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.
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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
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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).