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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF56FE76FEAAFE68" box="[151,340,399,423]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella rubra</emphasis>
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, pl. 34, fig. 5 (
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ground,
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF56FE57FE9AFE09" box="[151,356,430,454]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearia profunda</emphasis>
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(part)
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, fig. 27. (
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ground,
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<paragraph id="8B9E07577B4CFFF6FF56FE0DFC70FDC1" blockId="90.[151,910,500,527]" box="[151,910,500,527]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9E07577B4CFFF6FF56FDC5FED7FD99" blockId="90.[151,1436,572,671]" box="[151,297,572,598]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Justification:</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF06FD99FC5AFDB5" box="[199,932,608,634]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable</emphasis>
:
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, pl. 92, figs. 11d (SE coast);
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Fernando
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. 2017: 302
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, pl. 142, fig. 11e (SE coast).
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF06FD34FE64FD29" box="[199,410,716,742]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Literature analysis</emphasis>
: This species was collected in
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and described under the genus name
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by
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and included a figure of sclerites that are quite stylised and would not be an accurate record.
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, in the sense of those authors, is a synonym of
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Gray
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(see
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), although the WoRMS database still has the species as
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. Treatment of the species has had a complex history.After stating he had seen the
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,
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reassigned
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to the genus
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Cuvier
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(which actually applied to a sea pen), with figures of some sclerites, and assigned
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FF56FC5DFE96FC71" authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityYear="1889" box="[151,360,932,958]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF56FC5DFE96FC71" box="[151,360,932,958]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella rubra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synonym of that species (along with material identified as
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FB43FC5DFEACFC2D" authority="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="moniliforme">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FB43FC5DFA62FC71" box="[1154,1436,932,958]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella moniliforme</emphasis>
Wright &amp; Studer
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FEBAFC31FD21FC2D" author="Thomson, J. A. &amp; Henderson, W. D." box="[379,735,968,994]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" refId="ref108566" refString="Thomson, J. A. &amp; 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" type="book" year="1906">Thomson &amp; Henderson (1906))</bibRefCitation>
. However,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FC9CFC31FBDDFC2D" author="Kukenthal, W." box="[861,1059,968,994]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" refId="ref103272" refString="Kukenthal, W. (1924) Gorgonaria. Das Tierreich. Vol. 47. Walter de Gruyter and Co., Berlin und Leipzig, xxviii + 478 pp." type="book" year="1924">Kükenthal (1924)</bibRefCitation>
reassigned
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FB67FC31FA63FC2D" authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityYear="1889" box="[1190,1437,968,994]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="profunda">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FB67FC31FA63FC2D" box="[1190,1437,968,994]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella profunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FE5EFC15FCDCFBC9" authority="(Ridley, 1882)" baseAuthorityName="Ridley" baseAuthorityYear="1882" box="[415,802,1004,1030]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="candida">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FE5EFC15FD88FBC9" box="[415,630,1004,1030]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearia candida</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FD44FC15FCE7FBC9" author="Ridley, S. O." box="[645,793,1004,1030]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="184 - 193" refId="ref106039" refString="Ridley, S. O. (1882) Contributions to the knowledge of the Alcyonaria, with descriptions of new species from the Indian ocean and the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Natural History, 9, 184 - 193." type="journal article" year="1882">Ridley, 1882</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9E07577B4CFFF6FF06FBE9FE91FB11" blockId="90.[151,1437,716,1751]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FF06FBE9FE71FBE5" author="Kukenthal, W." box="[199,399,1040,1066]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" refId="ref103272" refString="Kukenthal, W. (1924) Gorgonaria. Das Tierreich. Vol. 47. Walter de Gruyter and Co., Berlin und Leipzig, xxviii + 478 pp." type="book" year="1924">Kükenthal (1924)</bibRefCitation>
also used the binomial
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FD61FBE9FCA1FBE5" box="[672,863,1040,1066]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FD61FBE9FCA1FBE5" box="[672,863,1040,1066]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearia rubra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but placed Simpsons
