WoRMS taxon details
Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857
125293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125293)
accepted
Genus
Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857 (type by monotypy)
Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthogorgia (Blepharogorgia) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · alternative representation
Blepharogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Acanthogorgia aldabra Bayer, 1996
- Species Acanthogorgia angustiflora Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
- Species Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878
- Species Acanthogorgia aspera Pourtalès, 1867
- Species Acanthogorgia augusta Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Acanthogorgia boninensis Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Acanthogorgia breviflora Whitelegge, 1897
- Species Acanthogorgia brevispina Studer, 1894
- Species Acanthogorgia candida Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Acanthogorgia ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905
- Species Acanthogorgia densiflora (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
- Species Acanthogorgia dofleini Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
- Species Acanthogorgia flabellum Hickson, 1905
- Species Acanthogorgia fusca Nutting, 1912
- Species Acanthogorgia glyphica Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Acanthogorgia gotoensis Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Acanthogorgia gracillima Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Acanthogorgia grandiflora (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
- Species Acanthogorgia gubalensis Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Acanthogorgia hedlundi Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857
- Species Acanthogorgia ildibaha Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Acanthogorgia incrustata Kükenthal, 1919
- Species Acanthogorgia inermis Hedlund, 1890
- Species Acanthogorgia irregularis (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
- Species Acanthogorgia isoxya Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Acanthogorgia japonica Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
- Species Acanthogorgia laxa Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Acanthogorgia longiflora Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Acanthogorgia media Thomson & Henderson, 1905
- Species Acanthogorgia meganopla Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Acanthogorgia multispina Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
- Species Acanthogorgia muricata Verrill, 1883
- Species Acanthogorgia paradoxa Nutting, 1912
- Species Acanthogorgia paramuricata (Stiasny, 1947)
- Species Acanthogorgia pararidleyi (Stiasny, 1947)
- Species Acanthogorgia pararmata (Stiasny, 1947)
- Species Acanthogorgia paraspinosa (Stiasny, 1947)
- Species Acanthogorgia paratruncata (Stiasny, 1947)
- Species Acanthogorgia pico Grasshoff, 1973
- Species Acanthogorgia procera (Moroff, 1902)
- Species Acanthogorgia radians (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
- Species Acanthogorgia ramossissima Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Acanthogorgia ridleyi Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Acanthogorgia schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
- Species Acanthogorgia sibogae (Stiasny, 1947)
- Species Acanthogorgia spinosa Hiles, 1899
- Species Acanthogorgia spissa Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Acanthogorgia striata Nutting, 1911
- Species Acanthogorgia studeri Nutting, 1911
- Species Acanthogorgia tenera Thomson & Russell, 1909
- Species Acanthogorgia thomsoni Gravier, 1913
- Species Acanthogorgia tori Stiasny, 1938
- Species Acanthogorgia turgida Nutting, 1911
- Species Acanthogorgia vegae Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Acanthogorgia wireni (Aurivillius, 1931)
- Species Acanthogorgia acrosoma Grasshoff, 1999 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Acanthogorgia armata Stiasny, 1947 accepted as Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878 (incorrect authority)
- Species Acanthogorgia atlantica Johnson, 1862 accepted as Spinimuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Acanthogorgia australiensis Hentschel, 1903 accepted as Acanthogorgia breviflora Whitelegge, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthogorgia bocki (Aurivillius, 1931) accepted as Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthogorgia coccinea (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Echinomuricea coccinea (Stimpson, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthogorgia cuddalorensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Acanthogorgia cylindricus Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Acanthogorgia delicata Fernando, 2011 accepted as Echinomuricea delicata (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Acanthogorgia goesi Aurivillius, 1931 accepted as Acanthogorgia schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
- Species Acanthogorgia granulata Grasshoff, 1973 accepted as Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthogorgia grayi Johnson, 1861 accepted as Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Acanthogorgia hirta Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Muriceides hirta (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Acanthogorgia horrida Studer, 1890 accepted as Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthogorgia johnsoni Studer, 1878 accepted as Paramuricea johnsoni (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Acanthogorgia macrospiculata Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Acanthogorgia truncata Studer, 1890 accepted as Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthogorgia verrilli Studer, 1890 accepted as Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Acanthogorgia (Blepharogorgia) Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 represented as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857
- Species Acanthogorgia (Blepharogorgia) schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) represented as Acanthogorgia schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (subgenus assignment)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of a new genus of Gorgoniadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1857: 128-129, plate 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451273 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125293 on 2024-08-16
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of a new genus of Gorgoniadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1857: 128-129, plate 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451273 [details]
original description (of Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908) Kükenthal, W.; Gorzawsky, H. (1908). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Gorgoniden (Reise Doflein 1904-05). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32: 621-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895327
page(s): 629 [details]
original description (of Blepharogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 15 [details]
original description (of Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, 1943) Stiasny, G. (1943). Die Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Materials der Siboga-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 141(5/6): 127-133.
page(s): 130 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 239-240 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1991). Thelogorgia, a new genus of gorgonacean octocorals, with descriptions of four new species from the western Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 49(1-2), 506-537.
page(s): 509, 527 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 13, 59, 184-185, 186, 188, 200, 210 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 233, 250 [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): 169, 172 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 208, 287, 290 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 1-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1947). De Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. (Met bijzondere Inachtneming van het Materiaal der Siboga-Expeditie). <em>Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad.</em> Wetensch. Amsterdam, Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, vol. 43 no. 2, pp. 1-93, 3 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 60-62 [details]
original description (of Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908) Kükenthal, W.; Gorzawsky, H. (1908). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Gorgoniden (Reise Doflein 1904-05). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32: 621-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895327
page(s): 629 [details]
original description (of Blepharogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 15 [details]
original description (of Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, 1943) Stiasny, G. (1943). Die Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Materials der Siboga-Expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 141(5/6): 127-133.
page(s): 130 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 239-240 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1991). Thelogorgia, a new genus of gorgonacean octocorals, with descriptions of four new species from the western Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 49(1-2), 506-537.
page(s): 509, 527 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 13, 59, 184-185, 186, 188, 200, 210 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 233, 250 [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): 169, 172 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 208, 287, 290 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 1-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Stiasny, G. (1947). De Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. (Met bijzondere Inachtneming van het Materiaal der Siboga-Expeditie). <em>Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad.</em> Wetensch. Amsterdam, Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, vol. 43 no. 2, pp. 1-93, 3 pls. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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): 60-62 [details]
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From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | トゲヤギ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acalycigorgia) (from synonym Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthogorgia)
To Genbank (from synonym Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acalycigorgia) (from synonym Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthogorgia)
To Genbank (from synonym Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
To Genbank
To ITIS