WoRMS taxon details
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
125275 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125275)
accepted
Family
- Genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958
- Genus Antillogorgia Bayer, 1951
- Genus Callistephanus Wright & Studer, 1889
- Genus Chromoplexaura Williams, 2013
- Genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868
- Genus Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
- Genus Olindagorgia Bayer, 1981
- Genus Pacifigorgia Bayer, 1951
- Genus Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
- Genus Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
- Genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868
- Genus Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal, 1919
- Genus Asperogorgia Stiasny, 1943 accepted as Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Busella Gray, 1870 accepted as Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Danielssenia Grieg, 1887 accepted as Callistephanus Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Hymenogorgia Valenciennes, 1855 accepted as Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Litigorgia Verrill, 1868 accepted as Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lophogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Muritella Gray, 1870 accepted as Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Phytogorgia accepted as Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Platycaulos Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Rhipidigorgia Valenciennes, 1855 accepted as Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Rhipidogorgia Valenciennes, 1855 accepted as Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125275 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
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]
Taxonomy
redescription
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): 57-59 [details]
page(s): 57-59 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Cortés, J.; Enochs, I.C.; Sibaja-Cordero, J.; Hernández, L.; Alvarado, J.J.; Breedy, O.; Cruz-Barraza, J.A.; Esquivel-Garrote, O.; Fernández-García, C.; Hermosillo, A.; Kaiser, K.L.; Medina-Rosas, P.; Morales-Ramírez, Á.; Pacheco, C.; Pérez-Matus, A.; Reyes-Bonilla, H.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Sánchez-Noguera, C.; Wieters, E.A.; Zapata, F.A. (2016). Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs. Chap. 7, pp. 203-250 <i>in:</i> Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_7 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 321-322 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1951). A revision of the nomenclature of the Gorgoniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) with an illustrated key to the genera. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 41(3): 91-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39696967 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 321-322 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1951). A revision of the nomenclature of the Gorgoniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) with an illustrated key to the genera. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 41(3): 91-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39696967 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Spelling Gorgonidae [details]
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| Japanese | ウチワヤギ科 | [details] |
