World Register of Deep-Sea species - Chrysogorgia fewkesii Verrill, 1883

Deep-Sea taxon details

Chrysogorgia fewkesii Verrill, 1883

AphiaID

286118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286118)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Original name

Chrysogorgia fewkesii Verrill, 1883

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 26 [details]

Type data

Lectotype MCZ 4850, geounit Saint Vincent and the...

Lectotype MCZ 4850, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia fewkesii Verrill, 1883. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286118 on 2026-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Chrysogorgia fewkesii Verrill, 1883. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286118 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2012-12-17 12:43:18Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

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original description Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 26 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Bilewitch, J. P. (2008). Octocoral biodiversity in Bermuda. Unpub. Report, Bermuda Zoological Society, Bermuda, 9 pp. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1951). A new Caribbean coral of the genus Chrysogorgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3276): 269-273, plate 9, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.101-3276.269
page(s): 272 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 114(3):746-787., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2462
page(s): 747, 759, 768, 770, 771, 772 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 10, 221, 222, 228, 230-231, 290, 291, Plate 22, 23 [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 405 [details] Available for editors