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Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Malacalcyonacea
family
Gorgoniidae
genus
Gorgonia

Name

Synonyms
Busella Gray, 1870
Rhipidigorgia Valenciennes, 1855
Rhipidogorgia Valenciennes, 1855
Homonyms
Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758
Gorgonia Hübner, 1825
Gorgonia Hall, 1847
Common names
Fächerkorallen in German
Seefächer in German
sea fans in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bayer, Frederick M., 1956: Octocorallia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata. F166-F231.
  2. CoL2006
  3. Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  4. Hickson, S.J. (1894). A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several new species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13(9): 325-347, plates 45-50.
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  7. McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  10. SN2000/Dunn, 1982
  11. SN2000/Dunn, 1982
  12. Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509.
  13. Williams, G. C.; Lindo, K. G. (1997). A review of the octocorallian genus Leptogorgia (Anthozoa: Gorgoniidae) in the Indian Ocean and Subantarctic, with description of a new species and comparisons with related taxa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 49, 499–521.
  14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  17. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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