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Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857

125293  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125293)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
  8. Acanthogorgia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Blepharogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Acanthogorgia aldabra Bayer, 1996
  2. Species Acanthogorgia angustiflora Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
  3. Species Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878
  4. Species Acanthogorgia aspera Pourtalès, 1867
  5. Species Acanthogorgia augusta Grasshoff, 1999
  6. Species Acanthogorgia boninensis Aurivillius, 1931
  7. Species Acanthogorgia breviflora Whitelegge, 1897
  8. Species Acanthogorgia brevispina Studer, 1894
  9. Species Acanthogorgia candida Kükenthal, 1908
  10. Species Acanthogorgia ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905
  11. Species Acanthogorgia densiflora (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
  12. Species Acanthogorgia dofleini Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
  13. Species Acanthogorgia flabellum Hickson, 1905
  14. Species Acanthogorgia fusca Nutting, 1912
  15. Species Acanthogorgia glyphica Grasshoff, 1999
  16. Species Acanthogorgia gotoensis Aurivillius, 1931
  17. Species Acanthogorgia gracillima Kükenthal, 1908
  18. Species Acanthogorgia grandiflora (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
  19. Species Acanthogorgia gubalensis Grasshoff, 2000
  20. Species Acanthogorgia hedlundi Aurivillius, 1931
  21. Species Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857
  22. Species Acanthogorgia ildibaha Grasshoff, 1999
  23. Species Acanthogorgia incrustata Kükenthal, 1919
  24. Species Acanthogorgia inermis Hedlund, 1890
  25. Species Acanthogorgia irregularis (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
  26. Species Acanthogorgia isoxya Grasshoff, 1999
  27. Species Acanthogorgia japonica Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
  28. Species Acanthogorgia laxa Wright & Studer, 1889
  29. Species Acanthogorgia longiflora Wright & Studer, 1889
  30. Species Acanthogorgia media Thomson & Henderson, 1905
  31. Species Acanthogorgia meganopla Grasshoff, 1999
  32. Species Acanthogorgia multispina Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
  33. Species Acanthogorgia muricata Verrill, 1883
  34. Species Acanthogorgia paradoxa Nutting, 1912
  35. Species Acanthogorgia paramuricata (Stiasny, 1947)
  36. Species Acanthogorgia pararidleyi (Stiasny, 1947)
  37. Species Acanthogorgia pararmata (Stiasny, 1947)
  38. Species Acanthogorgia paraspinosa (Stiasny, 1947)
  39. Species Acanthogorgia paratruncata (Stiasny, 1947)
  40. Species Acanthogorgia pico Grasshoff, 1973
  41. Species Acanthogorgia procera (Moroff, 1902)
  42. Species Acanthogorgia radians (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
  43. Species Acanthogorgia ramossissima Wright & Studer, 1889
  44. Species Acanthogorgia ridleyi Wright & Studer, 1889
  45. Species Acanthogorgia schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
  46. Species Acanthogorgia sibogae (Stiasny, 1947)
  47. Species Acanthogorgia spinosa Hiles, 1899
  48. Species Acanthogorgia spissa Kükenthal, 1908
  49. Species Acanthogorgia striata Nutting, 1911
  50. Species Acanthogorgia studeri Nutting, 1911
  51. Species Acanthogorgia tenera Thomson & Russell, 1909
  52. Species Acanthogorgia thomsoni Gravier, 1913
  53. Species Acanthogorgia tori Stiasny, 1938
  54. Species Acanthogorgia turgida Nutting, 1911
  55. Species Acanthogorgia vegae Aurivillius, 1931
  56. Species Acanthogorgia wireni (Aurivillius, 1931)
  57. Species Acanthogorgia acrosoma Grasshoff, 1999 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  58. Species Acanthogorgia armata Stiasny, 1947 accepted as Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878 (incorrect authority)
  59. Species Acanthogorgia atlantica Johnson, 1862 accepted as Spinimuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  60. Species Acanthogorgia australiensis Hentschel, 1903 accepted as Acanthogorgia breviflora Whitelegge, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Species Acanthogorgia bocki (Aurivillius, 1931) accepted as Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Acanthogorgia coccinea (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Echinomuricea coccinea (Stimpson, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  63. Species Acanthogorgia cuddalorensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  64. Species Acanthogorgia cylindricus Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  65. Species Acanthogorgia delicata Fernando, 2011 accepted as Echinomuricea delicata (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  66. Species Acanthogorgia goesi Aurivillius, 1931 accepted as Acanthogorgia schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
  67. Species Acanthogorgia granulata Grasshoff, 1973 accepted as Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  68. Species Acanthogorgia grayi Johnson, 1861 accepted as Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  69. Species Acanthogorgia hirta Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Muriceides hirta (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  70. Species Acanthogorgia horrida Studer, 1890 accepted as Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  71. Species Acanthogorgia johnsoni Studer, 1878 accepted as Paramuricea johnsoni (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  72. Species Acanthogorgia macrospiculata Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  73. Species Acanthogorgia truncata Studer, 1890 accepted as Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  74. Species Acanthogorgia verrilli Studer, 1890 accepted as Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  75. Subgenus Acanthogorgia (Blepharogorgia) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 represented as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857
    1. Species Acanthogorgia (Blepharogorgia) schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) represented as Acanthogorgia schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (subgenus assignment)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of a new genus of Gorgoniadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1857: 128-129, plate 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451273 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125293 on 2024-11-21
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-04 06:53:11Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-04-25 03:00:43Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2022-11-05 21:48:31Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2023-03-13 08:15:42Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2024-06-14 04:10:54Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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original description Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of a new genus of Gorgoniadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1857: 128-129, plate 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451273 [details] 

original description (of Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908) Kükenthal, W.; Gorzawsky, H. (1908). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Gorgoniden (Reise Doflein 1904-05). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32: 621-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895327
page(s): 629 [details] 

original description (of Blepharogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 15 [details] 

original description (of Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, 1943) Stiasny, G. (1943). Die Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Materials der Siboga-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 141(5/6): 127-133.
page(s): 130 [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 239-240 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360.
page(s): 15 [details] 

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1991). Thelogorgia, a new genus of gorgonacean octocorals, with descriptions of four new species from the western Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 49(1-2), 506-537.
page(s): 509, 527 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 13, 59, 184-185, 186, 188, 200, 210 [details] 

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 233, 250 [details] 

additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 169, 172 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 208, 287, 290 [details] 

additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 1-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Stiasny, G. (1947). De Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. (Met bijzondere Inachtneming van het Materiaal der Siboga-Expeditie). <em>Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad.</em> Wetensch. Amsterdam, Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, vol. 43 no. 2, pp. 1-93, 3 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details] 
 
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese トゲヤギ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acalycigorgia) (from synonym Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthogorgia) 
To Genbank (from synonym Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
To Genbank 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Acanthogorgia sp., 2261 m Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-OER.
Acanthogorgia sp., 525 m Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-OER.
Acanthogorgia sp., 553 m Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-OER.

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