WoRMS taxon details
Filigorgia angolana (Grasshoff, 1992)
520683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520683)
accepted
Species
Filigorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919) · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Leptogorgia africana J.S....)
of Leptogorgia africana J.S. Thomson, 1917
Leptogorgia angolana Grasshoff, 1992 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Stenogorgia africana Kükenthal, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Swiftia africana (Kükenthal, 1919) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leptogorgia angolana Grasshoff, 1992) Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149.</em> Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
page(s): 76; note: nomen novum for Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 76; note: nomen novum for Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919) [details] Available for editors
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Filigorgia angolana (Grasshoff, 1992). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520683 on 2026-02-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptogorgia angolana Grasshoff, 1992) Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149.</em> Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
page(s): 76; note: nomen novum for Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Stenogorgia africana Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 644-645 [details]
new combination reference Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 504 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 76; note: nomen novum for Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Stenogorgia africana Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 644-645 [details]
new combination reference Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 504 [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 (4 publications) (from synonym Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Filigorgia africana) (from synonym Filigorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stenogorgia africana Kükenthal, 1919)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Filigorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Filigorgia africana) (from synonym Filigorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stenogorgia africana Kükenthal, 1919)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Filigorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Leptogorgia africana (Kükenthal, 1919))
