Sinularia compressa 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 : 693-694

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n4a2
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scientific name	Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945
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Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 View in CoL

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — ZMTAU Co 34468, Saint-Leu, Pointe des Châteaux (21°09’04.39”S, 55°16’12.47”E), reef slope, 14-20 m, 10.IV.2008.

Sinularia densa Whitelegge, 1897 ( Fig. 15B View FIG )

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 GoogleMaps ; 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 GoogleMaps .

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

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.