Cladiella Gray, 1869

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 : 688-690

Genus Cladiella Gray, 1869

Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936) ( Fig. 12A )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34402 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Planch’ Alizés (21°05’58.61”S, 55°13’48.81”E), reef slope, 14-19 m, 7.IV.2008.

Cladiella kashmani Benayahu & Schleyer, 1996 ( Fig. 12B )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34413, Saint-Paul, l’Ermitage face au ponton au kiosque (21°04’10.33”S, 55°12’58.46”E), reef slope, 14-19 m, 7.IV.2008.

Cladiella krempfi (Hickson, 1919) ( Fig. 12C )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34453 (2 colonies), Co 34458, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (21°09’04.39”S, 55°16’12.47”E), reef slope, 14-20 m, 10.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34372 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Pain de Sucre (Maharani) (21°01’22.33”S, 55°13’40.95”E), reef slope, 14 m, 3.IV.2008.

Figures

FIG. 12. — Live colonies of: A, Cladiella australis (Macfadyen, 1936); B, Cladiella kashmani Benayahu & Schleyer, 1996; C, Cladiella krempfi (Hickson, 1919); D, Klyxum adii Benayahu & Perkol-Finkel, 2010; E, Klyxum flaccidum Tixier-Durivault, 1966; F, Lobophytum crassum Von Marenzeller, 1886.