taxonID	type	description	language	source
D272693375B821485E36FFE8CF91EB7E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype UPSZTY 2181 (UUZM 84), East of Chichijima I., Ogasawara Is. (Bonin Is.), Japan, depth 120 m (100 m in Aurivillius 1931), coll. Dr. Sixten Bock, 1 August 1914; RMNH Coel. 42080 (AKM 806) Off Takarajima I., Tokara Is., Japan, East China Sea, 29 ° 14.6410 ' N, 129 ° 07.8392 ' E, depth 156 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 07 - 2 cruise, st. DT 5 (D 8), coll. H. Yokose, 2 March 2007; AKM 1407, West of Chichijima I., Ogasawara Is. (Bonin Is.), Japan, 27 ° 01.395 ' N, 142 ° 07.412 ' E - 27 ° 01.360 ' N, 142 ° 07.467 ' E, depth range 139 - 144 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 09 - 02, st. TW 01 - 01, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 19 March 2009; AKM 1445, same data as AKM 1407; AKM 878, off Hachijo Jima I., Izu Is., Japan, 33 ° 20.9082 ' N, 139 ° 41.1841 ' E - 33 ° 21.0775 ' N, 139 ° 40.4931 ' E, depth range 185 - 213 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 07 - 31, st. 14 (L- 7 - 200), chain bag dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 26 November 2007; AKM 251 (BIK-G 878), off Hachijo Jima I., Izu Is., Japan, 33 ° 26.0 ' N, 139 ° 41.9 ' E - 33 ° 26.1 ' N, 139 ° 41.6 ' E, depth range 160 - 190 m, RV Shinyo-maru, KS 03 cruise, st. 17, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 21 October 2003; AKM 264 (BIK-G 00902), off Hachijojima I., Izu Is., Japan, 33 ° 26.3 ' N, 139 ° 42.3 ' E - 33 ° 26.5 ' N, 139 ° 42.0 ' E, depth range 157 - 172 m, RV Shinyo-maru, KS 03 cruise, st. 18, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 21 October 2003; AKM 294 (BIK-G 00907), off Hachijojima I. Izu Is., Japan, 33 ° 26.8 ' N, 139 ° 42.7 ' E - 33 ° 27.0 ' N, 139 ° 42.4 ' E, depth 170 - 176 m, RV Shinyo-maru, KS 03 cruise, st. 19, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 21 October 2003; AKM 1334, off Kerama Is. Japan, East China Sea, 26 ° 00.55 ' N, 127 ° 12.87 ' E - 26 ° 00.66 ' N, 127 ° 12.61 ' E, depth range 97 - 100 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 08 - 33, KR- 3, chain bag dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 18 December 2008.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
D272693375B821485E36FFE8CF91EB7E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Bebryce with rosettes with warty, rounded, or bristle-like projections. Those of calycular margin asymmetrically developed, with strong projecting blade. Coenenchymal sclerites are thick, warty disks.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
AA54E9F8A520D097ABEE397FA8576E93.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype UPSZTY 2166 (UUZM 69), ENE from Anojima I. (Anijima I. or Anejima I.), Ogasawara Is. (Bonin Is.), Japan, depth 150 m (100 fathoms in Aurivillius 1931), coll. Dr. Sixten Bock, 15 August 1914.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
AA54E9F8A520D097ABEE397FA8576E93.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Bebryce with rosettes with warty, rounded, or bristle-like projections. Calycular margins without specialized sclerites. Coenenchymal sclerites are thick, warty disks.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
A596DF98F575CA8BCCBF1C95BADFDF17.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype RMNH Coel. 42072 (AKM 703), Entrance of Otsuchi Bay, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 39 ° 21.8052 ' N, 142 ° 00.0750 ' E - 39 ° 22.0672 ' N, 141 ° 59.9619 ' E, depth 67 - 81 m, RV Yayoi, st. 2, 1 m biological dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 23 May 2006; paratypes RMNH Coel. 42073 (AKM 531), Otsuki, Tosa, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, 32 ° 34.14 ' N, 132 ° 48.59 ' E - 32 ° 34.18 ' N, 132 ° 47.53 ' E, depth range 117 - 125 m, local fishermen's boat Kiryo-maru, st. 2, coral net, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 7 October 2004; RMNH Coel. 42074 (AKM 1628), Otsuki, Tosa, Kochi prefecture, Japan, 32 ° 37.66 ' N, 132 ° 50.44 ' E - 32 ° 37.56 ' N, 132 ° 47.88 ' E, depth 114 m, local fishermen's boat Kiryo-maru, st. 1, coral net, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 7 October 2004; RMNH Coel. 42075 (AKM 943), Toshima I., Izu Is., Japan, 34 ° 33.1102 ' N, 139 ° 17.4102 ' E - 34 ° 33.6524 ' N, 139 ° 17.6725 ' E, depth 143 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 07 - 31 cruise (Kuramochi leg), st. 22 (L- 3 - 100), chain bag dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 27 November 2007.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
