Page 1/14 New records of Nanipora aff. kamurai from Akajima and Okinawajima Islands, Okinawa, southern Japan, and a review of the distribution of the genus Guillermo Mironenko (  gui.mironenko@gmail.com ) University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science Graduate School of Engineering and Science: Ryukyu Daigaku Rigakubu Daigakuin Rikogaku Kenkyuka https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6906-1461 James Davis Reimer University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Science Graduate School of Engineering and Science: Ryukyu Daigaku Rigakubu Daigakuin Rikogaku Kenkyuka Research Article Keywords: Aragonite calcium carbonate, coral reef, cryptic environment, Helioporidae, Octocorallia Posted Date: May 18th, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2918627/v1 License:   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Marine Biodiversity on November 13th, 2023. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01383-8.