A new deep-water coral species Telestula ridgensis sp. nov (Scleralcyonacea: Sarcodictyonidae) from the seamount of theCentral Indian Ridge Author Periasamy, Rengaiyan 0000-0001-6941-4074 National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, India- 403804 & periasamy @ ncpor. res. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6941 - 4074 periasamy@ncpor.res.in Author Kurian, Palayil John 0000-0001-9381-8167 National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, India- 403804 & john @ ncpor. res. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9381 - 8167 john@ncpor.res.in Author Ingole, Baban National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, India- 403804 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-10 5254 2 231 244 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.4 1175-5326 7727292 AF9325A8-00A5-4D40-B16C-F983A585CF19 Genus Telestula Hickson, 1930 Polyp sclerites small, thin, blunt rods with tubercular ornamentation, arranged in longitudinal rows but not as collaret and points. Sclerites of calyces and stolons are stellate plates, crosses, 6-radiates, irregularly-shaped, branched forms with dense tubercular ornamentation (McFadden et al. 2022).