A596DF98F575CA8BCCBF1C95BADFDF17.taxon	description	Description. The holotype RMNH Coel. 42072 consists of two branches, both 4 cm long. (Figure 2 c). The calyces are placed spirally all around the slender branches, which are about 1 mm wide. The dome-shaped calyces are about 1 mm wide and high. The anthocodiae are armed with a crown and points consisting of a transverse crown with curved, rather smooth spindles up to 0.40 mm long (Figure 3 a) and eight points formed by spindles 0.35 mm long (Figure 3 b) placed in a chevron-like pattern beneath the tentacles. These spindles have simple tubercles and a distal spiny end. The tentacles contain flattened, dragon wing sclerites up to 0.2 mm long (Figure 3 c). The sclerites of the outer surface of coenenchyme and calyces are rosettes consisting of a cup-shaped thorny projection arising from a warty base. Several of these are up to 0.10 mm long and have a widely flared calyx part of about 0.10 mm in greatest diameter with slightly serrated rim with a few blunt processes, joined by a smooth, slender stem to a warty base narrower than the calyx (Figure 3 d); others do not flare out (Figure 4 c). The rosettes become asymmetrical toward the calycular apertures (Figure 3 e), with the calyx margin becoming elongated and forming a blade-like process that projects from the surface and surrounds the calycular aperture. These sclerites are up to 0.20 mm long. The deeper layer of coenenchyme contains stellate plates, 3 - 6 rayed forms up to 0.15 mm in the greater diameter, with a central process (Figure 4 a). Most are weakly tuberculated (Figure 4 a) but several are more tuberculated towards the end of the rays (Figure 4 b). Colour. The holotype is light brown.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
A596DF98F575CA8BCCBF1C95BADFDF17.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the type locality, Otsuchi Bay.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
441530648AC7943CE65E0A9849B75C2C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype RMNH Coel. 42076 (AKM 881), Hachijo I., Izu Is., Japan, 33 ° 20.9082 ' N, 139 ° 41.1841 ' E - 33 ° 21.0775 ' N, 139 ° 40.4931 ' E, depth range 185 - 213 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 07 - 31 cruise (Kuramochi leg), st. 14 (L- 7 - 200), chain bag dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 26 November 2007.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
441530648AC7943CE65E0A9849B75C2C.taxon	description	Description. The holotype RMNH Coel. 42076 (AKM 881) is a sparsely branched colony 10 cm long (Figure 2 d). The calyces are placed spirally all around the slender branches, which are about 1 mm wide. The stem is 2 cm wide. The dome-shaped calyces are about 2 mm wide and high. The anthocodiae are armed with a crown and points consisting of a transverse crown with curved spindles up to 0.35 mm long (Figure 7 a) and eight points formed by spindles 0.35 mm long (Figure 7 b) placed in a chevron-like pattern beneath the tentacles. These spindles have simple tubercles and a distal spiny end. The tentacles contain flattened, dragon wing sclerites up to 0.2 mm long (Figure 7 c). The sclerites of the outer surface of coenenchyme and calyces are rosettes consisting of a cup-shaped thorny projection arising from a warty base. These rosettes are 0.10 mm tall, have a flared calyx part about 0.10 mm in greatest diameter with blunt processes (Figure 7 d) or the rim of the cups is formed several strong, laciniated projections (Figure 8 b). Toward the calycular apertures the rosettes become asymmetrical (Figure 7 e), with the margin of the calyx becoming much elongated forming a blade-like process that projects from the surface and surrounds the calycular aperture. These sclerites are up to 0.15 mm long. The plates of the inner coenenchyme are tuberculate disks up to about 0.15 mm in diameter with tuberculate rim and central process on one surface (Figure 8 a). Colour. The holotype is creme.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
441530648AC7943CE65E0A9849B75C2C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. From the Latin rotundus, wheel-shaped, round, referring to the round disks of the coenenchyme.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
