WoRMS taxon details
Astrogorgia Verrill, 1868
267242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267242)
accepted
Genus
Muricea sinensis Verrill, 1865 accepted as Astrogorgia sinensis (Verrill, 1865) (type by original designation)
- Species Astrogorgia arborea (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Astrogorgia balinensis Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2006
- Species Astrogorgia bayeri van Ofwegen & Hoeksema, 2001
- Species Astrogorgia begata Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Astrogorgia bengalensis (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
- Species Astrogorgia canala Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Astrogorgia complanata (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Astrogorgia dubia (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Astrogorgia dumbea Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Astrogorgia filigella (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
- Species Astrogorgia fruticosa Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009
- Species Astrogorgia jiska Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Astrogorgia lafoa Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Astrogorgia lea Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Astrogorgia mengalia Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Astrogorgia milka Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Astrogorgia nagaiensis Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
- Species Astrogorgia ramosa (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Astrogorgia robusta (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Astrogorgia rubra (Thomson, 1905)
- Species Astrogorgia rubra Thomson & Henderson, 1906 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, of Astrogorgia rubra (Thomson, 1905))
- Species Astrogorgia sara Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Astrogorgia sinensis (Verrill, 1865)
- Species Astrogorgia splendens (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Astrogorgia verrilli (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Astrogorgia anastomosan Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia bicolor Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia cuddalorensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia krusadiensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia macrosclera Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia nagapatinamensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia seshaiyaii Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia tuticorinensis (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia uvariensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Astrogorgia umbraticoides (Studer, 1878) (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1868). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> 45: 411-416., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36447997
page(s): 414 [details]
page(s): 414 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Astrogorgia Verrill, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267242 on 2025-01-09
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Verrill, A.E. (1868). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> 45: 411-416., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36447997
page(s): 414 [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 Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 13, 60, 128, 184, 186, 188, 210-213 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 497, 499, 500, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507 [details]
status source 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): 54-55 [details]
page(s): 414 [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 Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 13, 60, 128, 184, 186, 188, 210-213 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 497, 499, 500, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507 [details]
status source 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): 54-55 [details]
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