Overview of the genus Sympodium Ehrenberg, 1834 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), with the description of new species, revealing regional endemism Author Benayahu, Yehuda 0000-0002-6999-0239 School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel yehudab @ tauex. tau. ac. il; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6999 - 0239 yehudab@tauex.tau.ac.il Author Ekins, Merrick Queensland Museum, South Brisbane BC, Queensland 4101, Australia. Author Mcfadden, Catherine S. Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711, USA. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-12-01 5072 4 324 350 journal article 3152 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.4.2 87c4739e-7fe1-41e7-a25f-aae7e837fb33 1175-5326 5748862 810459A8-AF47-47A9-B5B6-BE45659B3E7F

TABLE 1. Sympodium specimens and sequences included in the phylogenetic analysis. MOTU: molecular operational taxonomic unit; CASIZ: California Academy of Sciences; RMNH: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden; UF: Florida Natural History Museum; USNM: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; SMNHTAU: Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University.

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Species	MOTU	Museum Acc.	Collection Location	mutS	COI	28S
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_31143	Kenya	MZ359157	MZ359181	NA
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_31153	Kenya	MZ359158	MZ359182	NA
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_31163	Kenya	MZ359159	MZ359183	MZ359642
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_31173	Kenya	MZ359160	NA	NA
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_31495	Kenya	MZ359161	MZ359184	MZ359643
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_31512	Kenya	MZ359162	MZ359185	NA
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_31590	Kenya	MZ359163	MZ359186	NA
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_32919	Tanzania	MZ359164	MZ359187	MZ359644
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_36015	Madagascar	MK030390	MK039213	MK030496
Sympodium arbusculum sp. n.	38	SMNHTAU_Co_36017	Madagascar	MK396682	MK396729	MK400138
Sympodium caeruleum	21	UF 14223	Red Sea, Saudi Arabia	MZ359165	MZ359188	NA
Sympodium caeruleum	21	UF 9544	Red Sea, Saudi Arabia	MZ359166	MZ359189	MZ359645
Sympodium caeruleum	21	USNM 1201969	Red Sea, Saudi Arabia	MK030388	MK039210	MK030493
Sympodium caeruleum	21	USNM 1201982	Red Sea, Saudi Arabia	MK396692	KC864962	MK400150
Sympodium caeruleum	21	SMNHTAU_Co_34185	Red Sea, Israel	JX203815	GU356009	JX203758
Sympodium epiphytum sp. n.	37	SMNHTAU_Co_35977	Madagascar	MZ359167	NA	MZ359653
Sympodium epiphytum sp. n.	37	SMNHTAU_Co_36010	Madagascar	MK030389	MK039212	MK030495
Sympodium epiphytum sp. n.	37	SMNHTAU_Co_36062	Madagascar	MZ359168	MK396731	MK400140
Sympodium gibbaeum sp. n.	46	SMNHTAU_Co_36032	Madagascar	MZ359169	MK039215	MK030498
Sympodium gibbaeum sp. n.	46	SMNHTAU_Co_36121	Madagascar	MZ359170	NA	MK400146
Sympodium hexagonatus sp. n.	44	QM G330076	Western Australia	MZ359171	MK039214	MK030497
Sympodium sp.	69	CASIZ 184551	Sulawesi, Indonesia	MZ359172	MZ359190	MZ359646
Sympodium sp.	41	RMNH Coel. 41526	Palau	MZ359173	KF955271	KF915548
Species	MOTU	Museum Acc.	Collection Location	mutS	COI	28S
Sympodium subtilis sp. n.	68	SMNHTAU_Co_38092	Danjo Is., Japan	MZ359174	MZ359191	MZ359647
Sympodium subtilis sp. n.	68	SMNHTAU_Co_38103	Danjo Is., Japan	MZ359175	MZ359192	MZ359648
Sympodium subtilis sp. n.	68	SMNHTAU_Co_38104	Danjo Is., Japan	MZ359177	MZ359194	MZ359650
Sympodium subtilis sp. n.	68	SMNHTAU_Co_38204	Danjo Is., Japan	MZ359176	MZ359193	MZ359649
Sympodium vegrandis sp. n.	54	SMNHTAU_Co_35751	Green I., Taiwan	MK030391	MK039216	MK030499
Sympodium vegrandis sp. n.	54	SMNHTAU_Co_37888	Green I., Taiwan	MZ359178	NA	MZ359651
Sympodium yonaguniensis sp. n.	36	SMNHTAU_Co_35117	Yonaguni I., Japan	MZ359179	MK039211	MK030494
Sympodium yonaguniensis sp. n.	36	SMNHTAU_Co_35164	Yonaguni I., Japan	MZ359180	MZ359195	MZ359652
Sympodium yonaguniensis sp. n.	36	SMNHTAU_Co_35754	Green I., Taiwan	MK030392	MK039217	MK030500