Deep-Sea taxon details
Subergorgia Gray, 1857
205010 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205010)
accepted
Genus
- Species Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Subergorgia appressa Nutting, 1911 accepted as Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Subergorgia mollis (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Annella mollis (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Subergorgia ornata Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Subergorgia reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of new genera of Gorgoniadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1857: 158-159, plate 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451303 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Subergorgia Gray, 1857. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205010 on 2026-07-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Subergorgia Gray, 1857. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205010 on 2026-07-24
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Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of new genera of Gorgoniadae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1857: 158-159, plate 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451303 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Goh, N.K.C. & L.M. Chou (1996). An annotated checklist of the gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) of Singapore, with a discussion of the gorgonian diversity in the Indo-West Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 44 (2): 435-459. [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J.-M. (2001). Rosgorgia inexspectata , new genus and species of Subergorgiidae (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from off the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 24(2): 122-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000176
page(s): 122, 123, 125 [details]
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (1987). Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 239: 1-57., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317750
page(s): 33 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1979). Adelogorgia telones, a new species of gorgonacean coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91(4): 1026-1036., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34602309
page(s): 1034, 1035 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1959). The alcyonarian and black corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia and Antipatharia) described and figured by G.E. Rumphius. H. C. D. de Wit (eds.). Uitgeverij en Drukkerij Hollandia N.V. Baarn, pp. 225-247
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors
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, 45, 46, 56, 166-167, 168, 220 [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monogr.</em> 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 83-86 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Goh, N.K.C. & L.M. Chou (1996). An annotated checklist of the gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) of Singapore, with a discussion of the gorgonian diversity in the Indo-West Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 44 (2): 435-459. [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J.-M. (2001). Rosgorgia inexspectata , new genus and species of Subergorgiidae (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from off the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 24(2): 122-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000176
page(s): 122, 123, 125 [details]
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (1987). Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 239: 1-57., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317750
page(s): 33 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1979). Adelogorgia telones, a new species of gorgonacean coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91(4): 1026-1036., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34602309
page(s): 1034, 1035 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1959). The alcyonarian and black corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia and Antipatharia) described and figured by G.E. Rumphius. H. C. D. de Wit (eds.). Uitgeverij en Drukkerij Hollandia N.V. Baarn, pp. 225-247
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors
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, 45, 46, 56, 166-167, 168, 220 [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monogr.</em> 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 83-86 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒラヤギ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Subergorgia)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (letter Birkeland to Muzik page 2)
To NMNH Extant Collection (NMNH 1231293)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Subergorgia)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (letter Birkeland to Muzik page 2)
To NMNH Extant Collection (NMNH 1231293)
To ITIS
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