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Metallogorgia Versluys, 1902 
AphiaID: 125296

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Calcaxonia (Suborder) > Chrysogorgiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883
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]

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

All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Species Metallogorgia macrospina Kükenthal, 1919
Species Metallogorgia melanotrichos (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Species Metallogorgia splendens (Verrill, 1883)
Species Metallogorgia tenuis Pasternak, 1981
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125296
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Metallogorgia Versluys, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125296 on 2013-05-18
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