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Paragoniastrea variabilis Kishi, Nomura & Fukami, sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new coral species previously considered as a variant of Paragoniastrea deformis, from Japan and northern Taiwan

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  • 1. University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
  • 2. Sabiura Marine Park Research Station, Wakayama, Japan
  • 3. Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia|University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan|Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 4. Kyushu University, Kumamoto, Japan
  • 5. Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

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A new zooxanthellate scleractinian coral, Paragoniastrea variabilis Kishi, Nomura & Fukami, sp. nov. (Scleractinia, Merulinidae), is described from non-coral reef regions of Japan and northern Taiwan. This new species was previously recognized as a morphological variant of Paragoniastrea deformis (Veron, 1990) and can be morphologically distinguished from that species by lacking groove-and-tube structures on corallite wall joints, and by having larger calices, numerous septa, and up to three corallites in one valley. The new species also formed an independent clade from its congeners, P. australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857), P. deformis and P. russelli (Wells, 1954), in the molecular phylogeny based on the mitochondrial intergenic region and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers.

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