Sarcophyton subviride Tixier-Durivault, 1958

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 : 692

Sarcophyton subviride Tixier-Durivault, 1958 ( Fig. 14E, F )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34408, Co 34411 (2 colonies), 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. — RMNH Coel 40121, ZMTAU Co 34461 (2 colonies), Co 34451, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (21°09’04.39”S, 55°16’12.47”E), reef slope, 14-20 m, 10.IV.2008.

Figures

FIG. 14. — Live colonies of: A, Sarcophyton flexuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1966; B, Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) with extended polyps; C, Sarcophyton infundibuliforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958; D, Sarcophyton roseum Pratt, 1903; E, F, Sarcophyton subviride Tixier-Durivault, 1958 with extended polyps.