Trimuricea reticulata
Description
Trimuricea reticulata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
Echinomuricea reticulata Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 206–207, pl. 1, fig. 9; pl. 8, fig. 6 (Andamans).
Trimuricea reticulata Gordon 1926: 516, fig. 3; Grasshoff 1999: 48, fig. 80; Samimi-Namin & Ofwegen 2016: 32, figs. 21c, 24–25.
Not Trimuricea aff. reticulata Samimi-Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009: 43. (= Trimuricea persica n. sp.).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be invalid: Fernando 2011: 49, pl. 26, figs 1–1e (SE coast); Fernando et al. (2017): 105, pl. 47, fig. 1–1e (SE coast).
Literature analysis: Originally described as Echinomuricea reticulata the species was reassigned to Trimuricea by Gordon and was comprehensively redescribed by Samimi-Namin & van Ofwegen (2016). Both publications of Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) describe the same material, which appears to be a different species because the triradiate thornscales do not have a long narrow spine with small prickles and rather flattened rootprocess with a tuberculate margin as occurs in the type material. Also, the authors do not show any 3-rayed polyp sclerites that are typical of the genus, so without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise their species and to distinguish it from Trimuricea persica Sammimi-Namin & van Ofwegen, 2016, from the Persian Gulf. The description of Fernando’s specimen says branch anastomoses are mostly around the middle of the colony, which is hard to reconcile with the illustration. Rao & Devi (2003) just list the species. Trimuricea robusta Fernando, 2011 (see below) is much closer to Trimuricea reticulata.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Plexauridae
- Genus
- Trimuricea
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Alcyonacea
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomson & Simpson
- Species
- reticulata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Trimuricea reticulata (Thomson, 1909) sec. Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
References
- Thomson, J. A. & Simpson, J. J. (1909) An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. The Alcyonarians of the Littoral Area. The Indian Museum, Calcutta, 319 + xviii pp.
- Gordon, I. (1926) Notes on a number of muriceid genera (Alcyonaria, Gorgonaceae), with special reference to spiculation. Proceedings of the scientific meetings of the Zoological Society of London, 1926, 509 - 531. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1926. tb 08111. x
- Grasshoff, M. (1999) The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana biologica, 78 (1 / 2), 1 - 121.
- Samimi-Namin, K. & van Ofwegen, L. P. (2016) A revision of Trimuricea Gordon, 1926 (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa, 4105 (1), 1 - 44. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4105.1.1
- Samimi-Namin, K. & van Ofwegen, L. P. (2009) Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa, 2058 (1), 1 - 52. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2058.1.1
- 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.
- Fernando, S. A, Venkataraman, K. & 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)
- Rao, D. V. & Devi, K. (2003) Studies on the soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional paper, 206, 1 - 99.