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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12727" ID-GBIF-Dataset="84f65a7a-0d62-480c-95f6-08d9c01c62ec" ID-PMC="PMC5523377" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-680-1" ID-PubMed="28769713" ID-ZBK="578016B2623B4A7584294D122E0D3279" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2017" ModsDocID="1313-2970-680-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 680" ModsDocTitle="Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: I. A new sclerite-free genus from Eilat, northern Red Sea" checkinTime="1502744612157" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Benayahu, Yehuda, McFadden, Catherine S. & Shoham, Erez" docDate="2017" docId="52DC30765452245558CE55B1DB8608E5" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 680: 1-11" docOrigin="ZooKeys 680" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12727" docTitle="Altumia delicata Benayahu, McFadden & Shoham, 2017, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="4D9A82B8-F305-43E1-A5A4-3F9DB672781A" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="2" masterDocId="FFA691736312E7612143FFC5E162FFFB" masterDocTitle="Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: I. A new sclerite-free genus from Eilat, northern Red Sea" masterLastPageNumber="11" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1668164545329" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: I. A new sclerite-free genus from Eilat, northern Red Sea</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Benayahu, Yehuda</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>McFadden, Catherine S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Shoham, Erez</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2017</mods:date>
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<mods:number>680</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.680.12727</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.680.12727</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-680-1</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">578016B2623B4A7584294D122E0D3279</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="132649442" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4D9A82B8-F305-43E1-A5A4-3F9DB672781A" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/52DC30765452245558CE55B1DB8608E5" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/4D9A82B8-F305-43E1-A5A4-3F9DB672781A" class="Anthozoa" family="Clavulariidae" genus="Altumia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Altumia delicata" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="delicata">Altumia delicata</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 2, 3
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype.</paragraph>
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ZMTAU CO 37427, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="29.510641">29°30'38.31"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="34.93314">34°55'59.30"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 132 m, 30 May 2016, collected by ROV, coll. M. Weis; paratype: ZMTAU CO 37495, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="29.510359">29°30'37.29"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="34.933136">34°55'59.28"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 118 m, 8 March 2017, collected by ROV, coll. M. Weis
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The ethanol-preserved holotype is comprised of thin patches of short stolon-like crusts growing over the dead branch of a black coral (
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scleraxonia" order="Antipatharia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="order">Antipatharia</taxonomicName>
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) (Figure 2A), almost invisible to the naked eye. The milky-white, thin (<0.5 mm) crusts are a few mm long (Figure 2B), very soft, almost slime-like. Polyps completely retracted and practically invisible in the preserved colonies. No sclerites observed in any part of the colony.
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<caption pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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Figure 2.
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Clavulariidae" genus="Altumia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Altumia delicata" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="delicata">Altumia delicata</taxonomicName>
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gen. n. sp. n. holotype ZMTAU CO 37427. A Colony growing over a branch of a black coral B close up of holotype. Scale 10 mm at A, 1 mm at B.
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When alive, the delicate, semi-transparent expanded polyps are distinct and are up to 20 mm long, featuring eight pinnate tentacles (Figure 3A). The ROV photographs indicate that the colonies commonly grow on dead black corals; the latter may reach a
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<pageBreakToken pageId="1" pageNumber="2" start="start">large</pageBreakToken>
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size (~45 cm in length) and can be predominantly fouled by
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. delicata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" rank="species" species="delicata">A. delicata</taxonomicName>
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(Figure 3B). Interestingly, debris, such as PVC net found at a depth of 100 m, was found to be colonized by this octocoral (Figure 3C).
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
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Figure 3.
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Clavulariidae" genus="Altumia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Altumia delicata" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="delicata">Altumia delicata</taxonomicName>
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gen. n. sp. n. live colonies. A, B colonies growing over branch of black coral with expanded polyps C colonies growing on PVC net (arrow heads).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="intraspecific variability">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Intraspecific variability.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">There are no differences between the holotype and the paratype except for the size of the colonies.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The species name is formed from the Latin '
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<taxonomicName genus="Scleraxonia" lsidName="Scleraxonia delicata" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" rank="species" species="delicata">delicata</taxonomicName>
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', delicate, referring to the fine texture of the colonies and their polyps. Gender female.
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</treatment>
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