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Taxonomy & Systematics
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Date of publication: 1 September 2015
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7514BA25-FFD7-497D-8693-65262EEC127C
Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) of the South China
Sea and Gulf of Thailand: a species list based on past reports and
new photographic records
James Davis Reimer1, 2, 3, Hin Boo Wee3, Ang Put Jr.4 & Bert W. Hoeksema5
Abstract. This study is the first review of Zoantharia species in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. In
addition to past literature records, new field observations are added from previously unexamined countries and
regions. In total 16 species are listed, 15 of which belong to suborder Brachycnemina, and only one to suborder
Macrocnemina. Two species are undescribed. The lack of Macrocnemina species is not likely indicative of a low
diversity of this suborder in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand, but instead of an absence of research
below shallow subtidal depths. As the majority of the new records from this study were randomly compiled by
researchers who are not experts of Zoantharia, specific surveys by experts are needed in these two marine regions.
The present list should provide a solid basis for such future research.
Key words. Southeast Asia, Indo-Pacific, new records, biodiversity, Zoanthus, Palythoa
INTRODUCTION One data-deficient group in the South China Sea and Gulf
of Thailand is the order Zoantharia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia).
The South China Sea is one of the most important marine Species in this order are widespread, and zoantharians are
regions in terms of commercial shipping, and is currently found in most marine ecosystems from shallow tropical coral
subject to contentious and overlapping territorial claims by reefs to the deep sea. Zoantharians are generally colonial,
no less than eight countries or regions (People’s Republic of although solitary species also exist. Our understanding of
China including Macau and Hong Kong, Republic of China species diversity and taxonomy of this group has traditionally
(=Taiwan), the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, been limited by a combination of many factors, including
Singapore, and Vietnam) due to the perceived value of its a lack of diagnostic characters (Ryland & Lancaster,
resources, both mineral and biological. Directly to the west/ 2003; Reimer et al., 2004), high levels of intraspecific
southwest of this is the shallow Gulf of Thailand, bordered morphological variation (Burnett et al., 1997; Reimer et
by Malaysia, Thailand, and Cambodia. Despite their strategic al., 2004; Ong et al., 2013), and difficulty in performing
location, biological knowledge of many marine taxa in these histological examinations due to sand incrustation in the
two marine regions is less complete as compared to that body wall and coenenchyme (Reimer et al., 2010).
of reef-dwelling scleractinians, which have received much
attention recently (Hoeksema & Lane, 2014; Waheed & Recently, molecular techniques such as allozymes (Burnett et
Hoeksema, 2014; Huang et al. 2015; Waheed et al., 2015). al., 1997) and DNA markers (Reimer et al., 2004; Sinniger
For many taxa, even such basic data as species lists and et al., 2005) have helped to investigate the diversity of
distributional information are absent. zoantharians, and have helped reorganise their taxonomy
when needed (Sinniger et al., 2010; Fujii & Reimer, 2011,
2013). Many of these studies have focused on shallow-
water zooxanthellate species of the Pacific, and combined
with recent reports from various regions in the Pacific, the
distribution of some species can now be speculated upon.
1Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Faculty of Science,
University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan; Email: For example, many marine regions surrounding the South
[email protected] (*corresponding author) China Sea and Gulf of Thailand, such as the Great Barrier
2Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Reef (Australia) (Burnett et al., 1997), Singapore (Reimer
Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
& Todd, 2009), Palau (Reimer et al., 2014a), the central
3Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Coral Triangle (Reimer et al., 2014b), Taiwan (Reimer et
(UMT), 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
al., 2011c, 2013), and Japan (Reimer et al., 2006c, etc.) have
4School of Life Sciences, Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong SAR, China been generally well investigated for shallow-water species,
5Department of Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 with species lists existing for each region. The aim of this
RA Leiden, The Netherlands paper is to compile a list of the Zoantharia of the South
China Sea. The production of a preliminary list will help
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regions, and also contribute to understanding of the fauna MATERIAL AND METHODS
of the South China Sea.
Previously published records in historical literature. We
Aside from Pax & Müller (1957) in Vietnam and Reimer & collected data from both scientific reports and guidebooks.
Todd (2009) in Singapore, no scientific reports have focused From reports, all data from Pax & Müller (1957) and Reimer
on this group in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. & Todd (2009) were included. Additionally, data for all
Thus, in this study, we have compiled all previous reports of species from Kenting in southern Taiwan were included
zoantharians in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand, from Reimer et al. (2011b, c, 2013). Data from Brunei
combined them with our own field images, and provide the Darussalam from Reimer et al. (2012) were included, as
first assessment of Zoantharia diversity in these regions. It is was a single record of Palythoa singaporensis from Pax &
hoped that this study will provide a basis upon which future Müller (1956) from Singapore. Finally, we supplemented
zoantharian research in this region can be built. these records with our own previous field images from work
in the Gulf of Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Layang-Layang
Atoll, Borneo, and Hong Kong. Latitude and longitude for
records and specimens were determined as accurately as
Fig. 1. Map of the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand showing locations of past literature records of Zoantharia (black dots) and newly
reported photographic records in this study (pink dots). Note that within each location (Table 1) there may be more than one locality
(details in Table 1 and text).
