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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FF56FDBAFEA7FD94" box="[151,345,579,603]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Ellisella grasshoffi</emphasis>
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, pl. 70, fig. 11e (Thiruchendur);
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Fernando
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. 2017: 236
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FF56FD79FEAAFD57" box="[151,340,640,664]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Nicella gemmacea</emphasis>
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in
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4EFFF4FD95FD79FCDDFD57" author="Fernando, S. A." box="[596,803,640,665]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" 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: 125</bibRefCitation>
, pl. 87, figs. 11d (Cuddalore); in
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Fernando
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FB2FFD78FADCFD57" box="[1262,1314,640,664]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">et al.</emphasis>
, 2017: 292
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, pl. 137, figs. 11d (Cuddalore).
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?
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FF68FD47FEBBFD19" box="[169,325,702,726]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Ellisella bayeri</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph id="8B9E07577B4EFFF4FF56FCFDFD59FCD1" blockId="88.[151,679,772,799]" box="[151,679,772,799]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Opinion: This species does occur in the region.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B9E07577B4EFFF4FF56FCB5FED7FCA9" blockId="88.[151,1437,844,1267]" box="[151,297,844,870]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Justification:</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FF06FC88FE64FC45" box="[199,410,880,906]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Literature analysis</emphasis>
:
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and
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Fernando
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FCC4FC88FCC3FC45" box="[773,829,880,906]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">et al.</emphasis>
(2017)
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both present identical descriptions, but without a more detailed descriptions and more illustrations of the sclerites from the polyps and the coenenchymal layers it is difficult to distinguish their species from any similar taxa, and also extremely difficult to establish the status of the species without a revision of the genus.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4EFFF4FF06FBF9FE7FFBD5" author="Fernando, S. A." box="[199,385,1024,1050]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" 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
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Fernando
<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FDE5FBF8FDA2FBD5" box="[548,604,1024,1050]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">et al.</emphasis>
(2017)
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described a species named
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(
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)
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with “
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FF1DFBDDFE55FBF1" box="[220,427,1060,1086]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Nicella gemmacea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B4EFFF4FE78FBDDFD28FBF1" author="Bayer, F. M. &amp; Grasshoff, M." box="[441,726,1060,1086]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" pagination="21 - 45" refId="ref98951" refString="Bayer, F. M. &amp; Grasshoff, M. (1994) The genus group taxa of the family Ellisellidae, with clarification of the genera established by J. E. Gray (Cnidaria; Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana biologica, 74 (1 / 2), 21 - 45." type="journal article" year="1994">Bayer &amp; Grasshoff, 1994</bibRefCitation>
, p.21)
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” as a synonym. It is not clear what the authors intentions were because that species and that synonymic reference do not exist. However, the form of the figured specimen and the illustrated sclerites show it is actually a species of
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FCF1FB95FC73FB49" box="[816,909,1132,1158]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Ellisella</emphasis>
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and although the sclerite images are too small for an accurate comparison, the identity of the specimen is probably the same as that of the specimens identified as
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FF56FB4DFE92FB01" box="[151,364,1204,1230]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Ellisella grasshoffi</emphasis>
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: it is also very similar to
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B4EFFF4FD51FB4DFCC3FB01" box="[656,829,1204,1230]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Ellisella bayeri</emphasis>
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. See
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above for the occurrence of duplicate synonymies.
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