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 Author Ramvilas, Ghosh 0000-0001-5028-9058 ramvilas@kufos.ac.in Author Alderslade, Philip 0000-0001-5801-4681 phil.alderslade@csiro.au Author Ranjeet, Kutty 0000-0001-5028-9058 ramvilas@kufos.ac.in text Zootaxa 2023 2023-02-07 5236 1 1 124 journal article 54753 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1 64c50077-1b03-44c5-9af9-0dac9180d62d 1175-5326 7639327 796FF9F5-E71F-4C69-92CC-CF4D6752BD77 Echinogorgia stellifera ( Thomson & Crane, 1909 ) new comb. Astromuricea stellifera Thomson & Crane, 1909: 130–131 , pl. fig. 1–3 (Kiu, Beyt Harbour); Thomson & Crane 1909a: 364 (same material); Breedy & Guzman 2011: 29 . Heterogorgia stellifera Kükenthal 1924: 234 . 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.