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?
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3FFF85FF06F929FC7DF925" box="[199,899,1744,1770]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable</emphasis>
:
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, pl. 15, fig. 11d (Tuticorin);
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Kumar
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2014a: 48
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, pl. 21, fig. AD (Henry Lawrence Is., South Andaman); Fernando
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2015: 72, pl. 29, fig. AD (Tuticorin).
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3FFF85FF06F898FE64F8B5" box="[199,410,1888,1914]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Literature analysis</emphasis>
:
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erected this species and
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for material collected off
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. Later,
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made
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a junior synonym of
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reassigned the species to the genus
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, but without any illustrations it is not possible to tell if Nuttings specimen was the same species.
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In the Indian accounts of the species given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3CFF86FD0FFF6EFC77FF7E" author="Fernando, S. A." box="[718,905,151,177]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" 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="B955DB457B3CFF86FBF1FF6EFB9FFF7E" box="[1072,1121,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">et al</emphasis>
. (2017)
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the text is identical, but the illustrations are different even though the material examined is the same. But, in the accounts in
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3CFF86FAD9FF42FEF8FF36" author="Fernando, S. &amp; Venkataraman, K. &amp; Raghunathan, C." pageId="42" pageNumber="43" 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="B955DB457B3CFF86FA49FF42FF53FF36" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">et al</emphasis>
. (2017)
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and
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Kumar
<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FE53FF26FE35FF36" box="[402,459,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">et al.</emphasis>
(2014a)
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the text is different, but the illustrations are identical even though the material examined is different. The colony form of
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FD43FEFAFCB0FED3" box="[642,846,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Muricella ramosa</emphasis>
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is described as a “beautiful network with abundant anastomoses”, but the specimens illustrated in
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Kumar
<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FD3EFEDEFCC7FE8E" box="[767,825,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">et al.</emphasis>
(2014a)
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and
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Fernando
<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FB83FEDEFB8AFE8E" box="[1090,1140,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">et al</emphasis>
. (2017)
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are open colonies with only a few branches. Additionally, the close-up image of a branch portion does not agree at all with the text and bears no resemblance to the excellent illustration given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B3CFF86FC9BFE96FB50FE46" author="Thomson, J. A. &amp; Henderson, W. D." box="[858,1198,366,393]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" pagination="269 - 238" refId="ref108487" refString="Thomson, J. A. &amp; 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." type="book chapter" year="1905">Thomson &amp; Henderson (1905</bibRefCitation>
: pl. 3, fig 3). Instead, it shows densely spiculated branches with calyces and retractile polyps, which is possibly a species of
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FAD1FE6AFA6BFE62" box="[1296,1429,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Astrogorgia</emphasis>
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. On the other hand, the colony figure in
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: pl. 15, fig. 1) is a densely branched reticulated fan, despite the text saying it is sparsely branched. Unfortunately, the close-up figure of a colony portion is not clear enough to tell if it matches the characteristic form of the
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.
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and
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Venkataraman
<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FD51FDDAFD3BFDF2" box="[656,709,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">et al</emphasis>
. (2004)
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just listed the species, as do
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Kumar
<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FB13FDDAFAF8FDF2" box="[1234,1286,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">et al</emphasis>
. (2015)
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who also provide a specimen image. Most Indian refences have the specific epithet spelled “
<emphasis id="B955DB457B3CFF86FBB8FDBEFB1CFDAE" box="[1145,1250,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">ramose”,</emphasis>
which is almost certainly a product of autocorrection in word processing software.
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