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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptogorgia punicea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) 
AphiaID: 418859

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnthozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctocorallia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlcyonacea (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolaxonia (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGorgoniidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptogorgia (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptogorgia punicea (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptogorgia Milne Edwards, 1857
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLeptogorgia puniacea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (lapsus calami)
Sources  basis of record 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]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsea whip  [details]
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Antarctic Invertebrates 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:418859
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-10-06 12:38:14Z  created  db_admin
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Leptogorgia punicea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418859 on 2016-09-27
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