Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) re-examined

van Ofwegen; Leen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.272.4406

Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) re-examined

Authors: van Ofwegen, Leen DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.272.4406 Published: Jan. 1, 2013 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Alcyonacea · Topics: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

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Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) is re-described. Sinularia leptoclados var. gonatodes Kolonko, 1926 is synonymized with S. maxima Verseveldt, 1977. Two new species of Sinularia with digitiform lobules, leptoclados-type surface clubs and unbranched interior spindles, are described. An updated maximum likelihood tree of Sinularia species with leptoclados-type clubs (clade 5C) based on two mitochondrial genes (mtMutS, COI) and a nuclear gene (28S rDNA) is presented.

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