Paracis ceylonensis ( Thomson & Henderson, 1905 )

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 : 65

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scientific name	Paracis ceylonensis ( Thomson & Henderson, 1905 )
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Paracis ceylonensis ( Thomson & Henderson, 1905) View in CoL

Acis ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905: 299–300 , pl. 6, fig. 3 (off Galle).

Opinion: This species does occur in the region but its true identity is uncertain.

Justification:

This Indian record may be valid: Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 232–233 (Ganjam coast; off Puri; Andaman Sea).

Literature analysis: This species was first described under the genus Acis from off southern Sri Lanka but the sclerites were not illustrated. It was subsequently reported by Thomson & Simpson (1909) from the Ganjam coast, off Puri in the Bay of Bengal and also the Andaman Sea, but again without sclerite figures. As Thomson was one of the authors of both reports it is assumed they probably refer the same species. Kükenthal (1924) transferred the species to the genus Paracis but as no adequate description exists it remains unrecognisable. Rao & Devi (2003) just list the species.

References

Kukenthal, W. (1924) Gorgonaria. Das Tierreich. Vol. 47. Walter de Gruyter and Co., Berlin und Leipzig, xxviii + 478 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.

Thomson, J. A. & Henderson, W. D. (1905) Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W. A. (Eds.), Report of the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Part 3. Supplementary report. The Royal Society, London, pp. 269 - 238.

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.