Sinularia shlagmani, Benayahu & Van Ofwegen, 2012

Benayahu, Yehuda & Van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2012, Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from Reunion, with a description of two new species of the genus Sinularia May, 1898 and notes on the occurrence of other species, Zoosystema 34 (4), pp. 673-699 : 697

Sinularia shlagmani n. sp.

( Fig. 16E )

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: ZMTAU Co 34418 (split into 2 parts) and 4 microscope slides, Saint-Leu, Récif des Colimaçons (21°09’21.63”S, 55°16’57.64”E), reef flat, 1 m, 8.IV.2008.

Paratypes: ZMTAU Co 34417, Co 34447 (2 colonies), same data sas holotype. — ZMTAU Co 35435, Saint- Pierre, Terre Sainte (21°20’52.25”S, 55°28’49.62”E), reef flat, 1 m, 9.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34470, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (21°09’04.39”S, 55°16’12.47”E), reef slope, 14-20 m, 10.IV.2008. — MNHN, Saint-Pierre, leg. G. Faure.

Figures

FIG. 16. — Live colonies of: A, Sinularia muralis May, 1899; B, Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977; C, Sinularia numerosa Tixier- Durivault,1970;D, Sinularia peculiaris Tixier-Durivault,1970;E, Sinularia shlagmani n. sp.; F, G, Sinularia tessieri n. sp.; F, with extended polyps; G, with retracted polyps.