WoRMS taxon details
Chrysogorgia desbonni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
286112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286112)
accepted
Species
Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Chrysogorgia desbonni var. thyrsiformis Deichmann, 1936 accepted as Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis Deichmann, 1936 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
Neotype MCZ 4839, geounit Saint Vincent and the...
Neotype MCZ 4839, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia desbonni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286112 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902) Versluys, J. (1902). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Die Chrysogorgiidae. [The Gorgonids of the Siboga Expedition. I. The Chrysogorgiidae.]. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> XIII (livr. vi): 1-120, figs. 1-170. (vii-1902)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2233233
page(s): 56 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902) Versluys, J. (1902). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Die Chrysogorgiidae. [The Gorgonids of the Siboga Expedition. I. The Chrysogorgiidae.]. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> XIII (livr. vi): 1-120, figs. 1-170. (vii-1902)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2233233
page(s): 56 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 404 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3):746-787., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2462
page(s): 745, 747, 755, 759, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 779 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 9, 221, 227, 228-230, 288, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, Plate 22, 23, 35 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 389 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Reyes, J. O.; Santodomingo, N.; Garcia, A.; Borrero-Pérez, G.; Navas, G. R.; Navas, G.; Mejía-Ladino, L. M.; Bermúdez, A. (2005). Southern Caribbean azooanthellate coral communities off Colombia. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 309-330
page(s): 316 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284.
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1951). A new Caribbean coral of the genus Chrysogorgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3276): 269-273, plate 9
page(s): 272 [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): 252 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 404 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(3):746-787., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/2462
page(s): 745, 747, 755, 759, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 779 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 9, 221, 227, 228-230, 288, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, Plate 22, 23, 35 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 389 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reyes, J. O.; Santodomingo, N.; Garcia, A.; Borrero-Pérez, G.; Navas, G. R.; Navas, G.; Mejía-Ladino, L. M.; Bermúdez, A. (2005). Southern Caribbean azooanthellate coral communities off Colombia. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 309-330
page(s): 316 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284.
page(s): 280 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1951). A new Caribbean coral of the genus Chrysogorgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3276): 269-273, plate 9
page(s): 272 [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): 252 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype MCZ 4839, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3698, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3705, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3719, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3720, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3721, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3722, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3752, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3756, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3866, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 3867, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 43791, geounit Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 44139, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 44140, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 50802, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 51263, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52791, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52792, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52793, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52794, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52795, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52796, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52797, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52799, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52800, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52801, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52802, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52804, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52805, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52806, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52807, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52808, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52809, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52810, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52811, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52812, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52813, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52814, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52816, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52817, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52819, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52824, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52826, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52827, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52828, geounit Saint Lucia Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52830, geounit Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52832, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52833, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52834, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52836, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52837, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 52905, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 80097, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91861, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (24 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005796.CN)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005805.CN) (from synonym Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (24 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005796.CN)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005805.CN) (from synonym Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
