African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Diodogorgia Kükenthal, 1919

WoRMS taxon details

Diodogorgia Kükenthal, 1919

AphiaID

206386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206386)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Diodogorgia ceratosa Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Diodogorgia nodulifera (Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889

Direct children (8)

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Species Diodogorgia capensis (J.S. Thomson, 1911)
Species Diodogorgia nodulifera (Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901)
Species Diodogorgia sibogae Stiasny, 1941
Species Diodogorgia ceratosa Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Diodogorgia nodulifera (Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Diodogorgia cervicornis Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Diodogorgia nodulifera (Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Diodogorgia crustata (Hargitt, 1901) accepted as Diodogorgia nodulifera (Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Diodogorgia laauense (Bayer, 1956) accepted as Corallium laauense Bayer, 1956 accepted as Hemicorallium laauense (Bayer, 1956) (changed combination)
Species Diodogorgia mexicana (Koch, 1878) accepted as Subergorgia mexicana (Koch, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 96 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Diodogorgia Kükenthal, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206386 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-12-04 23:00:00Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2015-09-01 06:12:53Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-12 15:19:27Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 96 [details]

basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monogr. 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 67 [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]