Sinularia hirta (Pratt, 1903)

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 : 694

Sinularia hirta (Pratt, 1903)

( Fig. 15E )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34530, Grande Ravine (21°07.922’S, 55°16.095’E), reef slope, 16-20 m, 24.XI.2008, leg. M. Aknin. — ZMTAU Co 34445 (3 colonies), Saint-Leu, Pointe au Sel (21°12’17.54”S, 55°16’48.90”E), reef slope, 12 m, 9.IV.2008. — MNHN, Reef of Nord Boucau, leg. G. Faure.

Sinularia molesta Tixier-Durivault, 1970 ( Fig. 15F )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34425 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Cap la Houssaye (21°01’02.90”S, 55°14’15.49”E), reef slope, 17 m, 8.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34465, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (21°09’04.39”S, 55°16’12.47”E), reef slope, 14-20 m, 10.IV.2008.

Figures

FIG. 15. — Live colonies of: A, Sinularia brassica May, 1898; B, Sinularia densa Whitelegge, 1897; C, Sinularia erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945; D, Sinularia gibberosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970; E, Sinularia hirta (Pratt, 1903); F, Sinularia molesta Tixier-Durivault, 1970.