WoRMS taxon details

Paragorgia johnsoni Gray, 1862

125419  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125419)

accepted
Species
Paragorgia boschmai Bayer, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1862). Notice of a second species of Paragorgia discovered in Madeira by Mr James Yate Johnson. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> Ser. 3, 10: 125-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602726 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2023). World List of Octocorallia. Paragorgia johnsoni Gray, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125419 on 2023-06-05
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original description Gray, J.E. (1862). Notice of a second species of Paragorgia discovered in Madeira by Mr James Yate Johnson. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> Ser. 3, 10: 125-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602726 [details]   

original description  (of Paragorgia boschmai Bayer, 1964) Bayer, F.M. (1964). A new species in the octocorallian genus Paragorgia trawled in Florida waters by R.V. "Gerda". <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 39: 526-532., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319248 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

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

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details]   

additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2005). Systematics of the bubblegum corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paragorgiidae) with description of new species from New Zealand and the Eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1014(1): 1–72.
page(s): 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 21-22, 29, 41, 45, 46, 67, 69 [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): 66 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype USNM 100898, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 73767, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
LanguageName 
English Johnson's bubblegum coral  [details]
French corail gommé  [details]
Paragorgia johnsoni, 440 m Gulf of Mexico.

Photograph courtesy of Lophelia II Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, BOEM-NOAA-OER. Identification by P. Etnoyer and M. Rittinghouse. For more information see: Brooks JM, Fisher C, Roberts H, Cordes E, Baums I, Bernard B, Church R, Etnoyer P, German C, Goehring E,  McDonald I, Roberts H, Shank T, Warren D, Welsh S, Wolff G, Weaver D (2015). Exploration and research of northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater natural and artificial hard-bottom habitats with emphasis on coral communities: Reefs, rigs, and wrecks—“Lophelia II” Appendices. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study BOEM 2016-022. 711 p.
 

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