WoRMS taxon details
Thelogorgia Bayer, 1991
267906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267906)
accepted
Genus
- Species Thelogorgia longiflora Bayer, 1991
- Species Thelogorgia stellata Bayer, 1991
- Species Thelogorgia studeri Bayer, 1991
- Species Thelogorgia vossi Bayer, 1991
marine, fresh, terrestrial
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Thelogorgia Bayer, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267906 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Bayer, F. M. (1991). Thelogorgia, a new genus of gorgonacean octocorals, with descriptions of four new species from the western Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 49(1-2), 506-537. [details] Available for editors 
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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]
[request]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]
Taxonomy
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): 60,67-68 [details]
page(s): 60,67-68 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1995). A new genus of alcyonacean coral (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Caribbean waters. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 56(2): 620-624.
page(s): 624 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (2000). The gorgonians of the Sinai coast and the Strait of Gubal, Red Sea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 224: 1-125.
page(s): 38, 125 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1995). A new genus of alcyonacean coral (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Caribbean waters. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 56(2): 620-624.
page(s): 624 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grasshoff, M. (2000). The gorgonians of the Sinai coast and the Strait of Gubal, Red Sea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 224: 1-125.
page(s): 38, 125 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
