Salacia sinuosa (Bale, 1888)

Fig. 13

Salacia sinuosa – Schuchert 2003: 180, fig. 36.

Material examined

PACIFIC OCEAN • a 20.5 cm high, sparingly-branched colony, and the upper part of a colony, 14 × 11 cm, both without gonothecae; off New Caledonia, stn DW4741; 22°52′ S, 167°41′ E; 210 m; 23 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-476 • a fertile colony, 25 × 17 cm; same collecting data as for preceding; a fragment was removed for DNA extraction, DNA 1375; voucher MHNG-INVE-120836; MNHN-IK-2015-476 • upper part of a large colony, 25 × 14 cm, without gonothecae; off New Caledonia, stn DW4776; 23°02′ S, 168°16′ E; 180–311 m; 28 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-477 .

Remarks

Unlike stated by Watson (2000), the gonothecae in the present material are provided with a short, tubular pedicel.

Distribution

Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia (Watson 2000), off New Caledonia (present study).