WoRMS taxon details
Leptogorgia purpureoviolacea (Stiasny, 1936)
125368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125368)
accepted
Species
Euplexaura purpureoviolacea Stiasny, 1936 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Euplexaura purpureoviolacea Stiasny, 1936) Stiasny, G. (1936). Diagnosen einiger neuer Gorgonarien-Arten von Cap Blanco (Westafrika). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 113(7/8): 201-206.
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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. Leptogorgia purpureoviolacea (Stiasny, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125368 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
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(of Euplexaura purpureoviolacea Stiasny, 1936) Stiasny, G. (1936). Diagnosen einiger neuer Gorgonarien-Arten von Cap Blanco (Westafrika). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 113(7/8): 201-206.
page(s): 202-203 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 202-203 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (1988). The Genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 14, 91-147.
page(s): 91, 108, 128, 144 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149.</em> Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
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additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (1988). The Genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report.</em> 14, 91-147.
page(s): 91, 108, 128, 144 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149.</em> Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
