FIGURE 5 in Whip black corals (Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Stichopathes) of the Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem of Mo'orea (French Polynesia), with the description of a new species

FIGURE 5. Polypar and abpolypar spines of the basal, middle, and apical sections of the holotype Stichopathes desaturata sp. nov. NHMT-R2E1001 (schizoholotypes S1–S3). The spines are triangular to conical, with sharp tips, and papillae varying from spherical to elongated towards the tips, localized on the whole surface or on the two thirds of the surface.