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Iridogorgia Verrill, 1883 
AphiaID: 125295

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Calcaxonia (Suborder) > Chrysogorgiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883
Sources  basis of record: van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Williams, G.; Sánchez, J. (2009). Octocorallia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Iridogorgia bella Nutting, 1908
Species Iridogorgia fontinalis Watling, 2007
Species Iridogorgia magnispiralis Watling, 2007
Species Iridogorgia pourtalesii Verrill, 1883
Species Iridogorgia splendens Watling, 2007
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125295
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Iridogorgia Verrill, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125295 on 2013-05-25
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