taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727296/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727296	FIGURE 1. The map shows the collection site of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. in the Central Indian Ridge. The black line indicates the ridge axis.	FIGURE 1. The map shows the collection site of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. in the Central Indian Ridge. The black line indicates the ridge axis.	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727298/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727298	FIGURE 2. Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, preserved colonies on the dead Corallidae coral; B, polyps; C, budding of secondary polyps; D, tentacles.	FIGURE 2. Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, preserved colonies on the dead Corallidae coral; B, polyps; C, budding of secondary polyps; D, tentacles.	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727300/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727300	FIGURE 3. Illustration of a Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048, A-C, polyp indicating the locations and types of sclerites; D, arrangement of sclerites in the calyx wall region; E, ribbon-like stolon.	FIGURE 3. Illustration of a Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048, A-C, polyp indicating the locations and types of sclerites; D, arrangement of sclerites in the calyx wall region; E, ribbon-like stolon.	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727302/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727302	FIGURE 4. Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048, arrangement of sclerites in the neck zone. A, is the neck zone; B, is towards tentacles, after removal of the soft tissue; C, the arrangement of the sclerites in the tentacle after removal of the soft tissue.	FIGURE 4. Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048, arrangement of sclerites in the neck zone. A, is the neck zone; B, is towards tentacles, after removal of the soft tissue; C, the arrangement of the sclerites in the tentacle after removal of the soft tissue.	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727304/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727304	FIGURE 5. Sclerites of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, tentacles with stellate plates, blunt rods with slightly tubercular ornamentation; B, pharyngeal with blunt rods.	FIGURE 5. Sclerites of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, tentacles with stellate plates, blunt rods with slightly tubercular ornamentation; B, pharyngeal with blunt rods.	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727308/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727308	FIGURE 6. Sclerites of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, irregularly shaped with dense tubercular ornamentation in a neck zone; B, intrusion tissue with branched forms with dense tubercular ornamentation	FIGURE 6. Sclerites of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, irregularly shaped with dense tubercular ornamentation in a neck zone; B, intrusion tissue with branched forms with dense tubercular ornamentation	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727310/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727310	FIGURE 7. Sclerites of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, irregularly shaped with dense tubercular ornamentation in the calyx wall; B, irregular-shaped plate with slightly tubercular ornamentation in the stolon	FIGURE 7. Sclerites of Telestula ridgensis sp. nov. NCPOR/HYD-CIR/0048 A, irregularly shaped with dense tubercular ornamentation in the calyx wall; B, irregular-shaped plate with slightly tubercular ornamentation in the stolon	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
039D87B2F359FFB24586FE41FBD69C40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/7727314/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727314	FIGURE 8. Maximum likelihood reconstruction (2575 nt of concatenated mtMutS, COI, 28S rDNA) of the family Clavulariidae clade of Octocorallia	FIGURE 8. Maximum likelihood reconstruction (2575 nt of concatenated mtMutS, COI, 28S rDNA) of the family Clavulariidae clade of Octocorallia	2023-03-10	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban		Zenodo	biologists	Periasamy, Rengaiyan;Kurian, Palayil John;Ingole, Baban			
