WoRMS name details
Cactogorgia Simpson, 1907
517549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517549)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Cactogorgia agariciformis Simpson, 1910 accepted as Nidalia agariciformis (Simpson, 1910) (original combination)
- Species Cactogorgia alciformis Simpson, 1907 accepted as Nidalia alciformis (Simpson, 1907) (original combination)
- Species Cactogorgia celosioides Simpson, 1907 accepted as Nidalia celosioides (Simpson, 1907) (original combination)
- Species Cactogorgia expansa Simpson, 1907 accepted as Nidalia expansa (Simpson, 1907) (original combination)
- Species Cactogorgia lampas Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910 accepted as Nidalia lampas (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910) (original combination)
- Species Cactogorgia simpsoni Thomson & Dean, 1931 accepted as Nidalia simpsoni (Thomson & Dean, 1931) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Simpson, J.J. (1907). On a new siphonogorgid genus Cactogorgia, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 45(3): 829-836, plate 45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764634
page(s): 829-830 [details]
page(s): 829-830 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Cactogorgia Simpson, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517549 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Simpson, J.J. (1907). On a new siphonogorgid genus Cactogorgia, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 45(3): 829-836, plate 45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764634
page(s): 829-830 [details]
basis of record Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 2: 1-319, 9 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8350460
page(s): 143 [details]
page(s): 829-830 [details]
basis of record Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 2: 1-319, 9 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8350460
page(s): 143 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1986). Morphology, systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 96(6): 241-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40658359
page(s): 241, 263 [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): 245 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1986). Morphology, systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 96(6): 241-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40658359
page(s): 241, 263 [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): 245 [details]
