WoRMS taxon details
Paragorgia Milne Edwards, 1857
125326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125326)
accepted
Genus
Alcyonium arboreum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Dendridium Nardo, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Paragorgia alisonae Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia aotearoa Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Paragorgia coralloides Bayer, 1993
- Species Paragorgia jamesi Herrera & Shank, 2016
- Species Paragorgia johnsoni Gray, 1862
- Species Paragorgia kaupeka Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia maunga Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia papillata Li, Zhan & Xu, 2021
- Species Paragorgia regalis Nutting, 1912
- Species Paragorgia rubra Li, Zhan & Xu, 2017
- Species Paragorgia sibogae Bayer, 1993
- Species Paragorgia splendens Thomson & Henderson, 1906
- Species Paragorgia stephencairnsi Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia tapachtli Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia wahine Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia whero Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia yutlinux Sánchez, 2005
- Species Paragorgia boschmai Bayer, 1964 accepted as Paragorgia johnsoni Gray, 1862 (synonym)
- Species Paragorgia dendroides Bayer, 1956 accepted as Paragorgia regalis Nutting, 1912 (synonym)
- Species Paragorgia grandiflora (Sars, 1856) accepted as Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paragorgia nodosa Koren & Danielssen, 1883 accepted as Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paragorgia pacifica Verrill, 1922 accepted as Paragorgia arborea var. pacifica Verrill, 1922 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paragorgia tenuis Kinoshita (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 190 [details]
page(s): 190 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Paragorgia Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125326 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Dendridium Nardo, 1845) Nardo, G. D. (1845). Distribuzione naturale in ordine, famiglie e generi della classe dei zoofiti (Blainville). Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna (2). 3:104-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9345143
page(s): 105 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Dendridium Nardo, 1845) Nardo, G. D. (1845). Distribuzione naturale in ordine, famiglie e generi della classe dei zoofiti (Blainville). Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna (2). 3:104-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9345143
page(s): 105 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
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]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 987 [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): 28 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2005). Systematics of the bubblegum corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) with description of new species from New Zealand and the Eastern Pacific. Zootaxa. 1014(1): 1–72. [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1993). Taxonomic status of the octocoral genus Bathyalcyon (Alcyoniidae: Anthomastinae), with descriptions of a new subspecies from the Gulf of Mexico and a new species of Anthomastus from Antarctic waters. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research. 1: 3–13.
page(s): 3, 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1993). A new scleraxonian octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. Precious Corals & Octocoral Research. 2: 11-18.
page(s): 11, 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1996). Three new species of precious coral (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea, genus Corallium) from Pacific waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 109: 205–228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644810
page(s): 219 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1957). Minabea ozakii n. gen. et n. sp., a new remarkable alcyonarian type with dimorphic polyps. Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool. 13: 139-146.
page(s): 144, 145, 146 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335.
page(s): 208, 209, 312, 313 [details]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. Pacific Science. 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors [request]
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). ZooKeys. 860: 1-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 73-74 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 987 [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): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2005). Systematics of the bubblegum corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) with description of new species from New Zealand and the Eastern Pacific. Zootaxa. 1014(1): 1–72. [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1993). Taxonomic status of the octocoral genus Bathyalcyon (Alcyoniidae: Anthomastinae), with descriptions of a new subspecies from the Gulf of Mexico and a new species of Anthomastus from Antarctic waters. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research. 1: 3–13.
page(s): 3, 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1993). A new scleraxonian octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. Precious Corals & Octocoral Research. 2: 11-18.
page(s): 11, 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1996). Three new species of precious coral (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea, genus Corallium) from Pacific waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 109: 205–228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644810
page(s): 219 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Utinomi, H. (1957). Minabea ozakii n. gen. et n. sp., a new remarkable alcyonarian type with dimorphic polyps. Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool. 13: 139-146.
page(s): 144, 145, 146 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335.
page(s): 208, 209, 312, 313 [details]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. Pacific Science. 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors
[request]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). ZooKeys. 860: 1-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 73-74 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
