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Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855

205164  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205164)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Scleralcyonacea (Order)
  7. Ellisellidae (Family)
  8. Gorgonella (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Gorgonia sarmentosa Esper, 1791 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Gorgonella alba Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Nicella alba (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  2. Species Gorgonella bianci von Koch, 1882 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Gorgonella cauliculus Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  4. Species Gorgonella delicatula Nutting, 1910 accepted as Verrucella delicatula (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  5. Species Gorgonella furcata (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Verrucella furcata (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Gorgonella maris-rubri Stiasny, 1938 accepted as Ellisella marisrubri (Stiasny, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  7. Species Gorgonella mendelis Barreiro, 1917 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Gorgonella miniacea Studer, 1878 accepted as Verrucella miniacea (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  9. Species Gorgonella pectinata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Ctenocella pectinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Gorgonella pseudoantipathes Kölliker, 1865 accepted as Verrucella pseudoantipathes (Kölliker, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  11. Species Gorgonella rigida Nutting, 1910 accepted as Verrucella rigida (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  12. Species Gorgonella sanguinolenta (Gray, 1859) accepted as Phenilia sanguinolenta Gray, 1859 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  13. Species Gorgonella santanderiensis Barreiro, 1917 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Gorgonella sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Gorgonella spinescens (Gray, 1859) accepted as Heliania spinescens Gray, 1859 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Gorgonella tenuirramosa Barreiro, 1917 accepted as Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Gorgonella umbella (Esper, 1798) accepted as Verrucella umbella (Esper, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Gorgonella umbracula (Solander & Ellis) accepted as Verrucella umbracula (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (incorrect authority)
  19. Species Gorgonella umbraculum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Verrucella umbracula (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Gorgonella verriculata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Verrucella verriculata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  21. Species Gorgonella violacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Gorgonella calyculata (Valenciennes, 1855) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  23. Species Gorgonella cumingii Gray, 1870 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  24. Species Gorgonella distans Studer, 1878 (uncertain)
  25. Species Gorgonella granulata (Dana) (uncertain)
  26. Species Gorgonella orientalis Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Phenilia sanguinolenta Gray, 1859 (uncertain)
  27. Species Gorgonella sarmentosa Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain)
  28. Species Gorgonella stricta (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Valenciennes, A. (1855). Extrait d'une monographie de la famille des Gorgonidees de la classe des polypes. <em>C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 41:7-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213186 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205164 on 2025-04-26
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-15 12:49:54Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-06-18 14:16:37Z
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Cordeiro, Ralf
2021-04-20 18:48:07Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2022-04-10 02:57:41Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2022-11-06 01:15:04Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Valenciennes, A. (1855). Extrait d'une monographie de la famille des Gorgonidees de la classe des polypes. <em>C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 41:7-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213186 [details] 

basis of record Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1994). The genus group taxa of the family Ellisellidae, with clarification of the genera established by J. E. Gray (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 74(1/2):21-45. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 380 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 204, 224 [details] 

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details] 

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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