Echinogorgia stellifera ( Thomson & Crane, 1909 ) Ramvilas & Alderslade & Ranjeet, 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 : 55-56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:796FF9F5-E71F-4C69-92CC-CF4D6752BD77
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7640909
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0388B641-7B20-FF9B-FF56-F91CFEC4FEAA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Echinogorgia stellifera ( Thomson & Crane, 1909 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Echinogorgia stellifera ( Thomson & Crane, 1909) new comb.

Astromuricea stellifera Thomson & Crane, 1909: 130–131 View in CoL , pl. fig. 1–3 (Kiu, Beyt Harbour); Thomson & Crane 1909a: 364 (same material); Breedy & Guzman 2011: 29.

Heterogorgia stellifera Kükenthal 1924: 234 View in CoL .

Opinion: This species does occur in the region.

Justification:

Literature analysis: This species, described from the region, was wrongly transferred to the genus Heterogorgia by Kükenthal in 1924, a genus that is confined to the eastern Pacific and the western Atlantic. Breedy & Guzman (2011) pointed out the error and maintained the original name, but the few sclerites illustrated by Thomson & Crane (1909) indicate it is a species of Echinogorgia . Venkataraman et al. (2004: 291) just list the species under the original name.