WoRMS taxon details
Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865
267402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267402)
accepted
Genus
Bovella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lissogorgia Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Echinogorgia abietina Kükenthal, 1917
- Species Echinogorgia andamanensis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Echinogorgia armata (Kükenthal, 1909)
- Species Echinogorgia aurantiaca (Valenciennes, 1855)
- Species Echinogorgia cerea (Esper, 1797)
- Species Echinogorgia clausa (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Echinogorgia complexa Nutting, 1910
- Species Echinogorgia flabellum (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Echinogorgia flexilis Thomson & Simpson, 1909
- Species Echinogorgia furfuracea (Esper, 1797)
- Species Echinogorgia gracillima Kükenthal, 1917
- Species Echinogorgia granifera (Lamarck, 1815)
- Species Echinogorgia humilis (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Echinogorgia intermedia Studer, 1878
- Species Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Echinogorgia lami Stiasny, 1940
- Species Echinogorgia macrospiculata Thomson & Simpson, 1909
- Species Echinogorgia mertoni Kükenthal, 1917
- Species Echinogorgia modesta Studer, 1889
- Species Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
- Species Echinogorgia muricelloides (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Echinogorgia noumea Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Echinogorgia operculata (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Echinogorgia pinnata Studer, 1878
- Species Echinogorgia pseudosassapo Kölliker, 1865
- Species Echinogorgia ramosa (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
- Species Echinogorgia ramosa Thomson & Russell, 1909 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, of Echinogorgia ramosa (Thomson & Henderson, 1905))
- Species Echinogorgia ramulosa (Gray, 1870)
- Species Echinogorgia rebekka Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Echinogorgia reticulata (Esper, 1791)
- Species Echinogorgia ridleyi Nutting, 1910
- Species Echinogorgia russelli Bayer, 1949
- Species Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794
- Species Echinogorgia sphaerophora Kükenthal, 1917
- Species Echinogorgia squamata (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Echinogorgia stellata (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Echinogorgia stellifera (Thomson & Crane, 1909)
- Species Echinogorgia studeri (Kükenthal, 1908)
- Species Echinogorgia thomsonideani Stiasny, 1942
- Species Echinogorgia toombo Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Echinogorgia umbratica (Esper, 1791)
- Species Echinogorgia verrucosa (Brundin, 1896)
- Species Echinogorgia arbuscula Verrill, 1866 accepted as Psammogorgia arbuscula (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Echinogorgia asper (Moroff, 1902) accepted as Paraplexaura asper (Moroff, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Echinogorgia bahrelfarsi Stiasny, 1940 accepted as Menella bahrelfarsi (Stiasny, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Echinogorgia disimilis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Echinogorgia flabellum (Verrill, 1864) accepted as Eubrandella flabellum (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Echinogorgia flexuosa (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Muricella flexuosa (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Echinogorgia flora Nutting, 1910 accepted as Menella flora (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Echinogorgia longispinosa Fernando, 2011 accepted as Paraplexaura longispinosa (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Echinogorgia magna (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Trimuricea inermis (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Echinogorgia pseudoaurantiaca Stiasny, 1942 accepted as Menella pseudoaurantiaca (Stiasny, 1942) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Echinogorgia rigida (Kükenthal, 1908) accepted as Menella rigida (Kükenthal, 1908) (changed combination)
- Species Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791) accepted as Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Echinogorgia seshaiyaii Fernando, 2011 accepted as Paraplexaura seshaiyaii (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Echinogorgia simplex (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Pseudothesea simplex (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Echinogorgia spinosa (Kükenthal, 1908) accepted as Menella spinosa (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Echinogorgia sanguinea (Nutting, 1910) (uncertain)
- Species Echinogorgia verrilli (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kölliker, R.A. (1865). Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten. <em>Icones histiologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre.</em> 2(1): 87-181, pis. 10-19. Wilhelm Engelmann Verlag, Leipzig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296544
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267402 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Kölliker, R.A. (1865). Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten. <em>Icones histiologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre.</em> 2(1): 87-181, pis. 10-19. Wilhelm Engelmann Verlag, Leipzig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296544
page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Lissogorgia Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A.E. (1864). A new genus (Lissogorgia) of gorgonians. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 22-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492004 [details]
original description (of Bovella Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 407 [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]
page(s): 136 [details]
original description (of Lissogorgia Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A.E. (1864). A new genus (Lissogorgia) of gorgonians. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 22-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492004 [details]
original description (of Bovella Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 407 [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. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details]
page(s): 60-62 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 198-199 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 318 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). <em>Auckland: Magnolia Press.</em>
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1960). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). I. The genera Capnella, Scleronephthya and Chondronephthya (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 8(1): 27-40., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174705/1/fia0081_027.pdf
page(s): 28 [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. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 25, 60, 192, 196, 200, 202-205, 206, 209 [details]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Samimi-Namin, K.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (2009). Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2058(1): 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2058.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 198-199 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 318 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). <em>Auckland: Magnolia Press.</em>
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Utinomi, H. (1960). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). I. The genera Capnella, Scleronephthya and Chondronephthya (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 8(1): 27-40., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174705/1/fia0081_027.pdf
page(s): 28 [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. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 25, 60, 192, 196, 200, 202-205, 206, 209 [details]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Samimi-Namin, K.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (2009). Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2058(1): 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2058.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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