WoRMS taxon details
Echinogorgia aurantiaca (Valenciennes, 1855)
289850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289850)
accepted
Species
Leptogorgia aurantiaca (Valenciennes, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Plexaura aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plexaura aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1855) 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
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia aurantiaca (Valenciennes, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289850 on 2026-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plexaura aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1855) 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
page(s): 12 [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]
new combination reference Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on the halcyonoid polyps with descriptions of new species in the Museum of Yale College, no . 4. <em>American Journal of Science, New Haven (Series 2).</em> 48: 419-429., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36838905
page(s): 428 [details]
page(s): 12 [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]
new combination reference Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on the halcyonoid polyps with descriptions of new species in the Museum of Yale College, no . 4. <em>American Journal of Science, New Haven (Series 2).</em> 48: 419-429., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36838905
page(s): 428 [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 201 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 201 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinogorgia aurantiaca)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Plexaura aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1855)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinogorgia aurantiaca)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Plexaura aurantiaca Valenciennes, 1855)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
