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Lophogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

177820  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177820)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Gorgoniidae (Family)
  8. Lophogorgia (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Species Lophogorgia alba Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Leptogorgia alba (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  2. Species Lophogorgia angolensis Stiasny, 1937 accepted as Leptogorgia dichotoma Verrill, 1870 (synonym)
  3. Species Lophogorgia aurantiaca Horn, 1860 accepted as Eugorgia aurantiaca (Horn, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  4. Species Lophogorgia barbadensis Bayer, 1961 accepted as Leptogorgia barbadensis (Bayer, 1961) (original combination)
  5. Species Lophogorgia büttikoferi Stiasny, 1937 accepted as Leptogorgia dichotoma Verrill, 1870 (synonym)
  6. Species Lophogorgia cabofalsoi Stiasny, 1939 accepted as Leptogorgia cabofalsoi (Stiasny, 1939) accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Species Lophogorgia capeverdiensis Grasshoff, 1986 accepted as Lophogorgia capverdensis Grasshoff, 1986 accepted as Leptogorgia capverdensis (Grasshoff, 1986) (misspelling)
  8. Species Lophogorgia capverdensis Grasshoff, 1986 accepted as Leptogorgia capverdensis (Grasshoff, 1986) (original combination)
  9. Species Lophogorgia cardinalis Bayer, 1961 accepted as Leptogorgia cardinalis (Bayer, 1961) (original combination)
  10. Species Lophogorgia clavata Horn, 1861 accepted as Leptogorgia clavata (Horn, 1861) (basionym, changed combination)
  11. Species Lophogorgia crista Möbius, 1861 accepted as Leptogorgia palma crista (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Species Lophogorgia flammea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  13. Species Lophogorgia gaini Stiasny, 1940 accepted as Leptogorgia gaini (Stiasny, 1940) (original combination)
  14. Species Lophogorgia gruveli (Stiasny, 1936) accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Lophogorgia hebes (Verrill, 1869) accepted as Leptogorgia hebes Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Lophogorgia lutkeni Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Leptogorgia lutkeni (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  17. Species Lophogorgia miniata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Leptogorgia miniata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Lophogorgia occidafricana Stiasny, 1936 accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Lophogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Lophogorgia panamensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Eugorgia panamensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (original combination)
  21. Species Lophogorgia pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Leptogorgia pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Lophogorgia pinnata Nutting, 1910 accepted as Pterogorgia sibogae Bielschowsky, 1929 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Gorgonia pinnata Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Lophogorgia pulcherrima (Bielschowsky in Kükenthal, 1919) accepted as Leptogorgia pulcherrima Bielschowsky in Kükenthal, 1919 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Lophogorgia punicea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Leptogorgia punicea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (changed combination)
  25. Species Lophogorgia purpurea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia purpurea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Lophogorgia radula (Möbius, 1861) accepted as Filigorgia sanguinolenta (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Lophogorgia rathbunii (Verrill, 1912) accepted as Leptogorgia rathbunii Verrill, 1912 (changed combination)
  28. Species Lophogorgia rubropurpurea (Verrill, 1912) accepted as Leptogorgia rubropurpurea Verrill, 1912 (changed combination)
  29. Species Lophogorgia rubrotincta Thomson & Henderson, 1905 accepted as Pseudopterogorgia rubrotincta (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  30. Species Lophogorgia sanguinolenta (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Filigorgia sanguinolenta (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Lophogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Lophogorgia terracotta Pax & Müller, 1956 accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Lophogorgia thomassini Tixier-Durivault, 1972 accepted as Leptogorgia thomassini (Tixier-Durivault, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  34. Species Lophogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Lophogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Lophogorgia ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758) (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 167 [details] OpenAccess publication
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Lophogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177820 on 2025-05-21
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2005-07-27 08:37:00Z
created
Espinel, Nadjejda
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2016-11-29 20:56:59Z
changed
Cordeiro, Ralf
2019-05-29 21:07:54Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2021-07-18 00:15:46Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2022-09-03 20:49:39Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 167 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Grasshoff, M. (1988). The Genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 14, 91-147. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2007). A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1419(1): 1-90., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1419.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F. M. (2000). A new species of Leptogorgia from the eastern Pacific (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Holaxonia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 113(3), 609-616.
page(s): 609 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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): 174, 178 [details] 

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): 220 [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): 248 [details] 

additional source Weinberg, S. (1975). Contribution à la connaissance de Parerythropodium coralloides (Pallas, 1766) (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Beaufortia, 23(298): 53-73
page(s): 53 [details] 

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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
page(s): 6, 197, 205, 211-212, 325, Pl. VII [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

 
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