WoRMS taxon details
Leptogorgia alba (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
286209 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286209)
accepted
Species
Euplexaura lemasti Hickson, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptogorgia rigida var. laevis Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Litigorgia levis (Verrill, 1866) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lophogorgia alba Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
- Variety Leptogorgia alba var. capensis J.S. Thomson, 1916 (uncertain)
- Variety Leptogorgia alba var. sulcata Bielschowsky, 1929 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophogorgia alba 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): 19 [details]
page(s): 19 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Leptogorgia alba (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286209 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Euplexaura lemasti Hickson, 1928) 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): 349-351 [details]
original description (of Lophogorgia alba 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): 19 [details]
original description (of Leptogorgia rigida var. laevis Verrill, 1866) Verrill, A.E. (1866). On the polyps and corals from Panama with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 323-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492305
page(s): 327 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference 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): 398-400 [details]
page(s): 349-351 [details]
original description (of Lophogorgia alba 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): 19 [details]
original description (of Leptogorgia rigida var. laevis Verrill, 1866) Verrill, A.E. (1866). On the polyps and corals from Panama with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 323-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492305
page(s): 327 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference 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): 398-400 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (PeRMS) Cortés, J.; Enochs, I.C.; Sibaja-Cordero, J.; Hernández, L.; Alvarado, J.J.; Breedy, O.; Cruz-Barraza, J.A.; Esquivel-Garrote, O.; Fernández-García, C.; Hermosillo, A.; Kaiser, K.L.; Medina-Rosas, P.; Morales-Ramírez, Á.; Pacheco, C.; Pérez-Matus, A.; Reyes-Bonilla, H.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Sánchez-Noguera, C.; Wieters, E.A.; Zapata, F.A. (2016). Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs. Chap. 7, pp. 203-250 <i>in:</i> Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_7 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2007). A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1419(1): 1-90., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1419.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (2000). A new species of Leptogorgia from the eastern Pacific (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Holaxonia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(3), 609-616.
page(s): 616 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 329 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). A new species of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Panamá. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 128: 1-10.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 400-405 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Cortés, J.; Enochs, I.C.; Sibaja-Cordero, J.; Hernández, L.; Alvarado, J.J.; Breedy, O.; Cruz-Barraza, J.A.; Esquivel-Garrote, O.; Fernández-García, C.; Hermosillo, A.; Kaiser, K.L.; Medina-Rosas, P.; Morales-Ramírez, Á.; Pacheco, C.; Pérez-Matus, A.; Reyes-Bonilla, H.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Sánchez-Noguera, C.; Wieters, E.A.; Zapata, F.A. (2016). Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs. Chap. 7, pp. 203-250 <i>in:</i> Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2007). A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1419(1): 1-90., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1419.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (2000). A new species of Leptogorgia from the eastern Pacific (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Holaxonia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(3), 609-616.
page(s): 616 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 329 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). A new species of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Panamá. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 128: 1-10.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 400-405 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MCCDRS 25-feb, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCCDRS 597, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype STRI 465, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Nontype UCR 1545, geounit Costa Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Nontype USNM 49362, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Syntype YPM 1639, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Syntype ZMH C5615, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype ZSM 20044789, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype ZSM 20044790, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type MZUF c163, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptogorgia alba)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Lophogorgia alba Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1002110 image 2)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (135 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptogorgia alba)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Lophogorgia alba Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 65 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1002110 image 2)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (135 records)
