Zootaxa 3815 (2): 299–300 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ZOOTAXA www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Correspondence Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.11 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0639D989-E41A-4245-9699-454FA65269B5 Starostinia, a new generic replacement name for Ironella Starostina & Krasnov, 1970 (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Rhipidogyridae) non Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Ironidae) ALEXANDER B. DOWELD National Institute of Carpology (Gaertnerian Institution), 21 Konenkowa Street, RUS-127560, Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: [email protected] The fossil genus Ironella Starostina & Krasnov (type species I. giseldonensis by original designation) was established (in Krasnov & Starostina 1970: 79) for distinctive scleractinian corals from Northern Caucasus of Russia (Northern Ossetia). However, Ironella Cobb (1920: 277), a living nematode (Adenophorea: Enoplida: Ironidae), preceded the fossil coral name, which becomes a preoccupied later homonym. The nematod Ironella is well recognized in modern zoology (Nematoda—LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:227324), and in this connection a new generic designation is necessary for the later homonymic fossil scleractinian genus. To resolve homonymy, in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Starostinia gen. nov. (type species Ironella giseldonensis Starostina & Krasnov, 1970) is here proposed as a replacement genus name for Ironella Starostina & Krasnov non Cobb. The genus is named in honor of Russian palaeontologist E. A. Starostina. Systematics Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1833 Subclass Zoantharia de Blainville, 1830 Order Scleractinia Bourne, 1900 Suborder Rhipidogyrina Roniewicz, 1976 Family Rhipidogyridae Koby, 1905 Genus Starostinia gen. nov. (= Ironella Starostina & Krasnov, 1970 non Cobb, 1920) Type species: Starostina giseldonensis (Starostina & Krasnov, 1970) comb. nov. (= Ironella giseldonensis Starostina & Krasnov, 1970: 79, tab. 5, fig. 2). Locus classicus: Gizel’don river, Northern Osetia, Russian Federation; Upper Jurassic (Tithonian); holotype 1/50 [Sevkavgeologija]. Diagnosis: see Starostina & Krasnov (1970: 79). Generic stratigraphy and palaeogeography: Upper Jurassic (Tithonian)-Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) — Lower Kimmeridgean of Romania [Roniewicz, 1976], Tithonian of N Caucasus (N Osetia, Russia) (Starostina & Krasnov, 1970) and Polish Carpathians (Morycowa, 2012); Albian of Transcaucasus (W Georgia) (Sikharulidze, 1979), Valanginian of Slovenia (Turnšek & Buser, 1974; Turnšek, 1997), Oxfordian of Saudi Arabia (El-Asa’ad, 1991). Generic circumscription: 4 species: Starostinia giseldonensis (Starostina & Krasnov, 1970) comb. nov. (= Ironella giseldonensis Starostina & Krasnov, 1970); Starostinia rutimeyeri (Koby, 1889) comb. nov. (= Heterocoenia rutimeyeri Koby, 1889); Accepted by C. Wallace: 22 May 2014; published: 13 Jun. 2014 299 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Starostinia tskhanariensis (Sikharulidze, 1979) comb. nov. (= Ironella tskhanariensis Sikharulidze, 1979); Starostinia. arabica (El-Asa’ad, 1991) comb. nov. (= Ironella arabica El-Asa’ad, 1991). References Blainville, H.M.D. de (1830) Zoophytes. In: Defrance, J.L.M. (Ed.), Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles dans lequel on traité méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d’après l’état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l’utilité qu’en peuvent retirer la medicine, l’agriculture, le commerce et les arts. 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