A new species of Sinularia (Coelenterata:Octocorallia) from Western Australia, with extraordinary massive sclerites

Autor:	Philip Alderslade
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	Geography Family Alcyoniidae Octocorallia biology Coral Zoology Animal Science and Zoology Aquatic Science Sinularia biology.organism_classification Coelenterata Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Genealogy
Zdroj:	The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 4:85-94
ISSN:	0811-3653
DOI:	10.5962/p.260901
Popis:	A new species of soft coral, Sinularia megalosclera ( Family Alcyoniidae) is described from material collected off Rottnest Island, Western Australia . The species has four types of interior coenchymal sclerites, the most conspicuous being lumpy shapeless masses, mostly less than 5-6mm in diameter, that are recorded to attain a size of 12mm x 5mm x 5mm with a weight of 0.36gm.
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