Deep-Sea taxon details
Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis Deichmann, 1936
286150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286150)
accepted
Species
Chrysogorgia elisabethae Bayer, 1951 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 230 [details]
page(s): 230 [details]
Lectotype MCZ 4849, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic...
Lectotype MCZ 4849, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis Deichmann, 1936. 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=286150 on 2026-09-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis Deichmann, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286150 on 2026-09-13
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original description
(of Chrysogorgia elisabethae Bayer, 1951) 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): 269, 270, 271, 272, 273 [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 230 [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, 773, 776, 777, 778, 779 [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]
page(s): 269, 270, 271, 272, 273 [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 230 [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, 773, 776, 777, 778, 779 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype MCZ 4849, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ [details]
Nontype MCZ 3670, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100886, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100887, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100888, geounit British Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100889, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100890, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 44129, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 49489, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 49501, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52788, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52790, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52798, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52803, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52815, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52818, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52821, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52825, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52829, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52831, geounit British Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 53034, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 54815, geounit Dominican Republic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 54816, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 59807, geounit Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 7552, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4849a, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4867, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chrysogorgia elisabethae Bayer, 1951)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (72 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 7552) (from synonym Chrysogorgia elisabethae Bayer, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Chrysogorgia elisabethae Bayer, 1951)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (72 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 7552) (from synonym Chrysogorgia elisabethae Bayer, 1951)
