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Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species
Abstract. Japanese melithaeid type material is re-examined and re-described. The sclerites of the different species are depicted using Scanning Electron Microscopy. All Japanese species of the family Melithaeidae treated here belong to the genus Melithaea and are endemic to Japanese waters. Old muse...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448719 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294 |
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author | Matsumoto, Asako K. van Ofwegen, Leen P. |
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description | Abstract. Japanese melithaeid type material is re-examined and re-described. The sclerites of the different species are depicted using Scanning Electron Microscopy. All Japanese species of the family Melithaeidae treated here belong to the genus Melithaea and are endemic to Japanese waters. Old museum material and newly collected specimens from Japanese waters are identified after comparison with this type material. Acabaria modesta var. abyssicola is regarded a separate species, here named Melithaea abyssicola (Kükenthal, 1909). In addition, 11 new species are described: Melithaea boninensis sp. n., Melithaea doederleini sp. n., Melithaea isonoi sp. n., Melithaea keramaensis sp. n., Melithaea oyeni sp. n., Melithaea ryukyukensis sp. n., Melithaea sagamiensis sp. n., Melithaea satsumaensis sp. n., Melithaea suensoni sp. n., Melithaea tanseii sp. n., and Melithaea tokaraensis sp. n.. Pleurocorallium confusum Moroff, 1902, Pleurocoralloides formosum Moroff, 1902, Melitodes flabellifera Kükenthal, 1908, and Melitodes densa Kükenthal, 1908 are synonymized with Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865). We have designated a neotype for Melithaea mutsu Minobe, 1929. A key to the Japanese melithaeids is presented. |
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spelling | pubmed-45917332015-10-07 Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species Matsumoto, Asako K. van Ofwegen, Leen P. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Japanese melithaeid type material is re-examined and re-described. The sclerites of the different species are depicted using Scanning Electron Microscopy. All Japanese species of the family Melithaeidae treated here belong to the genus Melithaea and are endemic to Japanese waters. Old museum material and newly collected specimens from Japanese waters are identified after comparison with this type material. Acabaria modesta var. abyssicola is regarded a separate species, here named Melithaea abyssicola (Kükenthal, 1909). In addition, 11 new species are described: Melithaea boninensis sp. n., Melithaea doederleini sp. n., Melithaea isonoi sp. n., Melithaea keramaensis sp. n., Melithaea oyeni sp. n., Melithaea ryukyukensis sp. n., Melithaea sagamiensis sp. n., Melithaea satsumaensis sp. n., Melithaea suensoni sp. n., Melithaea tanseii sp. n., and Melithaea tokaraensis sp. n.. Pleurocorallium confusum Moroff, 1902, Pleurocoralloides formosum Moroff, 1902, Melitodes flabellifera Kükenthal, 1908, and Melitodes densa Kükenthal, 1908 are synonymized with Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865). We have designated a neotype for Melithaea mutsu Minobe, 1929. A key to the Japanese melithaeids is presented. Pensoft Publishers 2015-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4591733/ /pubmed/26448719 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294 Text en Asako K. Matsumoto, Leen P. van Ofwegen http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Matsumoto, Asako K. van Ofwegen, Leen P. Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species |
title | Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species |
title_full | Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species |
title_fullStr | Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species |
title_full_unstemmed | Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species |
title_short | Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species |
title_sort | melithaeidae of japan (octocorallia, alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448719 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294 |
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