Deep-Sea name details
Chrysogorgia expansa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
286117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286117)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 16-17 [details]
page(s): 16-17 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia expansa (Wright & Studer, 1889). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286117 on 2026-07-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Chrysogorgia expansa (Wright & Studer, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286117 on 2026-07-15
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(of ) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 16-17 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 399 [details] Available for editors
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): 747 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1988). A new species of Chrysogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of some other species from the Western Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101: 257-279.
page(s): 260, 262, 266, 273 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 16-17 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 399 [details] Available for editors
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): 747 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1988). A new species of Chrysogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of some other species from the Western Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101: 257-279.
page(s): 260, 262, 266, 273 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal [details]
