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Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 
AphiaID: 125293

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
Synonymised
taxa		  Acalycigorgia Kükenthal, 1908 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46:351-401. [details]

additional source: Williams, G.; Sánchez, J. (2009). Octocorallia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Acanthogorgia aldabra Bayer, 1996
Species Acanthogorgia angustiflora Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878
Species Acanthogorgia aspera Pourtales, 1867
Species Acanthogorgia atlantica Johnson, 1862
Species Acanthogorgia augusta Grasshoff, 1999
Species Acanthogorgia australiensis Hentschel, 1903
Species Acanthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931
Species Acanthogorgia boninensis Aurivillius, 1931
Species Acanthogorgia breviflora Whitelegge, 1897
Species Acanthogorgia brevispina Studer, 1894
Species Acanthogorgia candida Kükenthal, 1909
Species Acanthogorgia ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905
Species Acanthogorgia densiflora Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia dofleini Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia flabellum Hickson, 1905
Species Acanthogorgia fusca Nutting, 1913
Species Acanthogorgia glyphica Grasshoff, 1999
Species Acanthogorgia goesi Aurivillius, 1931
Species Acanthogorgia gotoensis Aurivillius, 1931
Species Acanthogorgia gracillima Kükenthal, 1909
Species Acanthogorgia grandiflora Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia granulata Grasshoff, 1973
Species Acanthogorgia gubalensis Grasshoff, 2000
Species Acanthogorgia hedlundi Aurivillius, 1931
Species Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857
Species Acanthogorgia hirta Pourtalès, 1868
Species Acanthogorgia horrida Studer, 1901
Species Acanthogorgia ildibaha Grasshoff, 1999
Species Acanthogorgia incrustata Kükenthal, 1919
Species Acanthogorgia inermis (Hedlund, 1890)
Species Acanthogorgia irregularis Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia isoxya Grasshoff, 1999
Species Acanthogorgia japonica Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia laxa Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Acanthogorgia longiflora Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Acanthogorgia media Thomson & Henderson, 1905
Species Acanthogorgia meganopla Grasshoff, 1999
Species Acanthogorgia multispina Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia muricata Verrill, 1883
Species Acanthogorgia paradoxa Nutting, 1913
Species Acanthogorgia paramuricata (Stiasny, 1947)
Species Acanthogorgia pararidleyi (Stiasny, 1947)
Species Acanthogorgia pararmata (Stiasny, 1947)
Species Acanthogorgia paraspinosa (Stiasny, 1947)
Species Acanthogorgia paratruncata (Stiasny, 1947)
Species Acanthogorgia pico Grasshoff, 1973
Species Acanthogorgia procera (Moroff, 1902)
Species Acanthogorgia radians Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908
Species Acanthogorgia ramosissima Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Acanthogorgia ridleyi Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Acanthogorgia schrammi (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Acanthogorgia sibogae Stiasny, 1947
Species Acanthogorgia spinosa Hiles, 1899
Species Acanthogorgia spissa Kükenthal, 1909
Species Acanthogorgia striata Nutting, 1911
Species Acanthogorgia studeri Nutting, 1911
Species Acanthogorgia tenera Thomson & Russell, 1909
Species Acanthogorgia thomsoni Gravier, 1913
Species Acanthogorgia truncata Studer, 1901
Species Acanthogorgia turgida Nutting, 1911
Species Acanthogorgia vegae Aurivillius, 1931
Species Acanthogorgia verrilli Studer, 1901
Species Acanthogorgia wireni Aurivillius, 1931
Environment marine
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Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125293
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-04 06:53:11Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125293 on 2013-06-20
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