WoRMS name details
Xiphigorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
1472799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1472799)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Xiphigorgia americana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Pterogorgia citrina (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Xiphigorgia anceps (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Pterogorgia anceps (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Xiphigorgia citrina (Esper, 1792) accepted as Pterogorgia citrina (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Xiphigorgia guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846) accepted as Pterogorgia guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846 (changed combination)
- Species Xiphigorgia ridleyi Bell, 1888 accepted as Pterogorgia anceps (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Xiphigorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 171-172 [details]
page(s): 171-172 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Xiphigorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472799 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 171-172 [details]
basis of record Kükenthal, W. (1916). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 1, Die Scleraxonier; Kap. 2, Über den Venusfächer; Kap. 3, Die Gattung Xiphigorgia. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> Suppl. 11: 443-504, plate 23., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14178786
page(s): 491-493 [details]
page(s): 171-172 [details]
basis of record Kükenthal, W. (1916). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 1, Die Scleraxonier; Kap. 2, Über den Venusfächer; Kap. 3, Die Gattung Xiphigorgia. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> Suppl. 11: 443-504, plate 23., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14178786
page(s): 491-493 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bayer, F.M. (1951). A revision of the nomenclature of the Gorgoniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) with an illustrated key to the genera. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 41(3): 91-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39696967
page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1916). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 1, Die Scleraxonier; Kap. 2, Über den Venusfächer; Kap. 3, Die Gattung Xiphigorgia. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> Suppl. 11: 443-504, plate 23., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14178786
page(s): 498-501 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 357 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1916). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 1, Die Scleraxonier; Kap. 2, Über den Venusfächer; Kap. 3, Die Gattung Xiphigorgia. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> Suppl. 11: 443-504, plate 23., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14178786
page(s): 498-501 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 357 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]