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possible, and data from original reports included (depth, Isaurus asymmetricus Haddon & Shackleton, 1891: described
species identification). from the Torres Strait, Australia, included in this study as
I. tuberculatus Gray, 1828 based on taxonomic revision as
described in Muirhead & Ryland (1985); and
Images from guidebooks were utilised, but added only to
Palythoa singaporensis Pax & Müller, 1956: morphologically very
the “remarks” section of each species, as such publications
similar to Palythoa cf. toxica Walsh & Bowers, 1971, and has
are not peer-reviewed literature, and furthermore usually
been included as P. cf. toxica for this study.
only include very approximate locations.
As well, the three Zoantharia species listed below and
Species identification and treatment. Species determinations
mentioned in historical literature have been treated as follows:
were made as in Reimer et al. (2014b) by consulting previous
literature (listed with each species). However, some species
Gemmaria philippinensis (Gray, 1867): described from the
were only identified to “confers with” (cf.) or “affinity” (aff.) Philippines and based on information in von Heider (1899),
levels. Aside from the data in Pax & Müller (1957), Reimer this species is unitary with “long” polyps, which fits well with
& Todd (2009), and Reimer et al. (2012), very few records Sphenopus. However, researchers (e.g., von Heider, 1899)
of zoantharians have been formally reported from the South have long speculated on its true identity. Since we have no
China Sea and Gulf of Thailand regions. Therefore, we new information at our disposal, we have omitted this report
from the present study;
followed recent research (Burnett et al., 1994, 1995, 1997;
Zoanthus robustus Carlgren, 1950: described from South Australia
Reimer et al., 2006a, 2007, 2011a, 2012; Sinniger, 2006;
and included in Pax & Müller (1957), included in this study
Sinniger et al., 2010; Reimer & Todd, 2009; Reimer, 2010;
as Z. robustus, as although this species has not been examined
Fujii & Reimer, 2011) from neighboring regions and used
phylogenetically, it is morphologically different from all other
species names for which numerous references and accurate known Zoanthus species (for example, see figs. 1, 2 in Grant
descriptions were available, unless specimens and/or images et al. (2010));
clearly did not match with previously published information. Palythoa stephensoni Carlgren, 1937: described from the Great
Barrier Reef, and discussed in Pax & Müller (1957). In this
Our treatment of the species listed in Pax & Müller (1957) study included as P. tuberculosa, based both on discussion in
Burnett et al. (1994) and similar results for other species in
also needs explanation. In this focused work, Pax & Müller
Hibino et al. (2014).
listed six Zoanthus spp., four Palythoa spp., and one Isaurus
species, and six of these species were first described in this
Unpublished photographic records. In this study, to
publication. However, recent research (Burnett et al., 1997;
supplement the scant data available from previous literature,
Reimer et al., 2004) has shown that there are very high
we included our own photographic records of Zoantharia from
levels of synonymy in these two genera owing to repeated
field work in the region (n = 94 new records). We include
redescriptions of the same widely distributed species in
a summary of the records from historical literature and the
different localities. Thus, although we have included the
images utilised in this study (Tables 1, 2), and photographic
records from Vietnam listed in Pax & Müller (1957) in
images of species with new records in the South China Sea
this study, we have treated the species listed in their paper
and Gulf of Thailand (Figs. 2, 4). For photographic images,
as follows:
species identifications were conducted as mentioned above.
All details for each specimen or photographic record,
Palythoa anthoplax Pax & Müller, 1957: included as Palythoa
including latitude, longitude, and depth, are given in Table 1.
cf. tuberculosa (Esper, 1805) based on phylogenetic results
in Reimer et al. (2006c);
Palythoa titanophila Pax & Müller, 1957: included as P. cf. Based on previous zoantharian studies (Reimer & Todd,
tuberculosa based on external colony appearance and similar 2009), accuracy of identification of Zoanthus and Palythoa
data in Hibino et al. (2014); species based on gross morphology from in situ photographs
Zoanthus cavernarum Pax & Müller, 1957: included as Z. may approach ~90%: thus, the photographic image data in
sansibaricus Carlgren, 1900 based on a description included in
this study should not be considered as infallible. Only focused
Pax & Müller (1957) compared with this species’ description;
specimen collection and identification with a combination of
Zoanthus cyanoides Pax & Müller, 1957: included as Z. sansibaricus
both morphological and molecular examination should more
based on a description included in Pax & Müller (1957)
conclusively confirm the identities we have listed here from
compared with this species’ description, as well as data in
Burnett et al. (1997). Z. cyanoides is very similar to Z. fraseri the photographic records.
