Sinularia erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945

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 erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945 ( Fig. 15C )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34526, Grande Ravine (21°07.922’S, 55°16.095’E), reef slope, 16-20 m, 24.XI.2008, leg. M. Aknin. — ZMTAU Co 34450 (3 colonies), Co 34466 (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. — ZMTAU Co 34397 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Planch’ Alizés (21°05’58.61”S, 55°13’48.81”E), reef slope, 14-19 m, 7.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34482 (3 colonies), Co 34495 (2 colonies), Saint-Leu,Récif Pointe au Sel (Cimetière) (21°11’26.29”S, 55°16’59.27”E), reef slope, 16-20 m, 11.IV.2008.— ZMTAU Co 34367(5 colonies), Saint-Paul, Pain de Sucre (Maharani) (21°01’22.33”S, 55°13’40.95”E), reef slope, 9 m, 3.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 33854 l’Ermitage, 30 km from St-Denis (21°05.586’S, 55°13.239’E), 15-20 m, XII.2006, leg. M. Aknin. — MNHN, Saint-Pierre, lagoon, leg. G. Faure.

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FIG. 15. — Live colonies of: A, Sinularia brassica May, 1898; B, Sinularia densa Whitelegge, 1897; C, Sinularia erecta Tixier-Durivault, 1945; D, Sinularia gibberosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970; E, Sinularia hirta (Pratt, 1903); F, Sinularia molesta Tixier-Durivault, 1970.