Solenocaulon sterroclonium Germanos, 1896
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Solenocaulon sterroclonium Germanos, 1896 |
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Solenocaulon sterroclonium Germanos, 1896 View in CoL
Solenocaulon sterroklonium Germanos, 1896: 151–157 View in CoL , pl. 9, figs. 1–2, pl. 11, fig. 16 ( Ternate).
Solenocaulon diplocalyx Germanos, 1896: 157 View in CoL , pl. 9, fig. 3, pl. 11, fig 17 ( Ternate).
Solenocaulon sterroclonium Grasshoff 2000: 4–5 View in CoL , figs. 1–3 (Red Sea).
Opinion: It is not possible to determine if this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson 1909: 157–159, 160– 161 (table) (Andamans); Fernando 2011: 16, pl. 1, fig. 1–1f (Tuticorin); Fernando et al. 2017: 12, pl. 1, fig. 1–1c (Tuticorin).
Literature analysis:
This species was first described from Indonesia. The report by Thomson & Simpson (1909) is not illustrated so it is impossible to know what species these authors had. The descriptions of Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and very brief, and it is impossible to relate the small figures of dense mixtures of sclerites to any species. These authors refer the reader to the description given by Grasshoff (2000) for a specimen from the Red Sea. Rao & Devi (2003: 94) just list the species.
We wonder if the illustrations for Solenocaulon sterroclonium (plate 1) and for S. tortuosum (plate 2) of Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are perhaps reversed. The colony captioned as Solenocaulon sterroclonium has no substantial, narrow branches, which is quite unlike the illustrations given by Germanos and Grasshoff, but is much more like S. tortuosum as figured by Gray (1862: 36). On the other hand, the colony figured by the Indian authors for S. tortuosum does have substantial, narrow branches and resembles Grasshoff’s figures for S. sterroclonium .
Fernando, S. A. (2011) Monograph on Gorgonids (Sea fans) of India. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Parangipettai, 145 pp.
Fernando, S. A, Venkataraman, K. & Raghunathan, C. (2017) Gorgonians of Indian sea. Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 330 pp. Available from: https: // www. nhbs. com / (accessed 21 March 2022)
Grasshoff, M. (2000) The gorgonians of the Sinai coast and the Strait of Gubal, Red Sea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 224, 1 - 125.
Gray, J. E. (1862) Description of two new genera of Zoophytes (Solenocaulon and Bellonella) discovered on the north coast of Australia by Mr. Rayner. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1862, 34 - 37.
Rao, D. V. & Devi, K. (2003) Studies on the soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional paper, 206, 1 - 99.
Thomson, J. A. & Simpson, J. J. (1909) An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. The Alcyonarians of the Littoral Area. The Indian Museum, Calcutta, 319 + xviii pp.
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Solenocaulon sterroclonium Germanos, 1896
Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty 2023 |
Solenocaulon sterroclonium
Grasshoff, M. 2000: 5 |