Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined.

ABSTRACT: Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) is re-described. Sinularia leptoclados var. gonatodes Kolonko, 1926 is synonymized with Sinularia maxima Verseveldt, 1977. Two new species of Sinularia with digitiform lobules, leptoclados-type surface clubs and unbranched interior spindles, are described. An updated maximum likelihood tree of Sinularia species with leptoclados-type clubs (clade 5C) based on two mitochondrial genes (mtMutS, COI) and a nuclear gene (28S rDNA) is presented.

SUBMITTER: van Ofwegen LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3677396 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature