Species Scleronephthya indica (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stereacanthia indica Thomson, J.A. & Henderson, W.D. 1906. Alcyonaria. pp. 393-443, pls 26-31 in Thomson, J.A. & Henderson, W.D. The marine fauna of Zanzibar British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(1) [13-15].

  Type data:

   Holotype (Location unknown).
• Stereonephthya imbricans Thomson, J.A. & Dean, L.M.I. 1931. The Alcyonacea of the Siboga Expedition with an addendum to the Gorgonacea. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 13(d): 1-227 [145].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMA COEL 3347-3349 five colonies in alcohol.
• Stereacanthia armata Thomson, J.A. & Simpson, J.J. 1909. An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean; with a report on the species of Dendronephthya by W.D. Henderson. 2. The Alcyonarians of the littoral area. Calcutta : The Indian Museum i-xviii + 1-319, pls 1-9. [141-142].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1933.3.13.199 colony in alcohol (The other two syntypes mentioned on the original description are probably in the Indian Museum in Kolkotta).

Generic Combinations

• Scleronephthya indica (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) [Alderslade this work, 2015].

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

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NTM GBR, + Franklin Shoal, Arafura, + Fitzroy Is.

As a cf. NORFANZ stns: 24, 55

as a cf. SS10/05 Stn: 92

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