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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3DFF87FF56F893FE42F84B" bold="true" box="[151,444,1897,1924]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Astrogorgia complanata</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3DFF87FE0AF890FD15F84C" author="Wright E. & Studer, T." box="[459,747,1897,1923]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" pagination="1 - 314" refId="ref110920" refString="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." type="journal article" year="1889">Wright & Studer, 1889</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3DFF87FF56F857FE87F809" box="[151,377,1966,1990]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Muricella complanata</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3DFF87FEBEF857FD33F809" author="Wright E. & Studer, T." box="[383,717,1966,1990]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" pagination="1 - 314" refId="ref110920" refString="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." type="journal article" year="1889">Wright & Studer, 1889: 125–126</bibRefCitation>
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(
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<paragraph id="8B9E07577B3DFF87FF56F829FC70F825" blockId="43.[151,910,1966,2027]" box="[151,910,2000,2027]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3AFF80FF06FF42FC35FF1A" box="[199,971,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable</emphasis>
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:
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FC1EFF42FA63FF1A" author="Thomson, J. A. & Simpson, J. J." box="[991,1437,187,213]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" refId="ref108792" refString="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." type="book" year="1909">Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 247–248</bibRefCitation>
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(Andamans);
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FEEEFF26FD82FF36" author="Thomas, P. A. & George, R. M." box="[303,636,223,249]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" pagination="96 - 112" refId="ref107948" refString="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." type="journal article" year="1986">Thomas & George, 1986: 102</bibRefCitation>
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, fig. 1f, 1–3 (SW coast);
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FC50FF26FB47FF36" author="Mary, A. G. & Lazarus, S." box="[913,1209,223,249]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" pagination="32 - 43" refId="ref104234" refString="Mary, A. G. & Lazarus, S. (2004) Gorgonids off the southwest Coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 46, 32 - 43." type="journal article" year="2004">Mary & Lazarus, 2004: 34</bibRefCitation>
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, fig 6–7 (SW coast);
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FF56FEFAFE63FED2" author="Fernando, S. A." box="[151,413,258,285]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" refId="ref100707" refString="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." type="book" year="2011">Fernando, 2011: 35–36</bibRefCitation>
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, pl. 13, fig. 1–1f (SW coast);
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FD28FEFAFC00FED2" author="Fernando, S. & Venkataraman, K. & Raghunathan, C." box="[745,1022,259,285]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" refId="ref100744" refString="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)" type="book" year="2017">
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Fernando
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3AFF80FC9BFEFAFC6CFED2" box="[858,914,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">et al.</emphasis>
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2017: 68
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, pl. 27, fig. 1–1f (SW coast).
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3AFF80FF06FEBFFE64FE90" box="[199,410,325,351]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Literature analysis</emphasis>
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: Wright & Studer’s account of this species did not include any illustrations. Their specimen came from Japanese waters and is described as having retractile polyps and they most probably had a species of
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3AFF80FF56FE77FEE2FE67" box="[151,284,398,424]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Astrogorgia</emphasis>
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. The species, however, remains unrecognisable and all records other than that of the
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are most likely incorrect.
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The account given by
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described a specimen has having calyces and polyps with an “operculum” and a collaret, which was probably an
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3AFF80FCC1FE03FC7BFDDB" box="[768,901,506,532]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Astrogorgia</emphasis>
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species.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FC2BFE00FAF2FDDC" author="Thomas, P. A. & George, R. M." box="[1002,1292,505,531]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" pagination="96 - 112" refId="ref107948" refString="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." type="journal article" year="1986">Thomas & George (1986)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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had a specimen with just spindles, but the nature of the polyps is not mentioned so it is not possible to determine what they had.
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The accounts given by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FE0FFD9CFD77FDB0" author="Fernando, S. A." box="[462,649,613,639]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" refId="ref100707" refString="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." type="book" year="2011">Fernando (2011)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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Fernando
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3AFF80FCF2FD9FFC9BFDB0" box="[819,869,613,639]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">et al</emphasis>
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. (2017)
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are identical, and it appears they did have a specimen of
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3AFF80FEFFFD70FE52FD6C" box="[318,428,649,675]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Muricella</emphasis>
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and therefore their material was not the same as that of Wright & Studer. There is some confusion regarding the coenchymal sclerites of the Indian material in their publications. The description states the “sclerites range in length between 0.5 and
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but rarely reaching
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”. But in the Remarks section it states, “The longest surface spindles hither to (
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) recorded in this species are
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long (Tuticorin to Kanyakumari), however in the present study the spindles are longer ranging between
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”.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3AFF80FBEBFCE3FAFCFCFC" author="Rao, D. V. & Devi, K." box="[1066,1282,793,820]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" pagination="1 - 99" refId="ref105853" refString="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." type="journal article" year="2003">Rao & Devi (2003)</bibRefCitation>
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just listed the species.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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