WoRMS taxon details

Pterogorgia Ehrenberg, 1834

267790  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267790)

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Genus
Gorgonia anceps Pallas, 1766 accepted as Pterogorgia anceps (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)
Xiphigorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Pterogorgia anceps (Pallas, 1766)
  2. Species Pterogorgia antillarum Bielschowsky, 1918
  3. Species Pterogorgia citrina (Esper, 1792)
  4. Species Pterogorgia guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846
  5. Species Pterogorgia acerosa (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Antillogorgia acerosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Pterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Antillogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791) (changed combination)
  7. Species Pterogorgia australiensis (Ridley, 1884) accepted as Pseudopterogorgia australiensis (Ridley, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Pterogorgia bipinnata Verrill, 1864 accepted as Antillogorgia bipinnata (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  9. Species Pterogorgia blanquillensis Stiasny, 1941 accepted as Antillogorgia blanquillensis (Stiasny, 1941) (original combination)
  10. Species Pterogorgia ellisiana Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Antillogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
  11. Species Pterogorgia esperi (Verrill, 1869) accepted as Leptogorgia esperi Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Pterogorgia festiva Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Leptogorgia festiva (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  13. Species Pterogorgia gracilis (Verrill, 1868) accepted as Olindagorgia gracilis (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Pterogorgia kallos Bielschowsky, 1918 accepted as Antillogorgia kallos (Bielschowsky, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  15. Species Pterogorgia oppositipinna (Ridley, 1888) accepted as Pseudopterogorgia oppositipinna (Ridley, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Pterogorgia pectinata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Ctenocella pectinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Pterogorgia pinnata Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  18. Species Pterogorgia pustulosa (Lamouroux, 1816) accepted as Gorgonia pustulosa Lamouroux, 1816 (changed combination)
  19. Species Pterogorgia quercifolia (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Phyllogorgia dilatata (Esper, 1806) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Pterogorgia rigida Bielschowsky in Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Antillogorgia rigida (Bielschowsky in Kükenthal, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Pterogorgia rosea (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Pterogorgia serrata Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  23. Species Pterogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Pterogorgia simplex Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  25. Species Pterogorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Pterogorgia sulcifera (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Pterogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Pterogorgia betulina Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (uncertain)
  29. Species Pterogorgia laxa (Lamarck, 1815) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  30. Species Pterogorgia leucostoma (Ehrenberg, 1834) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  31. Species Pterogorgia lutescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  32. Species Pterogorgia ochrostoma (Ehrenberg, 1834) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  33. Species Pterogorgia peruana Stiasny, 1951 (uncertain)
  34. Species Pterogorgia petechizans (Pallas, 1766) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  35. Species Pterogorgia sibogae Bielschowsky, 1929 (uncertain)
  36. Species Pterogorgia sloanei Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (uncertain)
  37. Species Pterogorgia sparsiramosa Bielschowsky in Kükenthal, 1919 (uncertain)
  38. Species Pterogorgia turgida Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Pterogorgia Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267790 on 2024-04-20
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2008-01-14 11:18:07Z
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2010-09-16 09:11:12Z
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2019-11-12 10:02:12Z
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2021-06-19 21:34:25Z
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2022-11-06 01:15:04Z
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original description Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

original description  (of Xiphigorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 171-172 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

additional source Grasshoff, M. (1988). The Genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 14, 91-147.
page(s): 94 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 351-352 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]   

additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 502, 503, 504, 507 [details]   

additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 511, 518 [details]   

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 64-66 [details]   
 
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