4F161689AEE2F50A5C28805DBC6178DF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype RMNH Coel. 42077 (AKM 760), off Sata-misaki Cape, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 30 ° 56.0025 ' N, 130 ° 44.2299 ' E - 30 ° 56.2953 ' N, 130 ° 43.3981 ' E, depth range 116 - 120 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 07 - 1 cruise, st. SM- 1, chain bag dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 23 February 2007; paratypes RMNH Coel. 42078 (AKM 1629), off Sata-misaki Cape, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 31 ° 00.50 ' N, 130 ° 35.09 ' E - 31 ° 01.3211 ' N, 130 ° 34.6509 ' E, depth range 178 - 189 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 07 - 1 cruise, st. SM- 2, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 23 February 2007; UMUTZ-CnidG- 49, off Kozushima I., Izu Is., Sagami Bay, Japan, Ohnoura-maru, 24 August 1893; UMUTZ-CnidG- 90, Yamagawa, below Kaimon-dake mt., Kagoshima Bay (Kagoshima Prefecture), Japan, depth 70 Japanese fathoms (100 - 106 m), Prof. Mitsukuri & Hara Satsuma Exp., long line, coll. S. Azuma, 8 April 1896; UMUTZ-CnidG- 91, Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, depth 120 hiro (Japanese fathoms (171 - 181 m )), coll. I. Ijima, August 1895; ZMUC-ANT- 000645 (ZMUC 120604 - 39), East China Sea, 32 ° 15 ' N, 128 ° 12 ' E, depth 90 fms (165 m), hard bottom, gear: Shveber, Hyateri-maru, Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914 - 1915, coll. Dr. Th. Mortensen, 15 May 1914; RMNH Coel. 42079 (AKM 1092), Shin-sone bank, Danjo Is., Japan, East China Sea, 31 ° 54.61 ' N, 128 ° 19.56 ' N, - 31 ° 54.64 ' N, 128 ° 19.41 ' E, depth range 200 - 210 m, RV Tanisei-maru, KT 08 - 3 (Oji leg), st. GT 02 (2), ORI-TI chain bag dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 7 March 2008.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
4F161689AEE2F50A5C28805DBC6178DF.taxon	description	Description. The holotype RMNH Coel. 42077 consists of a sparsely branched colony about 5 cm long and a few loose branches (Figure 2 e). The calyces are placed spirally all around the slender branches, which are about 1 mm wide. The dome-shaped calyces are about 1 mm wide and high. The anthocodiae are armed with a crown and points consisting of a transverse crown with curved, rather smooth spindles up to 0.45 mm long (Figure 9 a) and eight points formed by spindles 0.3 mm long (Figure 9 b) placed in a chevron-like pattern beneath the tentacles. These spindles have simple tubercles and a distal spiny end. The tentacles contain flattened, dragon wing sclerites up to 0.2 mm long (Figure 9 c). The sclerites of the outer surface of coenenchyme and calyces are rosettes consisting of a cup-shaped thorny projection arising from a warty base. Several, about 0.15 mm tall, have a widely flared calyx part about 0.15 mm in greatest diameter with slightly serrated rim with some spines, joined by a smooth, slender stem to a warty base narrower than the calyx (Figures 9 e, 10 d). Others have a less serrated rim which does not flare out (Figure 10 c). Toward the calycular apertures the rosettes become asymmetrical (Figure 9 d), with the margin of the calyx becoming much elongated, forming a blade-like process that projects from the surface and surrounds the calycular aperture. These sclerites are up to 0.25 mm long. The deeper layer of coenenchyme contains stellate plates, 4 - 6 rayed forms up to 0.10 mm in the greater diameter, with a central process (Figure 10 a). Stellate sclerites with a prominent, thorny central process, intermediate in form between the cup-shaped outer forms and the stellate plates of the deeper coenenchyme are not uncommon (Figure 10 b). Colour. The holotype is brown.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
4F161689AEE2F50A5C28805DBC6178DF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the type locality, Satsuma (old name of Kagoshima prefecture).	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
B211D6AEA10F054861D603BC2CB22FA5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. AKM 1280, off Kerama Is., Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, East China Sea, 26 ° 04.59 ' N, 127 ° 27.70 ' E - 26 ° 04.56 ' N, 127 ° 27.95 ' E, depth range 153 - 160 m, RV Tansei-maru, KT 08 - 33 cruise (Oji leg), KR- 7, chain bag dredge, coll. A. K. Matsumoto, 16 December 2008; UMUTZ-Cnid G 103, coral ground, Uji Is., Satsuma, Kanogshima Prefecture, Japan, depth ca. 80 fms (114 - 121 m), coll. K. Kinoshita, June 1908.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
B211D6AEA10F054861D603BC2CB22FA5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Bebryce with rosettes with warty, rounded, or bristle-like projections. Those of calycular margin asymmetrically developed, with weakly developed projecting blade. Coenenchymal sclerites are warty disks.	en	Matsumoto, Asako K., van Ofwegen, Leen P. (2016): The genus Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) at Japan, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 587: 1-20, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.8188
