia viridis</emphasis>
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SMF 42, Indonesia, Ternate island, 1894, coll.
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;
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type of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Xenia blumi</emphasis>
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SMF 44, Indonesia, Ternate island, 1894, coll.
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.
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Description.</paragraph>
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The holotype is 30 mm high and 10 mm wide at its base. The stalk splits into two branches. The first is 15 mm long, 6 mm wide at its base and 10 mm wide at its uppermost part; the second splits further into two branches, 15 and 7 mm long, each 5 mm wide at the base, and 10 and 7 mm wide at the upper part, respectively.
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body is up to 5 mm long and the tentacles up to 5 mm long. The pinnules are mostly arranged in two rows, with an occasional third row. There are 12-16 pinnules in the outermost row, 1 mm long and 0.14 mm wide, with a 0.2 mm space between adjacent pinnules. Sclerites are very scarce in all parts of the holotype; they are
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-type spheroids, measuring 0.012-0.028
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0.018-0.036 mm in diameter (n = 35 sclerites). Occasionally, two sclerites are fused, reaching 0.050 mm in maximal diameter. SEM micrographs of sclerites were obtained only from the additional material due to low density of sclerites in the holotype.
<bibRefCitation author="Reinicke, GB" journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Saudi Arabia" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" pagination="5 - 62" refId="B31" refString="Reinicke, GB, 1997. Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 16: 5 - 62" title="Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea with descriptions of six new species of Xenia." volume="16" year="1997">Reinicke (1997)</bibRefCitation>
recorded non-pulsating polyps for the species. The ethanol preserved holotype is light beige.
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RMNH Coel. 23517 is similar in size to the holotype.
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body is up to 2 mm long, with 2 mm long tentacles, mostly bearing two rows of 1 mm long
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0.1 mm wide slender pinnules on each of the tentacle sides, and, rarely, a third row. The outermost row features 12-15 pinnules, up to one pinnule-width apart. Sclerites are of the
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-type, varying in shape from regular (
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), egg-shaped (
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) and more rectangular (
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), ranging 0.016-0.026
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0.028-0.040 mm (n = 25 sclerites) in diameter. Occasionally, two sclerites are fused, reaching 0.047 mm in maximal diameter (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Figure 10.</emphasis>
Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of
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(Reinicke, 1997) (RMNH Coel. 23517).
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Regular sclerites
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Fused sclerites
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Egg-shaped sclerites
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Rectangular sclerite. Arrows indicate surface dents. Scale bar 10
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.
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noted under the description of
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sp. n. (p. 41): &quot;?
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Xenia blumi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Schenk, A" journalOrPublisher="Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="40 - 80" refId="B33" refString="Schenk, A, 1896. Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23 (1): 40 - 80" title="Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate." volume="23" year="1896">Schenk 1896</bibRefCitation>
;
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: 98,
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&quot; and &quot;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Xenia blumi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Schenk, A" journalOrPublisher="Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="40 - 80" refId="B33" refString="Schenk, A, 1896. Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23 (1): 40 - 80" title="Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate." volume="23" year="1896">Schenk 1896</bibRefCitation>
sensu Gohar -
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: 42, Fig. 31&quot;.
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also noted: &quot;?
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Xenia viridis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Schenk, A" journalOrPublisher="Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="40 - 80" refId="B33" refString="Schenk, A, 1896. Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23 (1): 40 - 80" title="Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate." volume="23" year="1896">Schenk 1896</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Benayahu, Y" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Mededelingen" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" pagination="113 - 120" refId="B6" refString="Benayahu, Y, 1990. Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species. Zoologische Mededelingen 64: 113 - 120" title="Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species." volume="64" year="1990">Benayahu 1990</bibRefCitation>
: 115 (listed)&quot;. The description of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Xenia blumi</emphasis>
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according to
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does not match
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</taxonomicName>
features. Examination of the types of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Xenia blumi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Xenia viridis</emphasis>
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during the current study (see
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) revealed them to have platelet-shaped sclerites composed of dendritic rods, and to differ from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Ovabunda crenata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
The original description of the holotype indicated three rows of pinnules, whereas the present examination revealed mostly two rows, with an indication of a third one. There is agreement between our findings and the original description regarding the number of pinnules in the outermost row of the tentacles (12-16
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">vs.</emphasis>
12-15, respectively). Sclerites correspond to the original description in size but are
<taxonomicName authorityName="Alderslade" authorityYear="2001" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ovabunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-type spheroids; therefore, it is concluded that the species should be assigned to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Alderslade" authorityYear="2001" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ovabunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="similar species">
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Similar species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Halász &amp; McFadden &amp; Aharonovich &amp; Toonen &amp; Benayahu" authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="crenata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ovabunda crenata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Verseveldt &amp; Cohen" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="biseriata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ovabunda biseriata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Although they both have overlapping number of pinnules in the outermost row, 12-16 and 13-16, respectively,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ovabunda biseriata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has two rows of pinnules and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Halász &amp; McFadden &amp; Aharonovich &amp; Toonen &amp; Benayahu" authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="crenata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ovabunda crenata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occasionally presents a third row. They both have non-pulsating polyps in live colonies.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba, Sudan.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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