A first phylogenetic study on stoloniferous octocorals off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, with the description of two new genera and five new species

Combined 28S rDNA+COI+mtMutS+ND6 phylogenetic reconstruction for four Phenganax species and four arulid genera (Hana, Arula, Bunga gen. nov., and Laeta gen. nov.) collected in and around TARP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia; Hanabira yukibana was used as outgroup (total n = 33). The best Maximum Likelihood tree is shown, with values at branches representing bootstrap probabilities (shown when > 50%; top/left) and Bayesian posterior probabilities (shown when > 0.50; bottom/right). Photograph credit: in situ images NTM C15597 Phenganax parrini, by Daniel Knop (modified from Alderslade and McFadden 2011, reproduced with permission from copyright holder). Sclerite images RMNH Coel. 40188 Arula petunia (modified from McFadden and Van Ofwegen 2012, reproduced with permission from CSIRO Publishing).