WoRMS name details
Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855
205164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205164)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Gorgonia sarmentosa Esper, 1791 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Gorgonella alba Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Nicella alba (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Gorgonella bianci von Koch, 1882 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gorgonella cauliculus Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Gorgonella delicatula Nutting, 1910 accepted as Verrucella delicatula (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Gorgonella furcata (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Verrucella furcata (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gorgonella maris-rubri Stiasny, 1938 accepted as Ellisella marisrubri (Stiasny, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Gorgonella mendelis Barreiro, 1917 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gorgonella miniacea Studer, 1878 accepted as Verrucella miniacea (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Gorgonella pseudoantipathes Kölliker, 1865 accepted as Verrucella pseudoantipathes (Kölliker, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Gorgonella rigida Nutting, 1910 accepted as Verrucella rigida (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Gorgonella sanguinolenta (Gray, 1859) accepted as Phenilia sanguinolenta Gray, 1859 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gorgonella santanderiensis Barreiro, 1917 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gorgonella sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gorgonella spinescens (Gray, 1859) accepted as Heliania spinescens Gray, 1859 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gorgonella tenuirramosa Barreiro, 1917 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gorgonella umbella (Esper, 1798) accepted as Verrucella umbella (Esper, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gorgonella umbracula (Solander & Ellis) accepted as Verrucella umbracula (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (incorrect authority)
- Species Gorgonella umbraculum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Verrucella umbracula (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gorgonella verriculata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Verrucella verriculata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Gorgonella violacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gorgonella calyculata (Valenciennes, 1855) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Gorgonella cumingii Gray, 1870 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Gorgonella distans Studer, 1878 (uncertain)
- Species Gorgonella granulata (Dana) (uncertain)
- Species Gorgonella orientalis Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Phenilia sanguinolenta Gray, 1859 (uncertain)
- Species Gorgonella sarmentosa Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain)
- Species Gorgonella stricta (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Valenciennes, A. (1855). Extrait d'une monographie de la famille des Gorgonidees de la classe des polypes. <em>C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 41:7-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213186 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205164 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Valenciennes, A. (1855). Extrait d'une monographie de la famille des Gorgonidees de la classe des polypes. <em>C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 41:7-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213186 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1994). The genus group taxa of the family Ellisellidae, with clarification of the genera established by J. E. Gray (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 74(1/2):21-45. [details] Available for editors
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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): 204, 224 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1994). The genus group taxa of the family Ellisellidae, with clarification of the genera established by J. E. Gray (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 74(1/2):21-45. [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): 204, 224 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request] 