Pterogorgia leucostoma
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-27
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: Pterogorgia leucostoma (Ehrenberg, 1834)
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. Pterogorgia leucostoma (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290929 on 2026-08-27
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2021-07-11T01:58:41Z
replaces: 1517328
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pterogorgia leucostoma (Ehrenberg, 1834)
class: Octocorallia
family: Pterogorgiidae
genus: Pterogorgia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380.
name published in year: 1834
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 267790
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Ehrenberg, 1834)
specific epithet: leucostoma
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: nomen dubium