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FBABFBE9FAB1FBE5" box="[1130,1359,1040,1066]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="profunda">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FBABFBE9FAB1FBE5" box="[1130,1359,1040,1066]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearia profunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(part), as a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FE73FBCDFD8CFB81" box="[434,626,1076,1102]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FE73FBCDFD8CFB81" box="[434,626,1076,1102]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearia rubra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
along with
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FCC3FBCDFC29FB81" authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityYear="1889" box="[770,983,1076,1102]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FCC3FBCDFC29FB81" box="[770,983,1076,1102]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella rubra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(part) of
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FB8DFBCDFAF6FB81" author="Nutting, C. C." box="[1100,1288,1076,1102]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref105077" refString="Nutting, C. C. (1910 d) The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition VII. The Gorgonellidae. Siboga- Expeditie Monographs, 13 b 3, 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="1910">Nutting (1910d)</bibRefCitation>
. But he also placed “part” of Nuttings treatment of
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FD94FBA1FCD8FBBD" authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityYear="1889" box="[597,806,1112,1138]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FD94FBA1FCD8FBBD" box="[597,806,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella rubra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FBFBFBA1FB14FBBD" authorityName="Simpson" authorityYear="1910" box="[1082,1258,1112,1138]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FBFBFBA1FB14FBBD" box="[1082,1258,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearia alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FAD2FBA1FDDDFB59" authority="Thomson &amp; Henderson, 1906" authorityName="Thomson &amp; Henderson" authorityYear="1906" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FAD2FBA1FF37FB59" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella alba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FF11FB85FDDDFB59" author="Thomson, J. A. &amp; Henderson, W. D." box="[208,547,1148,1174]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" refId="ref108566" refString="Thomson, J. A. &amp; 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" type="book" year="1906">Thomson &amp; Henderson, 1906</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
), which is a
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FD73FB85FCE3FB59" box="[690,797,1148,1174]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Viminella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FD73FB85FCE3FB59" box="[690,797,1148,1174]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Viminella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Nutting did not figure any sclerites or give dimensions. His material was unbranched and probably a
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FD68FB59FCEAFB75" box="[681,788,1184,1210]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Viminella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FD68FB59FCEAFB75" box="[681,788,1184,1210]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Viminella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but there is little evidence for it to be conspecific with
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF56FB3DFE91FB11" box="[151,367,1220,1246]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FF56FB3DFE95FB11" authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityYear="1889" box="[151,363,1220,1246]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">Scirpearella rubra</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9E07577B4CFFF6FF06FB11FBC2F941" blockId="90.[151,1437,716,1751]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">
The treatments of this taxon by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FDF2FB11FD11FACD" author="Fernando, S. A." box="[563,751,1256,1282]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" 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>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FCE9FB11FBD8FACD" author="Fernando, S. &amp; Venkataraman, K. &amp; Raghunathan, C." box="[808,1062,1256,1283]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" refId="ref100744" refString="Fernando, S. A, Venkataraman, K. &amp; 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">
Fernando
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FC5BFB10FC32FACD" box="[922,972,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">et al</emphasis>
. (2017)
</bibRefCitation>
are more-or-less identical, while also confusing and full of errors. They reassigned the species to the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FC37FAF5FBB9FAE9" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1870" box="[1014,1095,1292,1318]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Nicella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FC37FAF5FBB9FAE9" box="[1014,1095,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Nicella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but cited it as “
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FAC3FAF5FEB8FA85" authority="(Nutting, 1910)" baseAuthorityName="Nutting" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Nicella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FAC3FAF5FA62FAE9" box="[1282,1436,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Nicella rubra</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FF5EFAC9FEC0FA85" author="Nutting, C. C." box="[159,318,1328,1354]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 108" refId="ref104950" refString="Nutting, C. C. (1910) The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition III. The Muriceidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monograph, 13 b, 1 - 108." type="journal article" year="1910">Nutting, 1910</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
” instead of
