Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson 1905
- Dataset
- 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
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Alcyonacea
- family
- Plexauridae
- genus
- Echinogorgia
- species
- Echinogorgia multispinosa
description
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.