WoRMS name details
Gorgonia pulchra (Verrill, 1870)
1519193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1519193)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Gorgonia pulchra exilis (Verrill, 1870) accepted as Gorgonia pulchra var. exilis (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Gorgonia pulchra typica (Verrill, 1870) represented as Pacifigorgia pulchra (Verrill, 1870)
- Variety Gorgonia pulchra var. exilis (Verrill, 1869) (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leptogorgia pulchra Verrill, 1870) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 549-550 [details]
page(s): 549-550 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Gorgonia pulchra (Verrill, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1519193 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptogorgia pulchra Verrill, 1870) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 549-550 [details]
basis of record Bielschowsky, E. (1929). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 6. Die Familie Gorgoniidae, zugleich eine Revision. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement.</em> 16(1): 63-234, plates 1-5.
page(s): 151-152 [details]
page(s): 549-550 [details]
basis of record Bielschowsky, E. (1929). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 6. Die Familie Gorgoniidae, zugleich eine Revision. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement.</em> 16(1): 63-234, plates 1-5.
page(s): 151-152 [details]
Other
additional source
Hickson, S.J. (1928). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XLVII. The Gorgonacea of Panama Bay together with a description of one new species from the Galapagos islands and one from Trinidad. <em>Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 85: 325-422, plates 4-6.
page(s): 383-384 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 340 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 383-384 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 340 [details] Available for editors
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