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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294" ID-GBIF-Dataset="4ab1a1e9-9b98-42e8-bea4-604011ae7d70" ID-PMC="PMC4591733" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-522-1" ID-PubMed="26448719" ID-ZBK="72178B43CB244C57A24323CB13B9A8BF" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-522-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 522" ModsDocTitle="Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species" checkinTime="1451243973288" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Matsumoto, Asako K. & van Ofwegen, Leen P." docDate="2015" docId="4C7B633B15B1607D9A0BA0913ACF7043" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 522: 1-127" docOrigin="ZooKeys 522" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294" docTitle="Melithaea tokaraensis Matsumoto & Ofwegen, 2015, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="C8884567-77B9-49B1-82DA-155636E44F72" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="37" masterDocId="DB31BE618A66FF8AFFA8FFBD9346FFF5" masterDocTitle="Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species" masterLastPageNumber="127" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="36" updateTime="1668160728543" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Matsumoto, Asako K.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>van Ofwegen, Leen P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>522</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-522-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152062429" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C8884567-77B9-49B1-82DA-155636E44F72" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4C7B633B15B1607D9A0BA0913ACF7043" lastPageId="36" lastPageNumber="37" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
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<paragraph pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="35" pageNumber="36" start="start">Taxon</pageBreakToken>
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classification Animalia Alcyonacea Melithaeidae
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="35" pageNumber="36" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/C8884567-77B9-49B1-82DA-155636E44F72" class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea tokaraensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tokaraensis">Melithaea tokaraensis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="35" pageNumber="36">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 87c, 92, 93, 98
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<subSubSection pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="36" pageNumber="37" start="start">Material</pageBreakToken>
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examined.
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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Holotype RMNH Coel. 41941 (AKM 1212),
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="28.915">28°54.90'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="129.06816">129°04.09'E</geoCoordinate>
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, off Yokoate-jima, Tokara Islands, East China Sea, 395 m, R/V Tansei-maru, KT07-21, St. DY0205, Chain Bag Dredge, coll. Dr. H. Yokose, 30 August 2007.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Colony branched in one plane, broken up while collecting (Fig. 87c). The largest fragment being 12 cm long. The larger nodes are swollen and clearly visible. The polyps are situated on one side of the colony. The calyces are dome-shaped, about 0.5 mm high and 1 mm wide. Points with slightly bent spindles up to 0.25 mm long, distal end more tuberculate (Fig. 92a). Collaret with bent spindles up to 0.35 mm long, middle part with more developed tubercles (Fig. 92b). Tentacles with platelets, the larger ones crescent-shaped with irregular projections (Fig. 92c). These platelets are up to 0.15 mm long. Pharynx with straight spiny rods, up to 0.05 mm long (Fig. 92d). Coenenchyme with predominantly capstans, double disks (Fig. 93b) and disk spindles (Fig. 93c), 0.05-0.15 mm long, and small clubs (Fig. 92f), up to 0.10 mm long. Spindles are also present, 0.10-0.30 mm long, mostly with simple tubercles (Fig. 93d). The calyces with additional clubs, up to 0.25 mm long (Fig. 93a). The axis has smooth and sparsely tuberculate rods (Fig. 92e).</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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Figure 92. Sclerites of
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea tokaraensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tokaraensis">Melithaea tokaraensis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., RMNH Coel. 41941; a point spindles b collaret spindles c tentacle sclerites d pharynx rod e axial rod f clubs of coenenchyme.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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Figure 93. Sclerites of
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea tokaraensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="tokaraensis">Melithaea tokaraensis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., RMNH Coel. 41941; a clubs of calyx b double disk c disk spindles d spindles.
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<subSubSection pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="color">
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Color.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Colony red, all sclerites orange.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Only known from off the Tokara Islands. (Fig. 98).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Etymology. The species is named after the type locality, the Tokara Islands.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
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The species resembles
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea abyssicola" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="abyssicola">Melithaea abyssicola</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.,
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea oyeni" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="oyeni">Melithaea oyeni</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., and
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Melithaeidae" genus="Melithaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melithaea satsumaensis" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="satsumaensis">Melithaea satsumaensis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., but differs in having rather smooth polyp sclerites and long calyx clubs.
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</treatment>
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