Eusynstyela hartmeyeri Michaelsen, 1904 NEW RECORD

Figure 7E, F

#2621A, purplish red with orange; wrapped around a coral branch. Colony 6 cm in greatest width, zooids mostly embedded, up to 6–7 mm measured across the siphons. Stomach quite elongated, caecum short and straight. Gonads with two long testes that extend the full length of each gonad as described by Monniot C. (1991b). Single row of six gonads on each side.

Distribution: Hong Kong, Bahrain, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Djibouti, Arabian Gulf, Hawaii, Palau.

References with detailed descriptions: Monniot C. (1991 as E. aliena n. sp.; 2002), Monniot C. & Monniot F. (1997), Monniot F. & Monniot C. (2001). Additional reference: Monniot F. & Monniot C. (2008).