Species Dichotella gemmacea (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Verrucella gemmacea Milne Edwards, H. 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires ou Polypes Proprement Dits. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. T. 1 326 pp. [Only the chapter 'Introduction historique' was written by Milne-Edwards & Haime, as the latter passed away (see preface to the volume)] [185, Pl. B2, Fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype (should be in the MNHP), Mer Rouge [=Red Sea].
• Dichotella divergens Gray, J.E. 1870. Catalogue of the lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 51 pp. [50].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1983.3.2.7 dry specimen.
• Junceella sanguinea gemmacea Nutting, C.C. 1910. The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition VI The Gorgonellidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 13b3: 1-39 [22].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA COEL specimen in alcohol (a second syntype was donated to the Iowa State University).
• Junceella virgulata Kükenthal, W. 1919. Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 13(2): 1-946 [922].

  Type data:

   Holotype (Location unknown).
• Junceella bifurcata Stiasny, G. 1938. Die von Dr C. Dawydoff in franzosisch Indochina gesammelten Gorgonarien. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] 6(3): 355-368 [364].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP.
• Junceella lichtenfelderi Stiasny, G. 1951. Alcyonides et gorgonides des collections du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (II). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] A 3(1): 1-80 [43].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP three samples.
• Junceella (Dichotella) gemmacea Bayer, F.M. & Grasshoff, M. 1994. The genus group taxa of the family Ellisellidae, with clarification of the genera established by J.E. Gray (Cnidaria; Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana Biologica 74(1-2): 21-45 [26].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Grasshoff, M. 1999. The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana Biologica 78(1/2): 1-245 [71]

Generic Combinations

• Dichotella gemmacea (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857). —
  Grasshoff, M. 1999. The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana Biologica 78(1/2): 1-245 [71]

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

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Plus Hickson GBR; plus Hickson Torres Strait Thorpe's (1928) specimen identified as Scirpearia furcata Hickson, 1905 is clearly a species of Dichotella and probably D. gemmacea.

NTM Coubourg; Keppel Isl; Darwin

General References

Studer, T. 1878. Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria, welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878: 632-688

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