Marine Species Traits - Subergorgia Gray, 1857

WoRMS taxon details

Subergorgia Gray, 1857

AphiaID

205010 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205010)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Gorgonia suberosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766)

Parent

Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859

Synonymised names

Sclerogorgia Kölliker, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Suberogorgia Gray, 1857 · alternative representation

Direct children (16)

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Species Subergorgia compressa Gray, 1857
Species Subergorgia koellikeri Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Subergorgia mexicana (Koch, 1878)
Species Subergorgia nuttingi Stiasny, 1937
Species Subergorgia patula (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Subergorgia rubra Thomson, 1905
Species Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766)
Species Subergorgia thomsoni Nutting, 1911
Species Subergorgia verriculata (Esper, 1794)
Species Subergorgia appressa Nutting, 1911 accepted as Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Subergorgia hicksoni Stiasny, 1938 accepted as Annella mollis (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Subergorgia mollis (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Annella mollis (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Subergorgia muriceoides Stiasny, 1937 accepted as Melithaea rubeola (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Subergorgia ornata Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Subergorgia pulchra Nutting, 1911 accepted as Subergorgia suberosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Subergorgia reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of new genera of Gorgoniadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1857: 158-159, plate 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451303 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Subergorgia Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205010 on 2024-12-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-31 15:22:18Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-16 09:11:12Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-12-08 20:03:22Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

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original description Gray, J.E. (1857). Description of new genera of Gorgoniadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1857: 158-159, plate 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451303 [details]

original description (of Sclerogorgia Kölliker, 1865) Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 142 [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. Polar Biology. 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. Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden. 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. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 91(4): 1026-1036., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34602309
page(s): 1034, 1035 [details] Available for editors

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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

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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. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville. 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. Siboga-Expeditie Monogr. 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 83-86 [details]