Traits taxon details
Pleurogorgia Versluys, 1902
267751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267751)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Versluys, J. (1902). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Die Chrysogorgiidae. [The Gorgonids of the Siboga Expedition. I. The Chrysogorgiidae.]. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> XIII (livr. vi): 1-120, figs. 1-170. (vii-1902)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2233233
page(s): 93 [details]
page(s): 93 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Pleurogorgia Versluys, 1902. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267751 on 2025-03-31
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Pleurogorgia Versluys, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267751 on 2025-03-31
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Versluys, J. (1902). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Die Chrysogorgiidae. [The Gorgonids of the Siboga Expedition. I. The Chrysogorgiidae.]. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> XIII (livr. vi): 1-120, figs. 1-170. (vii-1902)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2233233
page(s): 93 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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): 250 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. & K.M. Muzik. (1976). New genera and species of the holaxonian family Chrysogorgiidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 50(5): 65-90, plates 1-7.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1979). Distichogorgia sconsa, a new genus and species of chrysogorgiid octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Blake Plateau off northern Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92(4): 876-882
page(s): 877 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
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): 299 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1988). A new species of Chrysogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of some other species from the Western Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101: 257-279.
page(s): 258 [details] Available for editors
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): 222 [details]
status source Cairns, S.D., R.T.S. Cordeiro, Y. Xu, Z. Zhan & P. Alderslade. (2021). A new family and two new genera of calcaxonian octocoral, including a redescription of Pleurogorgia militaris (Cnidaria:Octocorallia:Chrysogorgiidae) and its placement in a new genus. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> , available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS20066 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 93 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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): 250 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. & K.M. Muzik. (1976). New genera and species of the holaxonian family Chrysogorgiidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 50(5): 65-90, plates 1-7.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1979). Distichogorgia sconsa, a new genus and species of chrysogorgiid octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Blake Plateau off northern Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92(4): 876-882
page(s): 877 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
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): 299 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1988). A new species of Chrysogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of some other species from the Western Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101: 257-279.
page(s): 258 [details] Available for editors
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): 222 [details]
status source Cairns, S.D., R.T.S. Cordeiro, Y. Xu, Z. Zhan & P. Alderslade. (2021). A new family and two new genera of calcaxonian octocoral, including a redescription of Pleurogorgia militaris (Cnidaria:Octocorallia:Chrysogorgiidae) and its placement in a new genus. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> , available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS20066 [details] Available for editors
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