TABLE 3 in Pelagic tunicates (Appendicularia and Thaliacea) of Sri Lanka: two first records with an annotated checklist

TABLE 3. Taxa omitted from the updated list of pelagic tunicates, which were reported to Sri Lanka. TaxonRecorded byReason for rejectionCyclosalpa quadriluminis f. parallela KashkinaVan Soest (1974c)Accepted as Cyclosalpa quadriluminisDoliolum chuni NeumannNeumann (1906)The sampling locality (“ Valdivia -Expedition” - St.215: 7.02°N, 85.93°E) is out from the Sri Lankan EEZ (see Neumann 1906: Pl. 25, 1931: List 15)Doliolum sp.Orrell (2021)The sampling locality (5.10°N, 84.85°E) of a single specimen (USNM 20641) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, United States, is slightly out from the Sri Lankan EEZFritillaria bicornis LohmannLohmann (1931)A junior synonym for Fritillaria venustaFritillaria borealis truncata LohmannLohmann (1931)Accepted as Fritillaria borealis; because, the subspecies F. borealis truncata is invalid and there is no data in Lohmann (1931: Lists 1, 15) to know the exact valid subspecies (Fritillaria borealis intermedia Lohmann, 1905 and/or F. borealis sargassi), which were collected by “ Valdivia ” (St.217)Fritillaria haplostoma FolFenaux (1969)Even though the sampling locality of the species has been mapped within Sri Lankan EEZ (see Fenaux 1969: Fig. 1), the actual sampling locality (cruise of “ I. N.S. Kistna ” - St.354: 12.00°N, 80.10°E) is out from Sri Lankan waters (refers to Oceanography in India 1967: Appxes. 21, 22)Fritillaria tenella LohmannFenaux (1969)Although the sampling location of the species has been mapped within Sri Lankan EEZ (see Fenaux 1969: Fig. 1), the actual sampling locality (cruise of “ I. N.S. Kistna ” - St.354: 12.00°N, 80.10°E) is out from Sri Lankan waters (refers to Oceanography in India 1967: Appxes. 21, 22)Jasis zonaria (Pallas)Sewell (1926), Nair (1949)Erroneous spelling of genus name Iasis, and genus Iasis transferred; current name: Soestia zonariaPyrosoma agassizi Ritter & ByxbeeNeumann (1913)Transferred to Pyrostremma agassiziPyrosoma giganteum LesueurNeumann (1913)A junior synonym for Pyrosoma atlanticumPyrosoma verticillatum NeumannNeumann (1909), Metcalf & Hopkins (1919), Sewell (1953)Transferred to Pyrosomella verticillataRitteriella amboinensis (Apstein)Van Soest (1974a)Although the sampling location of the species has been mapped within Sri Lankan EEZ (see Van Soest 1974a: Fig. 11) the actual sampling site (“ Valdivia -Expedition” - St.215: 7.02°N, 85.93°E) is out from Sri Lankan waters (refers to Apstein 1906: P. 259)Salpa costata-tilesii Quoy, Gaimard & CuvierOka (1915)Genus transferred and a junior synonym for Thetys vaginaSalpa cylindrica CuvierHerdman (1906), Nair (1949)Transferred to Iasis cylindricaSalpa democratica-mucronata ForskålHerdman (1906), Nair (1949)Transferred to Thalia democraticaSalpa floridana ApsteinApstein (1906)Transferred to Cyclosalpa floridanaSalpa hexagona Quoy & GaimardApstein (1906), Bomford (1913)Transferred to Metcalfina hexagonaSalpa mucronata ForskålApstein (1906)Genus transferred and a junior synonym for Thalia democraticaSalpa runcinata-fusiformis Chamisso & CuvierHerdman (1906), Nair (1949)A junior synonym for Salpa fusiformis