Protula cf. palliata ( Willey, 1905 )

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Protula cf. palliata ( Willey, 1905)

Figs 17–22, Table 2

Records from the Red Sea proper-Indo-West-Pacific that (most probably) can be attributed to the nominal taxon Protula palliata are:

Protulopsis palliata Willey, 1905: 316 , pl. 7, figs 183–185 [Type locality: Indian Ocean, Sri-Lanka, Galle, 29–55 m depth].

Protula palliata: Fauvel 1911: 433–434 [Persian (Arabian) Gulf, Sri Lanka]; Wesenberg-Lund 1949: 361 [specimen without tube; northern Persian (Arabian) Gulf; Sri Lanka, Australia]; Dew 1959: 50–52 [Western Australia: Shark Bay, Rottnest Island, Ceylon, Persian Gulf]; Pillai 1960: 5–7, text-fig. 2 a, b [ Sri Lanka, ~ 18–22 m)].

? Protula palliata: Fauvel 1918: 342 [specimen lacking branchial crown and tube, det. by chaetae; Persian Gulf]; Fauvel 1919: 465–466 [lacking branchial crown and tube; Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Australia]. Question mark for both these identifications is that of Fauvel.

Protula (Protula) palliata: Uchida 1978: 37 [no distribution data].

Protula tubularia most probably not ( Montagu, 1803) but sensu auct.: Fauvel 1927: 382–383 [Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean]; Mesnil & Fauvel 1939: 35 [ Indonesia, Ternate; Atlantic, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Japan, Australia]; Fauvel 1953: 472 [ Ceylon, Japan, Australia, Malay Archipelago, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea]; Day 1967: 820 [unlikely distribution: Atlantic from Greenland, Scotland, south to English Channel, the Gulf of Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, New Caledonia, Japan]; Amoureux et al. 1978: 151 [Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, 70–80 m (in 2005, specimen not located)]; Uchida 1978: 37–39 [unlikely designation as cosmopolitan and see below]; Vine & Bailey-Brock 1984: 147 [unlikely distribution from Amoureux et al. 1978: Europe, Red Sea, Australia]; Smith 1985: 83–87 [ Australia]; Wehe & Fiege 2002: 130 [compiled list of references, considered as questionable in Red Sea, quoting H.A. ten Hove, pers. comm.].