UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870

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Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870

AphiaID

267499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267499)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Melithaeidae Gray, 1870

Synonymised names

Semperina Kölliker, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Suberia Studer, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Suberiopsis Broch, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Iciligorgia australis (Broch, 1916)
Species Iciligorgia boninensis Aurivillius, 1931
Species Iciligorgia brunnea (Nutting, 1911)
Species Iciligorgia koellikeri (Studer, 1878)
Species Iciligorgia querciformis (Nutting, 1911)
Species Iciligorgia rubra (Kölliker, 1870)
Species Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870
Species Iciligorgia ballini Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Iciligorgia capensis (J.S. Thomson, 1911) accepted as Diodogorgia capensis (J.S. Thomson, 1911) (changed combination)
Species Iciligorgia clavaria (Studer, 1878) accepted as Tripalea clavaria (Studer, 1878) (changed combination)
Species Iciligorgia macrocalyx (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Victorgorgia macrocalyx (Nutting, 1911) (changed combination)
Species Iciligorgia orientalis Ridley, 1884 accepted as Alertigorgia orientalis (Ridley, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. Masson, Paris. 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267499 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-10 11:24:29Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

2022-11-04 04:15:53Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. Masson, Paris. 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814 [details]

original description (of Semperina Kölliker, 1870) Kölliker, A. (1872). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Polypen. Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-medizinische Gesellschaft. Würzburg. 2: 11-30 pls 3-4., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076673493&view=1up&seq=367
page(s): 17-19 [details]

original description (of Suberia Studer, 1878) Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 667 [details]

original description (of Suberiopsis Broch, 1916) Broch, H. (1916). Alcyonarien. In: Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. XI. Kgl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handlingar. 52 (11):1-48, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41923264
page(s): 15-16 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Taxonomy

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 39 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monogr. 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 70-71 [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Utinomi, H.; Harada, E. (1973). Rediscovery of an enigmatic octocoral, Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker, from southern Australia and a discussion on its systematic position. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 128 [details]

additional source Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 83 [details]

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville. pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 13, 45, 56, 158-159, 160 [details]

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Iciligorgia schrammi

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