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Acanthogorgia armata

Acanthogorgia armata

Verrill, 1878

GBIF:209291308

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Justification: Literature analysis: This species was originally described from off Nova Scotia, and Grasshoff (1973) reported its occurrence in the Mediterranean. Kumar et al. (2017: PY-B) just listed it as occurring in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Gulf of Mannar with no supporting evidence.
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): 1-124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1

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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

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article 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): 1-124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1

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Ramvilas G, Alderslade P, Ranjeet K, plazi (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. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/477a3h accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

CC0Published 2/7/2023View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
209291308
Dataset Key
64c50077-1b03-44c5-9af9-0dac9180d62d
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2264279
Taxon ID
0388B6417B35FF8FFF56FDA6FC85FC76.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026