New record of Sarcophyton cornispiculatum Verseveldt, 1971 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in India, from the Andaman Islands

Figures & data

Figure 1. Preserved specimen of Sarcophyton cornispiculatum Verseveldt, 1971.

Figure 2. A, sclerites from capitulum exterior; B, sclerites from coenenchyme of capitulum.

Figure 3. A, sclerites from stalk exterior; B, sclerites from coenenchyme of stalk.

Table I. Morphological variations of Sarcophyton cornispiculatum, Verseveldt, 1971; (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae).

Attribute	Type specimen (Verseveldt, 1971; RMNH Coel. No. 6644)	Presently observed specimen (Reg. No. ZSI/ANRC- 15411)
Distance between centres of autozooid (mm)	1.30–2.20	0.7–1.20
Size of the clubs in the exterior of the capitulum (mm)	0.08 0.12	0.08–0.18
Size of the coenenchymal scleries of the capitulum (mm)	Up to 0.85	Up to 0.72
Size of the sclerites in the exterior of the stalk (mm)	0.11–0.20	0.08–0.20
Size of the interior sclerites of the stalk (mm)	Up to 0.78	Up to 0.61

Verseveldt J. 1971. Octocorallia from northwestern Madagascar (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 117:1–73.

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