WoRMS taxon details
Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870
267499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267499)
accepted
Genus
Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870 (type by monotypy)
Semperina Kölliker, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Suberia Studer, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Suberiopsis Broch, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Iciligorgia australis (Broch, 1916)
- Species Iciligorgia boninensis Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Iciligorgia brunnea (Nutting, 1911)
- Species Iciligorgia koellikeri (Studer, 1878)
- Species Iciligorgia querciformis (Nutting, 1911)
- Species Iciligorgia rubra (Kölliker, 1870)
- Species Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870
- Species Iciligorgia ballini Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Iciligorgia capensis (J.S. Thomson, 1911) accepted as Diodogorgia capensis (J.S. Thomson, 1911) (changed combination)
- Species Iciligorgia clavaria (Studer, 1878) accepted as Tripalea clavaria (Studer, 1878) (changed combination)
- Species Iciligorgia macrocalyx (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Victorgorgia macrocalyx (Nutting, 1911) (changed combination)
- Species Iciligorgia orientalis Ridley, 1884 accepted as Alertigorgia orientalis (Ridley, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. <em>Masson, Paris.</em> 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Species boundaries within Iciligorgia and closely related genera in Melithaeidae remain incompletely resolved, and reliance...
Taxonomic remark Species boundaries within Iciligorgia and closely related genera in Melithaeidae remain incompletely resolved, and reliance on morphology alone may lead to uncertain identifications. Comprehensive revision, including study of type material, is needed to stabilize taxonomy in this group, and ongoing revision on this genus is expected to clarify species limits. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267499 on 2026-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. <em>Masson, Paris.</em> 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814 [details]
original description (of Semperina Kölliker, 1870) Kölliker, A. (1872). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Polypen. <em>Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-medizinische Gesellschaft. Würzburg.</em> 2: 11-30 pls 3-4., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076673493&view=1up&seq=367
page(s): 17-19 [details]
original description (of Suberia Studer, 1878) Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 667 [details]
original description (of Suberiopsis Broch, 1916) Broch, H. (1916). Alcyonarien. In: Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. XI. <em>Kgl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handlingar.</em> 52 (11):1-48, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41923264
page(s): 15-16 [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]
original description (of Semperina Kölliker, 1870) Kölliker, A. (1872). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Polypen. <em>Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-medizinische Gesellschaft. Würzburg.</em> 2: 11-30 pls 3-4., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076673493&view=1up&seq=367
page(s): 17-19 [details]
original description (of Suberia Studer, 1878) Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 667 [details]
original description (of Suberiopsis Broch, 1916) Broch, H. (1916). Alcyonarien. In: Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. XI. <em>Kgl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handlingar.</em> 52 (11):1-48, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41923264
page(s): 15-16 [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): 39 [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monogr.</em> 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 70-71 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Utinomi, H.; Harada, E. (1973). Rediscovery of an enigmatic octocoral, Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker, from southern Australia and a discussion on its systematic position. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 128 [details]
additional source Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 83 [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, 13, 45, 56, 158-159, 160 [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monogr.</em> 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 70-71 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 38 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Utinomi, H.; Harada, E. (1973). Rediscovery of an enigmatic octocoral, Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker, from southern Australia and a discussion on its systematic position. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 128 [details]
additional source Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 83 [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, 13, 45, 56, 158-159, 160 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Species boundaries within Iciligorgia and closely related genera in Melithaeidae remain incompletely resolved, and reliance on morphology alone may lead to uncertain identifications. Comprehensive revision, including study of type material, is needed to stabilize taxonomy in this group, and ongoing revision on this genus is expected to clarify species limits. [details]
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