UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Echinogorgia asper (Moroff, 1902)

WoRMS name details

Echinogorgia asper (Moroff, 1902)

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Paraplexaura asper (Moroff, 1902)

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865

Orig. name

Plexauroides asper Moroff, 1902

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

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]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia asper (Moroff, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289849 on 2024-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

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

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)