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

Cirripathes (Stichopathes) variabilis var. longispina subvar. lissispina van Pesch, 1914: 136–137, text-figs 184–187.

Syntypes.

Indonesia • colony (preserved in 70 % ethanol); Pidjot Bay, Lombok; depth ≤ 22 m; mud, coral, and coral sand; trawl, dredge, shore exploration; Siboga Expedition 1899–1900; Sta. 33; 24–26 Mar 1899; ZMA.COEL.3464.a • colony (preserved in 70 % ethanol); Badjo Bay, west coast of Flores; depth ≤ 40 m; mud, sand and shells; dredge, trawl, shore exploration; Siboga Expedition 1899–1900; Sta. 50; 16–18 Apr 1899; ZMA.COEL.3464.b • 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.3464.c.

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 (S. Vicario, pers. comm.) 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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