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FIGURE 10 in Whip black corals (Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Stichopathes) of the Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem of Mo'orea (French Polynesia), with the description of a new species

  • 1. Natural History Museum and Vivarium of Tournai, Cour d'Honneur de l'Hôtel de ville 52, 7500 Tournai, Belgium
  • 2. University of Guam, Marine Laboratory, Mangilao 96923, Guam
  • 3. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560 USA
  • 4. Under The Pole, 1 rue des Senneurs, 29900 Concarneau, France
  • 5. Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetics, University of Mons, Av. Champ de Mars 6, 7000 Mons, Belgium
  • 6. Marine Biology Laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP160/15, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
  • 7. Under The Pole, 1 rue des Senneurs, 29900 Concarneau, France & PSL Research University, EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP 1013, 98729 Papetoai, Mo'orea, French Polynesia; Laboratoire d'Excellence « CORAIL», Mo'orea, French Polynesia

Description

FIGURE 10. Examples of the differences seen in polyp shape and appearance of the same fragment from the same colony. (a) Entire colony NHMT R2E1018. (b) In situ picture. (c) Freshly sampled fragment. (d) Fragment stored in 70% ethanol for a few months.

Notes

Published as part of Terrana, L., Rouzé, H., Opresko, D.M., Consortium, Under The Pole, Eeckhaut, I., Dubois, P., Hédouin, L. & Godefroid, M., 2024, Whip black corals (Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Stichopathes) of the Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem of Mo'orea (French Polynesia), with the description of a new species, pp. 182-212 in Zootaxa 5486 (2) on page 200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13209941

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