UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

WoRMS name details

Lepidogorgia Verrill, 1884

AphiaID

291519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291519)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Radicipes Stearns, 1883

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883

Direct children (6)

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Species Lepidogorgia challengeri (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Radicipes challengeri (Wright, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lepidogorgia gibbosa Nutting, 1908 accepted as Rhodaniridogorgia superba (Nutting, 1908) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lepidogorgia gracilis Verrill, 1884 accepted as Radicipes gracilis (Verrill, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Lepidogorgia petersi (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Radicipes pleurocristatus Stearns, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lepidogorgia spiralis Nutting, 1908 accepted as Radicipes spiralis (Nutting, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Lepidogorgia verrilli (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Radicipes pleurocristatus Stearns, 1883 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Verrill A.E. (1884). Notice of the Remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the Outer Banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 9. American Journal of Science. 3(28): 213-220., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974812
page(s): 220 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Lepidogorgia Verrill, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291519 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-18 06:52:52Z

created

Decock, Wim

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2017-09-11 11:49:01Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

2022-04-02 21:03:33Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Sources (4)

Nomenclature

original description Verrill A.E. (1884). Notice of the Remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the Outer Banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 9. American Journal of Science. 3(28): 213-220., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974812
page(s): 220 [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]

Other

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

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1949). Chalcogorgiinae, a new subfamily of Chrysogorgiidae (Coelenterata: Alcyonaria), and a description of Chalcogorgia pellucida, new genus and new species, from the Straits of Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 39(7): 237-240.
page(s): 238 [details]