UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Gorgonia rutila (Verrill, 1868)

URMO name details

Gorgonia rutila (Verrill, 1868)

AphiaID

291913 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291913)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pacifigorgia rutila (Verrill, 1868)

Rank

Species

Parent

Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Litigorgia adamsii var. rutila Verrill, 1868

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 393-394; note: The first edition of this publication was destroyed by fire. In the second edition (1869) Verrill changed the genus to Leptogorgia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Gorgonia rutila (Verrill, 1868). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291913 on 2025-05-10

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Gorgonia rutila (Verrill, 1868). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291913 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-21 13:45:25Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-06-10 23:49:01Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-05-20 03:05:08Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (5)
Links (1)

original description (of ) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 393-394; note: The first edition of this publication was destroyed by fire. In the second edition (1869) Verrill changed the genus to Leptogorgia. [details]

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

additional source K�kenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 339 [details] Available for editors

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1940). Contribution a l'�tude du m�tabolisme du calcium et du fer chez l'Alcyonium palmatum Pallas. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 20(1): 311-379, plate 1
page(s): 372 [details]

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

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