UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Pinnigorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997

WoRMS taxon details

Pinnigorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997

AphiaID

267745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267745)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pterogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024

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Species Pinnigorgia flava (Nutting, 1910)
Species Pinnigorgia perroteti (Stiasny, 1940)
Species Pinnigorgia platystoma (Nutting, 1910)
Species Pinnigorgia platysoma (Nutting) accepted as Pinnigorgia platystoma (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

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

Original description

Grasshoff, M.; Alderslade, P. (1997). Gorgoniidae of Indo-Pacific reefs with descriptions of two new genera (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 77: 23–25. [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Pinnigorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267745 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-16 09:11:12Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-11-06 01:15:04Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2024-04-30 22:32:43Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Grasshoff, M.; Alderslade, P. (1997). Gorgoniidae of Indo-Pacific reefs with descriptions of two new genera (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 77: 23–25. [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): 64-66 [details]

Other

additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. Journal of Natural History. 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 505 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335.
page(s): 118, 119, 320, 321 [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, 45, 46, 61, 166, 218-219, 220, 242 [details]

additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 498, 507 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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