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Comprehensive Description

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Gardineria musorstomica

DESCRIPTION OF HOLOTYPE.—Corallum ceratoid; angle of thecal edges constant at about 34°. Calice circular; calicular edge smooth. Corallum 13.5 mm in calicular diameter, 18.3 mm tall, and 4.8 mm in pedicel diameter. Corallum white; epitheca marked by numerous fine transverse growth lines; no encrusting organisms attached. Accessory rootlets absent.

Septa hexamerally arranged in three cycles according to the formula: S1>>S2>S3. S1 small and not exsert; in fact, upper edges of S1 terminate 2–3 mm below calicular edge and do not have septal notches. Inner edges of S1 straight, merging with columella. S2 about width and thickness of S1, each bearing a robust, tuberculate paliform lobe that joins the septum to the columella. S3 smaller than S2 and even more recessed from the calicular edge, but, at the level of the columella S3 are about the same width as the S2 (without its paliform lobe). Inner margins of all septa entire. Septal faces covered by very low granules not aligned in rows.

Fossa relatively deep, 5 mm in the holotype. Columella composed of 3 tuberculate elements, which are surrounded by 6 equally sized and shaped P2.
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bibliographic citation
Cairns, Stephen D. 1989. "A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent Waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-136. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.486

Biology

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azooxanthellate

Reference

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

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Jacob van der Land [email]

Depth range

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142-1200 m
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Stephen Cairns [email]