Paraplexaura longispinosa ( Fernando, 2011 )

Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, Zootaxa 5236 (1), pp. 1-124 : 66-67

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:796FF9F5-E71F-4C69-92CC-CF4D6752BD77

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7639553

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Paraplexaura longispinosa ( Fernando, 2011 )
status

 

Paraplexaura longispinosa ( Fernando, 2011) potential new comb. (species status uncertain)

Echinogorgia longispinosa Fernando, 2011: 58–59 , pl. 35, fig. 1–1f ( Puducherry); Fernando et al. 2017: 123, pl. 56, fig. 1–1f ( Puducherry).

Opinion: This species does occur in the region.

Justification:

Literature analysis: The accounts of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical, but most of the sclerites in the figures are crowded and overlap. Detailed descriptions and more images of the sclerites are needed to be more certain of the identity of the material, but the shape of the colony, the thick branches, and the presence of large thorny spindles and block-like sclerites in the coenenchyme indicate the species is better placed in Paraplexaura . The sclerites seem to be somewhat similar to, but thornier than, those of Paraplexaura heterospiculata (Broch, 1916) , but that species is unbranched. Kumar et al. (2016) just lists the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

SubOrder

Holaxonia

Family

Plexauridae

Genus

Paraplexaura

Loc

Paraplexaura longispinosa ( Fernando, 2011 )

Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty 2023
2023
Loc

Echinogorgia longispinosa

Fernando, S. & Venkataraman, K. & Raghunathan, C. 2017: 123
Fernando, S. A. 2011: 59
2011
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