WoRMS taxon details
Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860
125316 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125316)
accepted
Genus
Villogorgia nigrescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (type by monotypy)
Acamptogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Boarella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brandella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paracamptogorgia Kükenthal, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Perisceles Wright & Studer, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Villogorgia acanthostoma (Germanos, 1895)
- Species Villogorgia alternans (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Villogorgia antillarum Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Villogorgia arbuscula (Gray MS in Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Villogorgia atra (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
- Species Villogorgia aurivilliusi Stiasny, 1942
- Species Villogorgia bebrycoides (von Koch, 1887)
- Species Villogorgia brunnea Nutting, 1912
- Species Villogorgia ceylonensis (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
- Species Villogorgia circium (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Villogorgia citrina Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Villogorgia compressa Hiles, 1899
- Species Villogorgia cristata Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Villogorgia dubia (Kükenthal, 1924)
- Species Villogorgia elegans Tixier-Durivault, 1972
- Species Villogorgia fallax (Kükenthal, 1924)
- Species Villogorgia flabellata (Gray, 1870)
- Species Villogorgia flagellata Whitelegge, 1897
- Species Villogorgia flavescens Nutting, 1910
- Species Villogorgia foliata (Thomson & Russell, 1909)
- Species Villogorgia fruticosa (Germanos, 1895)
- Species Villogorgia glaesaria Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Villogorgia gracilis (Studer, 1878)
- Species Villogorgia gracilis (Thomson, 1905) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
- Species Villogorgia intricata (Gray, 1869)
- Species Villogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Villogorgia mabalith Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Villogorgia mauritiensis Ridley, 1882
- Species Villogorgia nigrescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
- Species Villogorgia nozzolea Grasshoff, 1996
- Species Villogorgia robusta (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Villogorgia rubra Hiles, 1899
- Species Villogorgia rubricata Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
- Species Villogorgia serrata Nutting, 1910
- Species Villogorgia spatulata (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Villogorgia tenuis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Villogorgia teretiflora Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Villogorgia timorensis Nutting, 1910
- Species Villogorgia tuberculata (Hiles, 1899)
- Species Villogorgia zimmermani Bayer, 1949
- Species Villogorgia fructicosa (Germanos, 1895) accepted as Villogorgia fruticosa (Germanos, 1895) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Villogorgia inermis Nutting, 1910 accepted as Trimuricea inermis (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Villogorgia profunda (Kükenthal) (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 308 [details]
page(s): 308 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125316 on 2024-09-28
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original description
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Acamptogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 115-116 [details]
original description (of Perisceles Wright & Studer, 1887) Studer, T. (1887). Versuch eines Systemes der Alcyonaria. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 53(1):1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6379196
page(s): 57-58 [details]
original description (of Boarella Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [details]
original description (of Brandella Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Descriptions of some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (4) 3:21-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18662403
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Paracamptogorgia Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 840 [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 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): 220-221 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P.; Benayahu, Y. (2006). A new genus of paralcyoniid soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Paralcyoniidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 8(1): 25-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3755/jcrs.8.25
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M.& E. Deichmann. (1960). The Ellisellidae (Octocorallia) and their bearing on the zoogeography of the Eastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 73: 175-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642168
page(s): 182 [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, 60, 200-201, 204 [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): 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): 497, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1994). A new species of the gorgonacean genus Muricea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Precious Corals and Octocoral Research.</em> 3, 23-27, plates 3-7.
page(s): 24 [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]
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Acamptogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 115-116 [details]
original description (of Perisceles Wright & Studer, 1887) Studer, T. (1887). Versuch eines Systemes der Alcyonaria. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 53(1):1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6379196
page(s): 57-58 [details]
original description (of Boarella Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [details]
original description (of Brandella Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Descriptions of some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (4) 3:21-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18662403
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Paracamptogorgia Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 840 [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 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): 220-221 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P.; Benayahu, Y. (2006). A new genus of paralcyoniid soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Paralcyoniidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 8(1): 25-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3755/jcrs.8.25
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M.& E. Deichmann. (1960). The Ellisellidae (Octocorallia) and their bearing on the zoogeography of the Eastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 73: 175-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642168
page(s): 182 [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, 60, 200-201, 204 [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): 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): 497, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1994). A new species of the gorgonacean genus Muricea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Precious Corals and Octocoral Research.</em> 3, 23-27, plates 3-7.
page(s): 24 [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]