Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791)

HKRMS name details

Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791)

AphiaID

289870 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289870)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted name

Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865

Parent

Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865

Original name

Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794

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Subspecies Echinogorgia sassapo reticulata (Esper, 1791) accepted as Echinogorgia reticulata (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

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 sassapo (Esper, 1791). 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=289870 on 2026-02-07

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 sassapo (Esper, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289870 on 2026-02-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

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]

context source (HKRMS) Zou, R. L. (1982). The Gorgonacea of Hong Kong. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp127-134. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 199 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)