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Villogorgia robusta
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Description
Villogorgia robusta (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
Acamptogorgia bebrycoides var. robusta Thomson & Henderson, 1906: 71, pl. 3, figs. 7&8 (Laccadive Sea).
Periceles robusta Kükenthal 1924: 194–195.
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: When Thomson and Henderson (1906) described Acamptogorgia bebrycoides (see above), they also erected a new variety, Acamptogorgia bebrycoides var. robusta. Although they did not figure the sclerites of either, their description and the illustrations of the colony and polyps indicate the variety represents a species in its own right. Kükenthal (1924) raised the taxon to that level and transferred it to the genus Perisceles, a synonym of Villogorgia.
Notes
Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomson & Henderson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Order
- Alcyonacea
- Family
- Plexauridae
- Genus
- Villogorgia
- Species
- robusta
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Villogorgia robusta (Thomson, 1906) sec. Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
References
- Thomson, J. A. & Henderson, W. D. (1906) An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. 1. The Alcyonarians of the Deep Sea. The Indian Museum, Calcutta, 132 + xvi pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8279
- Kukenthal, W. (1924) Gorgonaria. Das Tierreich. Vol. 47. Walter de Gruyter and Co., Berlin und Leipzig, xxviii + 478 pp.