Solenocaulon ramosa Hickson, 1903

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, Zootaxa 5236 (1), pp. 1-124 : 21

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scientific name	Solenocaulon ramosa Hickson, 1903
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Treatment

Solenocaulon ramosa Hickson, 1903: 498–499 , fig. 14–17 ( Maldives, 71m); Harrison 1908: 190 (Bay of Bengal); Harrison 1909: 39, pl. 3, pl. 7 (Bay of Bengal—same material); Stiasny 1937: 49–51, fig. O (Hickson’s type).

Opinion: This species does occur in the region.

Justification:

These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson 1909: 159, 162–163 (Bay of Bengal).

Literature analysis: This species was described by Hickson (1903) from the Maldives with images only of the distinctive colony form. Stiasny’s (1937) publication featured sclerite drawings of dubious quality from Hickson’s type. Harrison (1908) made a very brief report but she repeated it in 1909 with colony and sclerite figures, the latter being inadequate. Thomson & Simpson (1909) reported on a specimen from the Bay of Bengal and provided a comparative table of all species known to that date, but no illustrations of this species were provided.

References

Harrison, R. M. (1908) Some New Alcyonaria from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. - Preliminary Notice. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 30 (197), 185 - 190. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1908. tb 02132. x

Harrison, R. M. (1909) On some new Alcyonaria from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with a discussion of the genera Spongodes, Siphonogorgia, Chironephthya, and Solenocaulon. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11, 17 - 44, pls. 3 - 7. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1909. tb 00488. x

Hickson, M. A. (1903) The Alcyonaria of the Maldives. Part III. The Families Muriceidae, Gorgonellidae, Melitodidae, and the Genera Pennatula, Eunephthya. In: Gardiner, J. S. (Eds.), The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 807 - 826 + lxvii.

Stiasny, G. (1937) Die Gorgonacea der Siboga - Expedition. Supplement II, Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. Siboga-Expedition Monographs, 13 b, 1 - 138.

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.