Sinularia gibberosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970

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 gibberosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970

( Fig. 15D )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU CO 34378, 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 34440, Saint- Leu, Pointe au Sel (21°12’17.54”S, 55°16’48.90”E), reef slope, 12 m, 9.IV.2008. — ZMTAU Co 33859 Saint-Paul,

Pointe des Aigrettes (21°02.58’S, 55°13.00’E), 23 m, 11.III.2007, leg. M. Aknin.

Figures

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.