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Stichopathes variabilis var. lissispina subvar. minor van Pesch 1914

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
  • 2. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands & Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX 1 3 SZ, UK & Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK

Description

Stichopathes variabilis var. lissispina subvar. minor van Pesch, 1914

Cirripathes (Stichopathes) variabilis var. lissispina subvar. minor van Pesch, 1914: 137–138, 232–235, pls 6: figs 2, 7 and 10; pl. 7: figs 1, 4 and 8–10.

Syntypes.

Indonesia • colony (preserved in 70 % ethanol); Kambaragi Bay, Tanah Djampeah; depth ≤ 32 m; coral and coral sand; trawl, dredge, reef exploration; Siboga Expedition 1899–1900; Sta. 64; 4–5 May 1899; ZMA.COEL.3463 • colony (preserved in 70 % ethanol); entrance to Kwandang Bay; 1.0083°N, 122.9333°E; depth 80 m; sand and coral; trawl; Siboga Expedition 1899–1900; Sta. 117; 12 Jul 1899; ZMA.COEL.3466.

Remarks.

Under Article 45.6. 4 of the ICZN, variety names established before 1961 may be deemed subspecific; however, no nomenclatural changes are proposed here. Ongoing molecular studies (Vicario et al., in prep) may clarify the taxonomic status of this taxon.

Notes

Published as part of Bakker, Piet Arie Johannes & Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, 2026, Collections Unravelled: an annotated catalogue of Antipatharia (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) type material in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, pp. 817-828 in Zoosystematics and Evolution 102 (3) on pages 817-828, DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.192821

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMA
Material sample ID
ZMA.COEL.3463 , ZMA.COEL.3466
Event date
1899-05-04 , 1899-07-12
Verbatim event date
1899-05-04/05 , 1899-07-12
Scientific name authorship
van Pesch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Order
Antipatharia
Family
Antipathidae
Genus
Stichopathes
Species
minor
Taxon rank
subVariety
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Stichopathes variabilis var. lissispina subvar. minor Pesch, 1914 sec. Bakker & Samimi-Namin, 2026