Astrogorgia bengalensis ( Thomson & Henderson, 1906 ), 2023

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 : 44

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7639433

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scientific name

Astrogorgia bengalensis ( Thomson & Henderson, 1906 )
status

comb. nov.

Astrogorgia bengalensis ( Thomson & Henderson, 1906) new comb.

Muricella bengalensis Thomson & Henderson, 1906: 78 View in CoL , pl. 1, fig. 8, pl. 8, fig. 2 (Andamans; Bay of Bengal).

Opinion: This species occurs in the region but was originally misidentified.

Justification:

Literature analysis: This species was erected for material collected from the Bay of Bengal. The figured colony portions, particularly that in plate 1, fig. 8 can be interpreted as representing calyces and retractile polyps. As the sclerites of the calyces and coenenchyme are all spindles, we think it is safe to reassign the species to Astrogorgia . The specimen was described by Thomson & Henderson (1906) as being rose-red with a white tentacular operculum and appears to be very similar to A. milka Grasshoff, 2000 , which is violet to pink with white calyces.

Grasshoff, M. (2000) The gorgonians of the Sinai coast and the Strait of Gubal, Red Sea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 224, 1 - 125.

Thomson, J. A. & Henderson, W. D. (1906) An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. 1. The Alcyonarians of the Deep Sea. The Indian Museum, Calcutta, 132 + xvi pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8279

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

SubOrder

Holaxonia

Family

Plexauridae

Genus

Astrogorgia