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Xenogorgia Bayer & Muzik, 1976 
AphiaID: 206796

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: Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46:351-401. [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]

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

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Xenogorgia sciurus Bayer & Muzik, 1976
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206796
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-12-05 23:00:00Z  created  Osore, Kizzie
2005-06-01 21:18:29Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-05 10:37:23Z  changed  Renders, Kristel
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Xenogorgia Bayer & Muzik, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206796 on 2013-05-21
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