WoRMS taxon details
Eugorgia aurantiaca (Horn, 1860)
289928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289928)
accepted
Species
Eugorgia forreri Studer, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eugorgia mexicana Verrill, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia (Eugorgia) mexicana Verrill, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia aurantiaca (Horn, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lophogorgia aurantiaca Horn, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophogorgia aurantiaca Horn, 1860) Horn, G.H. (1860). Description of three new corals of Gorgonidae, in the collection of the Academy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1860: 233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297380 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eugorgia aurantiaca (Horn, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289928 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eugorgia forreri Studer, 1883) Studer, T. (1883). Mittheilungen aus dem Museum für Naturgeschichte. 1. Kalifornische Korallen. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1883 Heft 1, Abhandlungen: 3-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11500485
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Lophogorgia aurantiaca Horn, 1860) Horn, G.H. (1860). Description of three new corals of Gorgonidae, in the collection of the Academy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1860: 233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297380 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia (Eugorgia) mexicana Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> 45: 411-416., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36447997
page(s): 415 [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]
new combination reference Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 410 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Lophogorgia aurantiaca Horn, 1860) Horn, G.H. (1860). Description of three new corals of Gorgonidae, in the collection of the Academy. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1860: 233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297380 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia (Eugorgia) mexicana Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> 45: 411-416., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36447997
page(s): 415 [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]
new combination reference Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 410 [details]
Other
additional source
Breedy, O.; Guzman, H.M.; Vargas, S. (2009). A revision of the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2151: 1-46. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 346 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 346 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (18 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Eugorgia forreri Studer, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000389.CN) (from synonym Lophogorgia aurantiaca Horn, 1860)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084653)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (18 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Eugorgia forreri Studer, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000389.CN) (from synonym Lophogorgia aurantiaca Horn, 1860)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 084653)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
