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Vermiliopsis pygidialis. — BEN-ELIAHU & SAFRIEL 1982: 389.
Vermiliopsis pygidialis. — VINE & BAILEY-BROCK 1984: 142.
Vermiliopsis infundibulum. — VINE & BAILEY-BROCK 1984: 142.
Vermiliopsis infundibulum. — ROSENFELDT 1989: 238.
Regional distribution: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Arabian
Gulf.
Remarks: TEN HOVE (1975) pointed out that there are many misidentifications in the genus
Vermiliopsis and proposed to place a number of polymorphic species into a group called V.
infundibulum/glandigera-group. The specimens of V. acanthophora reported by MONRO (1937) and
MOHAMMAD (1971) belong to V. infundibulum/glandigera-complex, according to ten Hove (pers.
comm.), who examined the respective specimens; furthermore all records of V. pygidialis (Willey,
1905) belong to this species-group. The records of V. infundibulum in the Red Sea are to be
considered doubtful, as this is a Mediterranean species excluded from entering the Red Sea via the
Suez Canal (Lessepsian migration) in view of the unidirectional migration in all groups (ten Hove,
pers. comm.).
Family Sigalionidae Kinberg, 1856
Euthalenessa digitata (McIntosh, 1885)
Thalenessa digitata McIntosh, 1885: 140. Type locality/origin: Admirality Islands (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua-New
Guinea, W Pacific).
* Thalenessa djiboutiensis Gravier, 1902: 231. Type locality/origin: Djibouti (Gulf of Aden).
* Euthalenessa djiboutiensis. — FAUVEL 1918 a: 331.
Euthalenessa djiboutiensis. — FAUVEL 1919 b: 345.
* Euthalenessa djiboutiensis. — WESENBERG-LUND 1949: 258.
° Euthalenessa digitata. — PETTIBONE 1970 a: 19.
Euthalanessa djiboutiensis. — KISELEVA 1971: 46.
Thalenessa djiboutiensis. — MOHAMMAD 1971: 288.
Thalenessa djiboutiensis. — MOHAMMAD 1980: 33.
Regional distribution: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf.
Euthalenessa festiva (Grube, 1875)
Leanira festiva Grube, 1875: 78. Type locality/origin: Philippines (W Pacific).
* Euthalenessa oculata. — WESENBERG-LUND 1949: 258 [not Peters, 1855].
° Euthalenessa festiva. — PETTIBONE 1970 a: 13.
Euthalenessa oculata. — HARTMAN 1974 b: 611 [not Peters, 1855].
Regional distribution: Arabian Gulf.
Fimbriosthenelais longipinnis (Grube, 1869)
* Sthenelais longipinnis Grube, 1869: 490. Type locality/origin: Red Sea.
* Sthenelais minor var. digitata Fauvel, 1919 b: 344. Type locality/origin: “Îles Musha” (Gulf of Aden).
°* Fimbriosthenelais longipinnis. — PETTIBONE 1971 b: 26.
Sthenelais longipinnis. — HARTMAN: 1974 b: 612.
Regional distribution: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden.
Remarks: In the revision of PETTIBONE (1971 b), the species is only reported for the Red
Sea within the Arabian Region. Sthenelais minor digitata has not been found in the Red Sea, as
PETTIBONE states, but it is reported by FAUVEL (1919 b) from the ‘Îles Musha’, islands in the Gulf
of Tadjoura, in the westernmost part of the Gulf of Aden.