Octocorallia name details

Echinogorgia asper (Moroff, 1902)

289849  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289849)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
  8. Echinogorgia (Genus)
  9. Echinogorgia asper (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plexauroides asper Moroff, 1902) Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 17: 404- 410, plates 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27412654
page(s): 408-409 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia asper (Moroff, 1902). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289849 on 2025-07-20
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-14 07:16:49Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-08-22 00:22:16Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2023-03-11 03:42:03Z
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McFadden, Cathy

original description (of Plexauroides asper Moroff, 1902) Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 17: 404- 410, plates 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27412654
page(s): 408-409 [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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] 

additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 32 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) 

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