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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7CFFA3FC7C594FFB43F9B3" bold="true" box="[985,1258,1611,1635]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="113">Hippocampus colemani</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="33070F2ABF7CFFA3FC4059BEFABDF901" blockId="0.[997,1300,1722,1745]" box="[997,1300,1722,1745]" pageId="0" pageNumber="113">Coleman’s Pygmy Seahorse</paragraph>
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. Dorsal-fin rays 12–13; pectoral-fin rays 10; anal fin absent; trunk rings 11; tail rings 27–29; nose ridge well developed in front of eye; a single gill opening on the neck ridge, directly behind the head; base of dorsal fin greatly elevated posteriorly, forming a triangular hump on the back.
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Fig. 1.
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, holotype AMS I41181-001 (left) and paratype AMS I41181-002 (right), both female.
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. Head small, c. 50% of trunk length and strongly angled down onto trunk; snout short, length about equal to eye diameter; trunk very deep, c. 60% of its length; tail thin, 1.3 times eye diameter, its greatest depth and width anteriorly, and its length 58% in height (overall, see fig. 3, Kuiter, 2001); dorsal fin with 12 rays (
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), its base greatly elevated posteriorly so that fin rays almost parallel with trunk axis, height of fin base at posterior end almost equal to its length; pectoral-fin rays 10; anal fin absent; trunk rings 11, obscured and smooth dorsally; tail rings 29 (
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); trunk and tail ridges poorly developed, mostly indistinguishable and only evident on lower two-thirds of trunk, as ventral and inferior ridges; all spines reduced to tubercles, those on back at 4th, 7th and 11th rings enlarged and most notable, largest below dorsalfin base, and on head as lateral head spines, some with dermal appendages; coronet low and rounded with tentacle like dermal appendage anteriorly (also in
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); nose spine present as well-developed ridge in front of eye; single relatively large gill opening, slightly raised by skin, and situated mid-dorsally on neck ridge, immediately behind head. Colour in life (
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): body mostly pale goldenyellow; trunk with white circular or elliptical markings, each outlined with thin red lines, largest around tubercles on 4th and 7th rings; shoulder-ring tubercles white; head white on nape above eyes, extending over snout to tip of mouth, highlighting several dusky brown bands radiating from eye; tail slightly more brown with red markings, some expressed as elongate spots on same ring, suggesting a band. Colour in alcohol: pale brownish all over, some thin dark lines near tubercles on body and dusky bands radiating from eye.
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and two additional specimens photographed (
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,
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coast. All were found in the same general area at a depth of
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The habitat is comprised of coarse sand with sparse
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and
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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7DFFA2FC025927FBBDF9EA" box="[935,1044,1571,1594]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">Halophila</emphasis>
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plants that have fine filamentous algae on their leaves. The same algae are present on the body of the seahorses, attached to their skin.
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. This species is named
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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7DFFA2FBDF5997FB74F97A" box="[1146,1245,1683,1706]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="114">colemani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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after Mr Neville Coleman, who discovered and photographed the species at Lord Howe Island, and then returned specifically to collect the
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material. Only
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<specimenCount id="25BEC4A3BF7DFFA2FB2159EFFAB9F8D2" box="[1156,1296,1771,1794]" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
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have been observed, the largest was collected and measured at
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<quantity id="F440A2CFBF7DFFA2FAFB580DFCEDF8ED" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.21" pageId="1" pageNumber="114" unit="mm" value="22.1">22.1 mm</quantity>
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in height. Judging by its shape, it appears to be fully grown and would unlikely get much larger. At this stage it is the smallest known seahorse. Despite its small size, it is surprising that it has gone unnoticed until now. Several extensive fish surveys have been undertaken at Lord Howe Island, the largest and most comprehensive led by the opening is arrowed. Photo by Neville Coleman.
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</paragraph>
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Fig. 2.
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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7EFFA1FE0F5C9BFD39FC64" box="[426,656,927,948]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="115">Hippocampus colemani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, paratype AMS I41181-002, in situ. Photo by Neville Coleman.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="33070F2ABF7EFFA1FEC6589BFB5FF864" blockId="2.[355,1270,1951,1999]" box="[355,1270,1951,1972]" pageId="2" pageNumber="115">
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Fig. 3.
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<taxonomicName id="F4B874A9BF7EFFA1FE03589BFD25F864" authorityName="Kuiter" authorityYear="2003" box="[422,652,1951,1972]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Syngnathidae" genus="Hippocampus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Syngnathiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="115" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colemani">
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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7EFFA1FE03589BFD25F864" box="[422,652,1951,1972]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="115">Hippocampus colemani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, this specimen not collected, sex not determined. The single gill
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="33070F2ABF7FFFA0FF7E5B7AFA82FB43" blockId="3.[219,1323,1150,1198]" box="[219,1323,1150,1171]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
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Fig. 4.
