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Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794

1476477  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1476477)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
  8. Echinogorgia (Genus)
  9. Echinogorgia sasappo (Species)
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Species
Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination )

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  1. Variety Echinogorgia sasappo var. pinnata Studer, 1878 accepted as Echinogorgia pinnata Studer, 1878 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 46; note: Esper cites Pallas as the authority for this species [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1476477 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature

original description (of Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 46; note: Esper cites Pallas as the authority for this species [details] 

basis of record Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 651 [details] 

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791))

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