Callogorgia compressa
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: Cordeiro, Ralf
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: Callogorgia compressa (Verrill, 1865)
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. Callogorgia compressa (Verrill, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292043 on 2026-08-03
created: 2008-01-21T14:45:25Z
modified: 2022-06-12T20:54:35Z
replaces: 1506098
replaces: 1587844
replaces: 289948
replaces: 1388482
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Callogorgia compressa (Verrill, 1865)
class: Octocorallia
family: Primnoidae
genus: Callogorgia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the Polyps and Corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Captain John Rogers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, naturalist to the Expedition. With Descriptions of some additional Species from the West Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Essex Institute. 4 (7): 181-196, pls 5-6.
name published in year: 1866
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 125317
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Verrill, 1865)
specific epithet: compressa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted