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

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scientific name	Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
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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.

References

Rao, D. V. & Devi, K. (2003) Studies on the soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional paper, 206, 1 - 99.

Thomson, J. A. & Henderson, W. D. (1905) Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W. A. (Eds.), Report of the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Part 3. Supplementary report. The Royal Society, London, pp. 269 - 238.

Thomson, J. A. & Simpson, J. J. (1909) An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. The Alcyonarians of the Littoral Area. The Indian Museum, Calcutta, 319 + xviii pp.