Viminella alba
Description
Viminella alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
Scirpearella alba Thomson & Henderson, 1906: 82, pl. 9, fig. 15. (Bay of Bengal).
Scirpearia alba Simpson 1910: 88, figs. 64–65 (Bay of Bengal).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records appear to represent an identical species: Fernando, 2011: 112–113, pl. 71, figs, 1–1c (Cuddalore, SE coast); Fernando et al. 2017, 246, pl. 114, figs. 1–1c (Cuddalore, SE coast).
Literature analysis: Thomson & Henderson (1906) established this species as Scirpirella alba for a specimen from the Bay of Bengal, describing the sclerites as including spindles up to 0.19 mm long, which do not match the few figured sclerites. Simpson (1910) later transferred the species to the genus Scirpearia with a few more sclerite figures, two drawings of colony portions, and updating the sclerite dimensions so there were none longer than 0.15 mm. The taxon is accepted as a species of Viminella and the material described as Viminella dissimilis n. sp. by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) seems to be the same as Viminella alba.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ellisellidae
- Genus
- Viminella
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Alcyonacea
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomson & Henderson
- Species
- alba
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Viminella alba (Thomson, 1906) sec. Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
References
- Thomson, J. A. & Henderson, W. D. (1906) An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. 1. The Alcyonarians of the Deep Sea. The Indian Museum, Calcutta, 132 + xvi pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8279
- Simpson, J. J. (1910) A revision of the Gorgonellidae: 1, The Juncellid group. Proceedings of the Royac Irish Academy, 28 B (7), 247 - 386.
- 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)