Sinularia densa Whitelegge, 1897

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 : 693

Sinularia densa Whitelegge, 1897 ( Fig. 15B )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34380 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul,Tours de Boucan(21°01’30.87”S, 55°13’26.41”E), reef slope, 20-29 m, 4.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 33862 (2 colonies), l’Ermitage, 30 km from St-Denis (21°05.586’S, 55°13.239’E), 15-20 m, XII.2006, leg. M. Aknin. — ZM-TAU Co 34414, Saint-Paul, l’Ermitage face au ponton au kiosque (21°04’10.33”S, 55°12’58.46”E),reef slope, 14-19 m, 7.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 34379 (2 colonies), Saint-Paul, Pain de Sucre (Maharani) (21°01’22.33”S, 55°13’40.95”E), reef slope, 5 m, 3.IV.2008; ZMTAU Co 34373 (2 colonies), same data, but 7 m. — ZMTAU Co 34400 (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 34480, Co 34494, 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 34421 (4 colonies), Saint-Paul, Cap la Houssaye (21°01’02.90”S, 55°14’15.49”E), reef slope, 17 m, 8.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 35009, Grande Ravine (21°07.922’S, 55°16.095’E), reef slope, 116- 20 m, 18.IV.2007, leg. M. Aknin. — ZMTAU Co 35007, Co 35011 (2 colonies), Saint-Leu, Place Arche (21°12.364’S, 55°16.818’E), 26 m, 18.IV.2007,leg. M.Aknin. — ZMTAU Co 34435 (2 colonies), Co 34437 (2 colonies), Co 34444 (3 colonies), Saint-Leu, Pointe au Sel (21°12’17.54”S, 55°16’48.90”E), reef slope. 12-15 m, 9.IV.2008.

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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.