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From: Integrated evidence reveals a new species in the ancient blue coral genus Heliopora (Octocorallia)

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Two sympatric morphs of Heliopora occur in NW Australia. (A) The slender-branching Heliopora hiberniana sp. nov. (foreground) growing in situ with Heliopora coerulea (background) at the type locality, Hibernia Reef, NW Australia. (B) A broken branch reveals the characteristic blue skeleton of H. coerulea. (C) A broken branch (red circle) reveals the white skeleton of H. hiberniana sp. nov.

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