Leptogorgia ruberrima
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Leptogorgia ruberrima (W. Koch, 1886)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Leptogorgia ruberrima (W. Koch, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286276 on 2026-08-03
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2021-06-27T01:06:14Z
replaces: 1303218
replaces: 1517003
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Leptogorgia ruberrima (W. Koch, 1886)
class: Octocorallia
family: Gorgoniidae
genus: Leptogorgia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Thomson, J.A. (1927). Alcyonaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier. 73: 1-77, plates 1-6.
name published in: Koch, W. (1886). Über die von Herrn Prof. Dr. Greeff im Golf von Guinea gesammelten Anthozoen. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwurde bei der philosophischen Fakultät der Rhein. Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn. i-iv + 1-36 pp., pls. 1-5. Bonn: Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von Carl Georgi.
name published in: Stiasny, G. (1937). Gorgonaria von Cap Blanco, gesammelt durch Dr. Theodore Monod. Temminckia. 2: 297-316, plates 16-17.
name published in year: 1927
name published in year: 1886
name published in year: 1937
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 125302
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (W. Koch, 1886)
specific epithet: ruberrima
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted