WoRMS name details
Phycogorgia fucata (Valenciennes, 1846)
290743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290743)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia fucata Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes, A. (1846). Zoophytes. <em>In: Dupetit-Thouars, A., Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus, pendants les annees 1836-1839. Atlas de Zoologie.</em> plates 1-15 (no text)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753399
page(s): plate 11 [details]
page(s): plate 11 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Phycogorgia fucata (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290743 on 2026-01-29
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Nomenclature
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(of Gorgonia fucata Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes, A. (1846). Zoophytes. <em>In: Dupetit-Thouars, A., Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus, pendants les annees 1836-1839. Atlas de Zoologie.</em> plates 1-15 (no text)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753399
page(s): plate 11 [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 Camps-Castellà, J.; Vargas, S.; Vera-Escalona, I.; Prado, P.; Hinojosa, I. A.; Brante, A. (2025). Revisiting Chilean gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): taxonomic clarification and molecular phylogeny of <i>Leptogorgia chilensis</i> and <i>Phycogorgia fucata</i>. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 23(1)., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2025.2592354?utm_source=researchgate.net&utm_medium=article#d1e338
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page(s): plate 11 [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 Camps-Castellà, J.; Vargas, S.; Vera-Escalona, I.; Prado, P.; Hinojosa, I. A.; Brante, A. (2025). Revisiting Chilean gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): taxonomic clarification and molecular phylogeny of <i>Leptogorgia chilensis</i> and <i>Phycogorgia fucata</i>. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 23(1)., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772000.2025.2592354?utm_source=researchgate.net&utm_medium=article#d1e338
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[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Breedy, O.; Camps-Castellà, J.; Försterra, G.; Häussermann, V. (2021). Taxonomic status and geographic distribution of<i>Phycogorgia fucata</i>(Valenciennes 1846) (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 17(7-8): 625-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.2009873
page(s): 627-629 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 627-629 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 360 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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): 498 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Williams, G. C.; Lindo, K. G. (1997). A review of the octocorallian genus Leptogorgia (Anthozoa: Gorgoniidae) in the Indian Ocean and Subantarctic, with description of a new species and comparisons with related taxa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 49, 499–521.
page(s): 513, 516 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335., available online at https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers07-09/010025716.pdf
page(s): 125, 126, 320, 321 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 360 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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): 498 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams, G. C.; Lindo, K. G. (1997). A review of the octocorallian genus Leptogorgia (Anthozoa: Gorgoniidae) in the Indian Ocean and Subantarctic, with description of a new species and comparisons with related taxa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 49, 499–521.
page(s): 513, 516 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335., available online at https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers07-09/010025716.pdf
page(s): 125, 126, 320, 321 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
