Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905

Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, Zootaxa 5236 (1), pp. 1-124 : 54

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7641078

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
status

 

Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905 View in CoL

Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905: 293–294 View in CoL , pl. 6, fig. 1 ( Sri Lanka).

? Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Simpson 1909: 218 View in CoL ((Andamans; Coromandel coast).

Opinion: This species does occur in the region but its true identity is unknown.

Justification: This Indian record could be valid: Thomson & Simpson 1909: 218 (Andamans; Coromandel coast).

Literature analysis: The species was originally collected in Sri Lanka, and a little later one of the original authors claimed it also occurred in the region, but neither of the two descriptions included any sclerite images and the original drawing of a branch portion shows the surface covered in interlocking or overlapping irregular spindlelike sclerites, which is most certainly not a character of Echinogorgia . Until the species is redescribed it remains of uncertain generic identity. Rao & Devi (2003) just list the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

SubOrder

Holaxonia

Family

Plexauridae

Genus

Echinogorgia

Loc

Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905

Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty 2023
2023
Loc

Echinogorgia multispinosa

Thomson, J. A. & Simpson, J. J. 1909: 218
1909
Loc

Echinogorgia multispinosa

Thomson, J. A. & Henderson, W. D. 1905: 294
1905
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