Parasphaerascleridae McFadden & van Ofwegen 2013

Figure 4.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera aurea comb. n., RMNH Coel. 40779. A Surface of polyparium B Interior of polyparium.

Figure 9.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera aff. grayi comb. n. RMNH Coel. 40920 A Surface layer of stalk B Interior of stalk.

Figure 1.Maximum likelihood tree of Octocorallia based on combined, partitioned analysis of mtMutS, COI and 28S rDNA sequences. Taxa belonging to family Alcyoniidae are shown in blue; new combinations proposed herein are shown in red. Solid circles at nodes indicate strong support from both maximum likelihood (bootstrap values >70%) and Bayesian inference (posterior probability > 0.95); open circles indicate moderate support (bootstrap values >50%, Bayesian pp > 0.95). Strongly supported clades that include no alcyoniid taxa have been collapsed to triangles to facilitate readability. HA: Holaxonia–Alcyoniina clade; CP: Calcaxonia–Pennatulacea clade. Hexacorallian taxa used as outgroups are not shown. For a list of all reference taxa and sequences included in the analysis see Appendix.

Figure 4.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera aurea comb. n., RMNH Coel. 40779. A Surface of polyparium B Interior of polyparium.

Figure 9.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera aff. grayi comb. n. RMNH Coel. 40920 A Surface layer of stalk B Interior of stalk.

Figure 1.Maximum likelihood tree of Octocorallia based on combined, partitioned analysis of mtMutS, COI and 28S rDNA sequences. Taxa belonging to family Alcyoniidae are shown in blue; new combinations proposed herein are shown in red. Solid circles at nodes indicate strong support from both maximum likelihood (bootstrap values >70%) and Bayesian inference (posterior probability > 0.95); open circles indicate moderate support (bootstrap values >50%, Bayesian pp > 0.95). Strongly supported clades that include no alcyoniid taxa have been collapsed to triangles to facilitate readability. HA: Holaxonia–Alcyoniina clade; CP: Calcaxonia–Pennatulacea clade. Hexacorallian taxa used as outgroups are not shown. For a list of all reference taxa and sequences included in the analysis see Appendix.

Figure 6.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera valdiviae comb. n., RMNH Coel. 40206 A Surface layer of polyparium B Interior of polyparium.

Figure 7.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera valdiviae comb. n., RMNH Coel. 40206 A Surface layer of stalk B Interior of stalk.

Figure 5.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera aurea comb. n., RMNH Coel. 40779. A Surface of stalk B Interior of stalk.

Figure 8.Sclerites of Parasphaerasclera aff. grayi comb. n. RMNH Coel. 40920 A Surface layer of polyparium B Interior of polyparium.

Description: English: Parasphaerasclera aurea. Date: 3 August 2014. Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/15540246. Author: Peter Southwood. Other versions:. Camera location30° 16′ 55.2″ S, 30° 48′ 28.8″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-30.282000; 30.808000. : This media file is part of an observation on iNaturalist:inaturalist.org/observations/11020597This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

Summerstrand, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Summerstrand, Eastern Cape, South Africa