Deep-Sea name details
Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)
286146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286146)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 23-24 [details]
page(s): 23-24 [details]
Lectotype MCZ 4856, geounit Martinican Exclusive...
Lectotype MCZ 4856, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia spiculosa (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=286146 on 2026-09-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286146 on 2026-09-25
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(of ) 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. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 23-24 [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 Cairns, S.D. (2001). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3):746-787., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2462
page(s): 745, 747, 759, 762, 764, 765, 766, 767 [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 Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 407 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 23-24 [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 Cairns, S.D. (2001). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3):746-787., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2462
page(s): 745, 747, 759, 762, 764, 765, 766, 767 [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 Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 407 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype MCZ 4856, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100873, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100875, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100876, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100877 [details]
Nontype USNM 100878, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100879, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 25356, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 44109, geounit Saint Kitts and Nevis Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52850, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52851, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52852, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52853, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52854, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52855, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52856, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52907, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4855, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4856a, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4857, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4859, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal [details]
