Melithaea philippinensis
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Description
Melithaea philippinensis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melitodes philippinensis Wright & Studer, 1889: 176–177, pl. 40, figs. 10, 10A, 10B (Philippines).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 172–173, pl. 5, figs. 2&4; pl. 9, fig. 12 (Andamans).
Literature analysis: Originally named Melitodes philippinensis, the description given by Wright & Studer (1889) is too inadequate to be able to identify the species they had, and the same can be said of the account by Thomson & Simpson (1909). Additionally, it is virtually impossible to find any common features when comparing the sclerite figures in these two publications. Rao & Devi (2003) and Kumar et al. (2019) just listed the species as occurring in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with absolutely no evidence. In the paper by Kumar et al, “ Acabaria phiippinenesis (Wright & Studer) ” is given as the only synonym.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Wright & Studer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Order
- Alcyonacea
- Family
- Melithaeidae
- Genus
- Melithaea
- Species
- philippinensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Melithaea philippinensis (Wright, 1889) sec. Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
References
- Wright E. & Studer, T. (1889) Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report of the Scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during 1873 - 1876, Zoology, 31 (4), I - IXXII, 1 - 314.
- 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.
- 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.
- Kumar, J. S. Y., Geetha, S., Raghunathan, C. & Sornaraj, R. (2019) New report of Melithaea delicata Hickson, 1905 (subclass: oOctocorallia) from Little Andaman Island, India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 48 (9), 1344 - 1350.