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FE0BFAC9FC87FA85" authority="(Wright &amp; Studer, 1889)" baseAuthorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[458,889,1328,1354]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Nicella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FE0BFAC9FD9EFA85" box="[458,608,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Nicella rubra</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FDAFFAC9FC8FFA85" author="Wright E. &amp; Studer, T." box="[622,881,1328,1354]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 314" refId="ref110920" refString="Wright E. &amp; 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 &amp; Studer, 1889</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The synonymic list comprised just “
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FAD2FAC9FE11FAA1" authority="Wright and Studer, 1889" authorityName="Wright and Studer" authorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FAD2FAC9FF29FAA1" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella rubra</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FF1CFAADFE11FAA1" author="Wright E. &amp; Studer, T." box="[221,495,1364,1390]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 314" refId="ref110920" refString="Wright E. &amp; 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 and Studer, 1889</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
” and “
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FDFAFAADFC89FAA1" authority="Nutting, 1910" authorityName="Nutting" authorityYear="1910" box="[571,887,1364,1390]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Nicella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FDFAFAADFD2CFAA1" box="[571,722,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Nicella rubra</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FD19FAADFC89FAA1" author="Nutting, C. C." box="[728,887,1364,1390]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 108" refId="ref104950" refString="Nutting, C. C. (1910) The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition III. The Muriceidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monograph, 13 b, 1 - 108." type="journal article" year="1910">Nutting, 1910</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
”, whereas Nuttings account was for
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FAD2FAADFF20FA5D" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FAD2FAADFF24FA5D" authorityName="Wright and Studer" authorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">Scirpearella rubra</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Their intention was possibly to make the new combination
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FCB4FA81FAD8FA5D" authority="(Wright &amp; Studer, 1889)" baseAuthorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[885,1318,1400,1426]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Nicella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FCB4FA81FBF2FA5D" box="[885,1036,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Nicella rubra</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FBD8FA81FAE3FA5D" author="Wright E. &amp; Studer, T." box="[1049,1309,1400,1426]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 314" refId="ref110920" refString="Wright E. &amp; 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 &amp; Studer, 1889</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. However,
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FF56FA65FF16FA79" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1870" box="[151,232,1436,1462]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Nicella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF56FA65FF16FA79" box="[151,232,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Nicella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a short-branched, flabellate genus with flattened, cigar- or spindle-shaped sclerites 24 times the length of the associated double-heads, and quite unlike the sclerites that they figured. Fernandos material would seem to be a
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FF6AFA1DFEE8FA31" box="[171,278,1508,1534]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Viminella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF6AFA1DFEE8FA31" box="[171,278,1508,1534]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Viminella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but it does not seem possible to establish its relationship to Wright &amp; Studers species. The
<typeStatus id="549AB9F57B4CFFF6FADDFA1DFA80FA31" box="[1308,1406,1508,1534]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FF56F9F1FE96F9ED" authorityName="Wright and Studer" authorityYear="1889" box="[151,360,1544,1570]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="rubra">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FF56F9F1FE96F9ED" box="[151,360,1544,1570]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella rubra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has never been redescribed, so its characteristics are unknown. On the other hand, if Simpsons synonymising of that species with
<taxonomicName id="4C217CD47B4CFFF6FDDAF9D5FCEFF989" authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityYear="1889" box="[539,785,1580,1606]" class="Anthozoa" family="Ellisellidae" genus="Scirpearella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="90" pageNumber="91" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="profunda">
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4CFFF6FDDAF9D5FCEFF989" box="[539,785,1580,1606]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">Scirpearella profunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is correct, then the sclerite images he published (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4CFFF6FAF9F9D5FF2DF9A5" author="Simpson, J. J." pageId="90" pageNumber="91" pagination="247 - 386" refId="ref106823" refString="Simpson, J. J. (1910) A revision of the Gorgonellidae: 1, The Juncellid group. Proceedings of the Royac Irish Academy, 28 B (7), 247 - 386." type="journal article" year="1910">Simpson 1910</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 27) could be a guide, but the sclerite images figured by Fernando are far too small to compare, and their dimensions are not given. Nutting also gave no sclerite dimensions or even figures.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9E07577B4CFFF6FF06F961FE41F919" blockId="90.[151,1437,716,1751]" pageId="90" pageNumber="91">
The original material was collected in Japanese waters at a depth of
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and it would seem unlikely that it would occur in the region.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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