WoRMS taxon details
Chrysogorgia elegans (Verrill, 1883)
177823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177823)
accepted
Species
Chrysogorgia affinis Versluys, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dasygorgia elegans Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Dasygorgia spiculosa Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dasygorgia elegans Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
Lectotype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883))...
Lectotype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) MCZ 4856, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Lectotype MCZ 4860, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia elegans (Verrill, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177823 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chrysogorgia affinis Versluys, 1902) Versluys, J. (1902). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Die Chrysogorgiidae. [The Gorgonids of the Siboga Expedition. I. The Chrysogorgiidae.]. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> XIII (livr. vi): 1-120, figs. 1-170. (vii-1902)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2233233
page(s): 47-48 [details]
original description (of Dasygorgia elegans Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Dasygorgia spiculosa Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 23-24 [details]
basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details]
page(s): 47-48 [details]
original description (of Dasygorgia elegans Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Dasygorgia spiculosa Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 23-24 [details]
basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 405 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3):746-787., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2462
page(s): 747, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 765, 767 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1952). New Western Atlantic records of octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 183-189., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697529
page(s): 189 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 10, 221, 222, 228, 231-232, 288, 290, 291, 295, Plate 22, 23, 33 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 389-390 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Opresko, D.M. & F.M. Bayer. (1991). Rediscovery of the enigmatic coelenterate Dendrobrachia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) with descriptions of two new species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 115(1): 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41148648
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284.
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1951). A new Caribbean coral of the genus Chrysogorgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3276): 269-273, plate 9
page(s): 272 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 405 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3):746-787., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2462
page(s): 747, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 765, 767 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1952). New Western Atlantic records of octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 183-189., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697529
page(s): 189 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 10, 221, 222, 228, 231-232, 288, 290, 291, 295, Plate 22, 23, 33 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 389-390 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Opresko, D.M. & F.M. Bayer. (1991). Rediscovery of the enigmatic coelenterate Dendrobrachia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) with descriptions of two new species. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 115(1): 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41148648
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284.
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1951). A new Caribbean coral of the genus Chrysogorgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3276): 269-273, plate 9
page(s): 272 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 172 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) MCZ 4856, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Lectotype MCZ 4860, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 100873, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 100875, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 100876, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 100877 [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 100878, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 100879, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 25356, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 44109, geounit Saint Kitts and Nevis Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52850, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52851, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52852, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52853, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52854, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52855, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52856, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) USNM 52907, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 89.5.27.5, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100729, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100883, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100884, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 100885, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 49741, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 49944, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 50024, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 50027, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52849, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52858, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52859, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52860, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52861, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52862, geounit Anguilla Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52863, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52864, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52865, geounit Saint Lucia Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52866, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52866, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52908, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52909, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 55919, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89089, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89090, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89091, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89092, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89093, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89094, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89095, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89096, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89097, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89098, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89099, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89100, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 89101, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) MCZ 4855, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) MCZ 4856a, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) MCZ 4857, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype (of Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883)) MCZ 4859, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4859, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ 4860a, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MCZ, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chrysogorgia affinis Versluys, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1107 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records) (from synonym Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005808.CN) (from synonym Dasygorgia elegans Verrill, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 078677) (from synonym Dasygorgia spiculosa Verrill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1107 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (20 records) (from synonym Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005808.CN) (from synonym Dasygorgia elegans Verrill, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 078677) (from synonym Dasygorgia spiculosa Verrill, 1883)
