WoRMS name details
Gorgonia gracilis Verrill, 1868
1348823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1348823)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia (Pterogorgia) gracilis Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 359-360 [details]
page(s): 359-360 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Gorgonia gracilis Verrill, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348823 on 2026-09-15
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(of Gorgonia (Pterogorgia) gracilis Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 359-360 [details]
new combination reference Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.</em> 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on the halcyonoid polyps with descriptions of new species in the Museum of Yale College, no . 4. <em>American Journal of Science, New Haven (Series 2).</em> 48: 419-429., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36838905 [details]
page(s): 359-360 [details]
new combination reference Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.</em> 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on the halcyonoid polyps with descriptions of new species in the Museum of Yale College, no . 4. <em>American Journal of Science, New Haven (Series 2).</em> 48: 419-429., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36838905 [details]