(Pax & Müller, 1957), which has been stated to likely be Z.
coppingeri (Burnett et al., 1997), which is in turn probably is In total, there are Zoantharia records from six regions (not
Z. sansibaricus (Reimer, unpublished data); including Gray (1867)) in the South China Sea and Gulf of
Zoanthus erythrochloros Pax & Müller, 1957: included as Z. Thailand in the literature (Fig. 1, black-marked regions). To
sansibaricus based on phylogenetic results in Reimer et al.
this, we have added photographic records from seven new
(2004);
regions (Fig. 1, pink-marked regions) and historical data
Zoanthus gnophodes Pax & Müller, 1957: included as Z. sansibaricus
from one additional region. Many of the records we report
based on phylogenetic results in Reimer et al. (2004);
on below are first records of species in the South China Sea
Zoanthus vietnamensis Pax & Müller, 1957: included as Z.
vietnamensis as this has been shown clearly to be a distinct and/or Gulf of Thailand, and also for various countries. Some
species from other Pacific Zoanthus species (e.g., Burnett et regions include multiple localities (see Table 1 for details).
al., 1997; Reimer et al., 2006a);
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Notes Originally mentioned in von Heider (1899) as P. variabilis. Original description of P. anthoplax. Original description of Z. gnophodes. Original description of Z. gnophodes. Only record outside Australia. Original description of Z. cavernarum. Original description of P. titanophila. Original description of Z. erythrochloros.
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Locality Wanli Tung, Kenting, Taiwan Kenting, Taiwan Southwest of Pelong Rocks, northwestern Borneo, Brunei Darussalam Wanli Tung, Kenting, Taiwan Wanli Tung, Kenting, Taiwan Wanli Tung, Kenting, Taiwan Wanli Tung, Kenting, Taiwan Wanli Tung, Kenting, Taiwan Wanli Tung, Kenting, Taiwan Tiao Shi, Kenting, Taiwan Longkeng, Kenting, Taiwan Ho-bi-hoo, Kenting, Taiwan Batu Berlabuh, southeast Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia Tumok, west Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia
Original identification Zoanthus kuroshio Isaurus tuberculatus Sphenopus marsupialis Palythoa tuberculosa Zoanthus vietnamensis Zoanthus sansibaricus Palythoa sp. sakurajimensis Palythoa mutuki Palythoa tuberculosa Palythoa tuberculosa Palythoa tuberculosa Palythoa tuberculosa
Identification (this study) Zoanthus kuroshio Isaurus tuberculatus Sphenopus marsupialis Palythoa tuberculosa Zoanthus vietnamensis Zoanthus sansibaricus Palythoa sp. sakurajimensis Palythoa mutuki Palythoa tuberculosa Palythoa tuberculosa Palythoa tuberculosa Palythoa tuberculosa Zoanthus sansibaricus Zoanthus sansibaricus
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Locality Tanjung Benut, west Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia Teluk Dalam, northeast Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia South side of Batu Malang, islet northwest of Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia Batu Berlabuh, southeast Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia Batu Berlabuh, southeast Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia Tumok, west Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia Tumok, west Pulau Tioman, Pahang, Malaysia Southwest of Pelong Rocks, northwestern Borneo, Brunei Darussalam Southwest of Pelong Rocks, northwestern Borneo, Brunei Darussalam South-southwest of Pelong Rocks, northwestern Borneo, Brunei Darussalam
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Locality Redang Kalong House Reef, east Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Redang Kalong House Reef, east Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Redang Kalong House Reef, east Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Che Isa Islet off east Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Che Isa Islet off east Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Mak Cantek Islet off east Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Trumbu Kili Island outh of Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Teluk Dalam, Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Teluk Dalam, Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Ekor Tebu, Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Pantai Pasir Cina, Pulau Bidong, Terengganu, Malaysia
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Locality Pantai Pasir Cina, Pulau Bidong, Terengganu, Malaysia Pulau Paku, Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Pulau Karah, Pulau Bidong, Terengganu, Malaysia Chagar Hutang, Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Chagar Hutang, Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Pasir Akar, Pulau Redang, Terengganu, Malaysia Tajau/Bak Bak, Kudat, Sabah, northernmost tip of Borneo, Malaysia Southeast Tanjung Siagut, Kudat, Sabah, northernmost tip of Borneo, Malaysia Coral Café, east Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Wreck Point 1, east Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Wreck Point 2, southeast Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia
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Locality Navigator Lane, north Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Navigator Lane, north Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Runway, south Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratly Islands, Malaysia Runway, south Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratly Islands, Malaysia Shark Cave 2, west Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Shark Cave 2, west Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Shark Cave 2, west Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Crack Reef, northwest Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Wrasse Strip 2, northwest Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia Mid Reef, northwest Layang-Layang Atoll, Spratlys, Malaysia
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