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||
<taxonomicName id="F4B874A9BF7FFFA0FEBB5B7AFDABFB43" authorityName="Kuiter" authorityYear="2003" box="[286,514,1150,1171]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Syngnathidae" genus="Hippocampus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Syngnathiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colemani">
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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7FFFA0FEBB5B7AFDABFB43" box="[286,514,1150,1171]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Hippocampus colemani</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
, this specimen not collected. A probable male as it appears to have a pouch. Photo by
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</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="33070F2ABF7FFFA0FF7E5B9DFE2AFB7E" blockId="3.[219,1323,1150,1198]" box="[219,387,1177,1198]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Neville Coleman.</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="33070F2ABF7FFFA0FFDC5BDDFE97FA98" blockId="3.[121,749,1241,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
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Australian Museum in 1973. At the time, a team of 15 collectors, 8 of whom were ichthyologists, collected constantly for one month (
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||
<bibRefCitation id="572972DBBF7FFFA0FE3C5A10FDF4FAFB" author="Allen, G & Hoese, J & Paxton, J & Randall, B & Russell, W & Starck, F" box="[409,605,1300,1323]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" pagination="365 - 454" refId="ref1672" refString="Allen, G. R., D. F. Hoese, J. R. Paxton, J. E. Randall, B. C. Russell, W. A. Starck, F. H. Talbot & G. P. Whitley, 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30 (15): 365 - 454." type="journal article" year="1976">
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||
Allen
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||
<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7FFFA0FE7A5A10FDA6FAFB" box="[479,527,1300,1323]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">et al</emphasis>
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||
., 1976
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||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
), and did not find this seahorse.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="33070F2ABF7FFFA0FF325A4BFEF4F860" blockId="3.[121,749,1241,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
|
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The closest relative of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4B874A9BF7FFFA0FE115A4BFD63FAB6" authorityName="Kuiter" authorityYear="2003" box="[436,714,1359,1382]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Syngnathidae" genus="Hippocampus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Syngnathiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colemani">
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||
<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7FFFA0FE115A4BFD63FAB6" box="[436,714,1359,1382]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Hippocampus colemani</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in Australian waters is
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4B874A9BF7FFFA0FEEE5A68FD9BFA53" authority="Whitley" authorityName="Whitley" authorityYear="1970" box="[331,562,1388,1411]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Syngnathidae" genus="Hippocampus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Syngnathiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bargibanti">
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||
<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7FFFA0FEEE5A68FE71FA53" box="[331,472,1388,1411]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">H. bargibanti</emphasis>
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Whitley
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, a tropical species that lives on gorgonian corals. It has similar meristic values and shares the greatly elevated dorsal-fin base, but is quite different in its fleshy and lumpy appearance, and has a longer tail. From a global perspective, most similar in its morphology is a pygmy species from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4BAF4FBABF7FFFA0FDB65AFBFDF9F9C6" box="[531,592,1535,1558]" name="Japan" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Japan</collectingCountry>
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||
(sp. 7, Kuiter, 2000) that is nearly identical in shape and has an almost identically formed nose ridge. Kuiter’s
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4B874A9BF7FFFA0FDBF593DFD4EF980" box="[538,743,1593,1616]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Syngnathidae" genus="Hippocampus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Syngnathiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undefined-7">
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||
<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7FFFA0FDBF593DFD06F980" box="[538,687,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Hippocampus</emphasis>
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||
sp. 7
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, however, has small but distinctive spines along the trunk and tail ridges. A further similar species that appears to be closely related (sp. 6, Kuiter, 2000) occurs on gorgonians in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4BAF4FBABF7FFFA0FF3659ABFEC9F916" box="[147,352,1711,1734]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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||
, but is only known from photographs. All share the unusually elevated dorsal-fin base that forms a large hump on their back. The feature of a single gill opening (see
|
||
<figureCitation id="AB8313AFBF7FFFA0FEB15803FECFF8CE" box="[276,358,1799,1822]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[357,393,927,948]" captionTargetBox="[265,1331,151,917]" captionTargetId="figure-10@2.[265,1331,151,917]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Hippocampus colemani, paratype AMS I41181-002, in situ. Photo by Neville Coleman." pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
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,
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||
<figureCitation id="AB8313AFBF7FFFA0FED05803FE2AF8CE" box="[373,387,1799,1822]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[355,391,1951,1972]" captionTargetBox="[359,1273,1011,1938]" captionTargetId="figure-12@2.[359,1273,1011,1938]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 3. Hippocampus colemani, this specimen not collected, sex not determined. The single gill" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">3</figureCitation>
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||
) appears to be the same in the Japanese and the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4BAF4FBABF7FFFA0FE9D5820FDA3F8EB" box="[312,522,1828,1851]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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species (not clear in photographs). It is likely that the three species form a natural group, but until the relationship of all seahorses are understood the species will be retained together in the single genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4B874A9BF7FFFA0FF64589DFEFFF860" box="[193,342,1945,1968]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Syngnathidae" genus="Hippocampus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Syngnathiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7FFFA0FF64589DFEFFF860" box="[193,342,1945,1968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Hippocampus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="33070F2ABF7FFFA0FCBF5BDDFABAFA79" blockId="3.[794,1422,1241,1449]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">
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<emphasis id="01CCD338BF7FFFA0FCBF5BDDFC41FB3D" box="[794,1000,1241,1262]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" reason="1">ACKNOWLEDGMENTS</emphasis>
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||
.
