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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FF56FE23FEC3FE3A" bold="true" box="[151,317,474,501]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Menella flora</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FF56FDE6FEA7FDF8" box="[151,345,543,567]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Echinogorgia flora</emphasis>
(
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)
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: 6667, pl. 11, figs. 2, 2a; pl. 21, fig. 10 (New
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.
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FF56FDC7FEDCFD99" box="[151,290,574,598]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Menella flora</emphasis>
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(new comb.)
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B2BFF91FE6FFDC7FC7AFD99" author="van Ofwegen, L. P. &amp; Hermanlimianto, M. I. Y. T." box="[430,900,574,598]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" pagination="19 - 58" refId="ref109370" refString="van Ofwegen, L. P. &amp; Hermanlimianto, M. I. Y. T. (2014) Siboga plexaurids (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) re-examined. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 88 (3), 19 - 58." type="journal article" year="2014">van Ofwegen &amp; Hermanlimianto 2014: 3638</bibRefCitation>
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, figs. 1820.
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<paragraph id="8B9E07577B2BFF91FF56FD7DFCA3FD51" blockId="61.[151,861,644,671]" box="[151,861,644,671]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Opinion: There is no evidence this species occurs in the region.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B9E07577B2BFF91FF56FD35FED7FD29" blockId="61.[151,1437,716,887]" box="[151,297,716,742]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Justification:</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FF06FD09FC67FCC5" box="[199,921,752,778]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable</emphasis>
:
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, fig. 1k, 13, y (Vizhinjam);
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, fig. 1, D, E, F (Vizhinjam)
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, fig. 12;
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, pl. 40, fig. 11d (SE &amp; NW coast);
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Kumar
<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FCC9FCC0FCC6FC9D" box="[776,824,824,850]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
. 2014a: 74
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, pl. 34, fig. AD;
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Fernando
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. 2017: 133
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, pl. 61, fig. AD (SE &amp; NW coast).
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FF06FC5CFE5EFC71" box="[199,416,932,958]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Literature analysis</emphasis>
: Nutting only figured a single sclerite of this species but that, along with the colony form, clearly characterises it as a member of the genus
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and not
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. The
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has been comprehensively described by
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. The descriptions given by
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and by
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represent a
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, but both feature the same, few, crude outline drawings of leafscales that could apply to a number of species of the genus. In the description given by Fernando in 2011 the leafscales are said to be thin and flat, like those in the
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, but those in the figures appear to be quite thick and knobbly and could represent a number of other species.
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Fernando
<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FC2BFB84FBE5FB59" box="[1002,1051,1148,1174]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
. (2017)
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, and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B2BFF91FB70FB84FA62FB59" author="Kumar, J. S. Y. &amp; Raghunathan, C. &amp; Raghuraman, R. &amp; Sreeraj, C. R. &amp; Venkataraman, K." box="[1201,1436,1148,1175]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" refId="ref103651" refString="Kumar, J. S. Y., Raghunathan, C., Raghuraman, R., Sreeraj, C. R. &amp; Venkataraman, K. (2014 a) Handbook on Gorgonians (Octocorallia) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 119 pp." type="book" year="2014">
Kumar
<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FAC7FB84FAC9FB59" box="[1286,1335,1148,1174]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">et al</emphasis>
. (2014a)
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use the the same description as in
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but illustrate it with an
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FC06FB59FB9EFB75" box="[967,1120,1184,1210]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Echinogorgia</emphasis>
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. All Indian records describe red colonies, whereas the
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is off-white.
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There are clearly errors with the synonymic listing provided by
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and
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Fernando
<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FAC8FB10FABCFACD" box="[1289,1346,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">et al.</emphasis>
(2017)
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. The authors are clearly of the opinion that
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FDABFAF5FCFFFAE9" box="[618,769,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Menella flora</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFB07AA67B2BFF91FCC9FAF5FC5CFAE9" author="Nutting, C. C." box="[776,930,1292,1318]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" 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>
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and
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FC17FAF5FB1FFAE9" box="[982,1249,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Plexauroides praelonga</emphasis>
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are the same species, but they state that the latter is a junior synonym of the former, which obviously cannot be because the former was established after the latter. They also include a reference to “
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FC28FAADFB7CFAA1" box="[1001,1154,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Menella flora</emphasis>
Bayer 2001, p. 928
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”, but this is just a figure of a single leafclub captioned “
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<emphasis id="B955DB457B2BFF91FD0BFA81FCD8FA5D" box="[714,806,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Menella</emphasis>
sp.
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