Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977

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 nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977 ( Fig. 16B )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34469 (2 colonies), Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (21°09’04.39”S, 55°16’12.47”E), reef slope, 14-20 m, 10.IV.2008. — ZM-TAU Co 34430 (3 colonies), Saint-Paul, Cap la Houssaye (21°01’02.90”S, 55°14’15.49”E), reef slope, 7 m, 8.IV.2008.

Figures

FIG. 16. — Live colonies of: A, Sinularia muralis May, 1899; B, Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977; C, Sinularia numerosa Tixier- Durivault,1970;D, Sinularia peculiaris Tixier-Durivault,1970;E, Sinularia shlagmani n. sp.; F, G, Sinularia tessieri n. sp.; F, with extended polyps; G, with retracted polyps.