Solenocaulon tortuosum Gray, 1862

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 : 22

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Solenocaulon tortuosum Gray, 1862 View in CoL

Solenocaulon tortuosum Gray, 1862: 34–35 View in CoL (Northern Australia); Hickson 1903: 495–497, fig. 13 ( Maldives); Grasshoff 1999: 6 ( New Caledonia).

Opinion: There is some evidence that this species occurs in the region.

Justification:

These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Thomson & Simpson 1909: 154–156, 160– 161 (table) (Kanyakumari; Andamans); Harrison 1908: 189–190 (Bay of Bengal); Harrison 1909: 39, pl. 3, pl. 7 (Bay of Bengal); Thomas & George 1986: 97, fig. 1a; Fernando 2011: 16–17, pl.1, fig. 2–2f (SW coast); Mary & Lazarus 2004: 33–34, figs 2,3 (Kanyakumari); Fernando et al. 2017: 14, pl.1, fig. 2–2f (SW coast).

References

Fernando, S. A. (2011) Monograph on Gorgonids (Sea fans) of India. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Parangipettai, 145 pp.

Fernando, S. A, Venkataraman, K. & Raghunathan, C. (2017) Gorgonians of Indian sea. Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 330 pp. Available from: https: // www. nhbs. com / (accessed 21 March 2022)

Grasshoff, M. (1999) The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana biologica, 78 (1 / 2), 1 - 121.

Gray, J. E. (1862) Description of two new genera of Zoophytes (Solenocaulon and Bellonella) discovered on the north coast of Australia by Mr. Rayner. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1862, 34 - 37.

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.

Mary, A. G. & Lazarus, S. (2004) Gorgonids off the southwest Coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 46, 32 - 43.

Thomas, P. A. & George, R. M. (1986) A systematic appraisal of the commercially important gorgonids of the Indian seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 28 (1 & 2), 96 - 112.

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.