Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931

HKRMS taxon details

Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931

AphiaID

517704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517704)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865

Original name

Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931

Environment

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

Original description

Aurivillius, M. (1931). The Gorgonarians from Dr. Sixten Bock's Expedition to Japan and Bonin Islands 1914. <em>Kungliga Svenska VetenskapsAkademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, Band 9.</em> Almqvist & Wiksell: Stockholm. pp. 1-337, plates 1-6.
page(s): 185-188 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931. 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=517704 on 2026-02-17

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 japonica Aurivillius, 1931. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517704 on 2026-02-17

Taxonomic edit history

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Sources (4)
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original description Aurivillius, M. (1931). The Gorgonarians from Dr. Sixten Bock's Expedition to Japan and Bonin Islands 1914. <em>Kungliga Svenska VetenskapsAkademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, Band 9.</em> Almqvist & Wiksell: Stockholm. pp. 1-337, plates 1-6.
page(s): 185-188 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Lam K. & Morton B. (2008). Soft corals, sea fans, gorgonians (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) and black and wire corals (Ceriantipatharia: Antipatharia) from submarine caves in Hong Kong with a checklist of local species and a description of a new species of Paraminabea. Journal of Natural History 42. pp 749-780., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701862708 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 32 [details]

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