DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15159659
title: TABLE 2 in Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Part 3: towards a revision of the bamboo corals (Keratoisididae) with descriptions of three new genera and four new species

description: TABLE 2. The morphological comparisons among the species in clade J3. “–” means the unknown data.
Species/HaplotypeDokidisis australisDokidisis krishananiJasonisis thresheriExplorisis katharinaExplorisis poppyaeAethisis turriformis gen. et sp. nov.Parajasonisis flabellata sp. nov.Dentatisis projecta sp. nov.Dentatisis bathyalis sp. nov.Holotype voucher numberTMAG K3834NCPOR/HYD-CIOR/0070TMAG K3879USNM1516893USNM1593518RSIOOC0241MBM287336RSIOOC0210MBM287339Colony shapewhip-like or forked–planarplanarplanarnon-planar, tree-shapedplanarwhip-like–Branching formunbranched or dichotomous–pseudo-dichotomous tending to form sections with a lyrate patterndichotomous and trichotomousdichotomous and trichotomousdichotomouspseudo-dichotomous tending to form sections with a lyrate pattern, occasionally trichotomousunbrancheddichotomousBranching originnode–nodenodenodenodenodenonenodePolyp height4–5 mm based on picture2–3 mm7–10 mmaverage 5 mmaverage 5 mm3–5 mm2–6 mm4–8 mm1.5–7.0 mmPolyp shapecylindricalshort, cylindrical to conical or volcano-shapedcylindricalcylindrical and volcanotrumpet shapedturreted and cylindrical with a expanded distal partcylindricaltrumpet shapedexpanded in the upper and basal part and with a medial constrictionPolyp arrangementsparsely arranged on all sidesalternately arrangedon all sideson three sideson three sidessparsely arranged on all sidesalternately and biserially arrangedon all sidesalternately and biserially arrangedCoenenchymethinthinextremely thinthineither thin or thickthinthinthinthinColony covered with a layer of thick tissuenonoyesyesyesnoyesno–Sclerites projecting between the bases of the tentaclesabsentabsentabsentsometimesobviousinconspicuoussometimesobvioussometimesSclerites in polyp body wall with their arrangementrods longitudinally and obliquely arranged in the upper part, and small flat rods sparsely arranged at the basalblunt rods longitudinally and obliquely arranged, sometimes V-shapedthick and lobed scales and sometimes flat spindles longitudinally arrangedneedles primarily longitudinally arrangedheavily granulated needles and rods longitudinally arrangedlarge rods longitudinally arranged in the base of tentacles; flat rods, sparse spindles and elongate thick scales transversely or obliquely arranged in body walllong projecting rods/needles longitudinally arranged; flat rods/needles longitudinally or obliquely arranged in the upper part; elongated and thick scales and flat rods/needles transversely arranged at the basalrods/needles and flat rods obliquely arranged in the upper part, transversely arranged at the basalneedles and flat and thin rods longitudinally arranged in the upper part; scales and a few flat and thin rods irregularly arranged at the basalSclerites in tentaclesblunt rods with sparse warts and irregular edgesflat rods with sparse warts and toothed to irregular lateral edgeselongated scales to flat rodlets with toothed to irregular lateral edgesflattened rods lightly scalloped and rodletsflattened rodsflat rods, sometimes with slightly toothed lateral edgeselongated scales to flat rodlets with irregular lateral edgesflat and thin rods with toothed to irregular lateral edgesflat and thin rods with toothed to irregular lateral edgesSclerites in pinnulesflat rods with numerous wartsflat rods with ridges and wartsirregular scalesflattened rods lightly scalloped and rodletsflattened rodsscales with a slightly medial constrictionirregular scalesirregular flat rodsirregular flat rods and rodletsSclerites in pharynxsparse to absentabsentirregular rodletsrodlets and diamond shaped rodsflattened rodsneedle-like and irregular rodsirregular rodletsirregular rodsslender and irregular rodsSclerites in coenenchymesparse, elongated, flat and blunt rodssparse blunt rodsdense, thin and lobed scalesirregular flattened rodsheavily granulated needles and clubselongate thick scales and flat rodselongated and thick scales and flat rodsgranulated rods/needles and abundant flat rodsdense thin scales with an obvious medial constrictionDistribution and depthTasmanian Seamounts, southwest Pacific, 3256 mseamount on the Central Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean, 2032 mTasman Sea and Coral Sea, southwest Pacific, 521–1813 mWhittard Canyon, Ireland, Northeast Atlantic, 1241–2669 mWhittard Canyon, Irish Continental Slope, Ireland, Northeast Atlantic, 1361–1695 mseamount on the south Kyushu Palau Ridge, northwest Pacific, 2104 mMagellan Seamounts, northwest Pacific, 1357–1670 m; seamounts on the Central Pacific, 1500–2044 mseamount on the south Kyushu Palau Ridge, northwest Pacific, 2413 mManus Basin, northwest Pacific, 1946 mReferencesLapointe et al. 2022Periasamy et al. 2023Alderslade & McFadden 2012Morrissey et al. 2024Morrissey et al. 2024the present studythe present study
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description: Published as part of Xu, Yu, Lu, Bo, Watling, Les, Zhan, Zifeng, Wang, Chunsheng & Xu, Kuidong, 2024, Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Part 3: towards a revision of the bamboo corals (Keratoisididae) with descriptions of three new genera and four new species, pp. 159-160 in Zootaxa 5555 (2) on page 159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14594544