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||
<materialsCitation id="83D00577BF7FFFA0FC515BDDFAA6FA79" county="Martin Gomon" location="Mr Geoff Kelly" municipality="Museum" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Victoria">
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<collectingCounty id="DA6677A6BF7FFFA0FC515BDDFB2CFB3E" box="[1012,1157,1241,1262]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Martin Gomon</collectingCounty>
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,
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<collectingMunicipality id="D3639550BF7FFFA0FB285BDDFB48FB3E" box="[1165,1249,1241,1262]" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Museum</collectingMunicipality>
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<collectingRegion id="F17CC1C8BF7FFFA0FB405BDDFA9AFB3E" box="[1253,1331,1241,1262]" country="Australia" name="Victoria" pageId="3" pageNumber="116">Victoria</collectingRegion>
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provided the radiographs and commented on the manuscript. I thank
|
||
<location id="366759F1BF7FFFA0FAD55BF0FC26FAF3" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB11BE3CBF7CFFA0FC7C594FFABAFA79:366759F1BF7FFFA0FAD55BF0FC26FAF3" county="Martin Gomon" municipality="Museum" name="Mr Geoff Kelly" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" stateProvince="Victoria">Mr Geoff Kelly</location>
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,
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||
<location id="366759F1BF7FFFA0FC3D5A0AFC47FAF3" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB11BE3CBF7CFFA0FC7C594FFABAFA79:366759F1BF7FFFA0FC3D5A0AFC47FAF3" box="[920,1006,1294,1315]" county="Martin Gomon" municipality="Museum" name="Manager" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" stateProvince="Victoria">Manager</location>
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of the
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<location id="366759F1BF7FFFA0FB945A0AFAC8FAF3" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB11BE3CBF7CFFA0FC7C594FFABAFA79:366759F1BF7FFFA0FB945A0AFAC8FAF3" box="[1073,1377,1294,1315]" county="Martin Gomon" municipality="Museum" name="Lord Howe Island Marine Park" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" stateProvince="Victoria">
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<location id="366759F1BF7FFFA0FB945A0AFB48FAF3" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB11BE3CBF7CFFA0FC7C594FFABAFA79:366759F1BF7FFFA0FB945A0AFB48FAF3" box="[1073,1249,1294,1315]" county="Martin Gomon" municipality="Museum" name="Lord Howe Island" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" stateProvince="Victoria">Lord Howe Island</location>
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Marine Park
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</location>
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, and
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<location id="366759F1BF7FFFA0FCBF5A2DFC1DFAEE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB11BE3CBF7CFFA0FC7C594FFABAFA79:366759F1BF7FFFA0FCBF5A2DFC1DFAEE" box="[794,948,1321,1342]" county="Martin Gomon" municipality="Museum" name="Mr Patrick Tully" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" stateProvince="Victoria">Mr Patrick Tully</location>
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, NSW
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||
<location id="366759F1BF7FFFA0FC565A2DFBE3FAEE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB11BE3CBF7CFFA0FC7C594FFABAFA79:366759F1BF7FFFA0FC565A2DFBE3FAEE" box="[1011,1098,1321,1342]" county="Martin Gomon" municipality="Museum" name="Fisheries" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" stateProvince="Victoria">Fisheries</location>
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, for providing the collecting permit so quickly. I am most grateful to
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||
<location id="366759F1BF7FFFA0FBC35A40FAA7FA89" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BB11BE3CBF7CFFA0FC7C594FFABAFA79:366759F1BF7FFFA0FBC35A40FAA7FA89" box="[1126,1294,1348,1369]" county="Martin Gomon" municipality="Museum" name="Neville Coleman" pageId="3" pageNumber="116" stateProvince="Victoria">Neville Coleman</location>
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who made a special trip and spent many long hours underwater just to find and collect the
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plus taking the photographs in situ, and thanks to the Prodive-crew for their patience assisting Neville
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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