Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794

HKRMS taxon details

Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794

AphiaID

1476477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1476477)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865

Original name

Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794

Synonymised names

Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 46; note: Esper cites Pallas as the authority for this species [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1476477 on 2026-02-10

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1476477 on 2026-02-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-01-14 00:59:21Z

created

McFadden, Cathy

2023-03-12 20:45:28Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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original description (of ) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 46; note: Esper cites Pallas as the authority for this species [details]

basis of record Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 651 [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791))