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Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859

125272  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125272)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acanthacis Deichmann, 1936
  2. Genus Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857
  3. Genus Anthomuricea Studer, 1887
  4. Genus Astromuricea Germanos, 1895
  5. Genus Bebryce Philippi, 1842
  6. Genus Calicogorgia Thomson & Henderson, 1906
  7. Genus Dentomuricea Grasshoff, 1977
  8. Genus Discogorgia Kükenthal, 1919
  9. Genus Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865
  10. Genus Echinomuricea Verrill, 1869
  11. Genus Granulogorgia Tang, Alderslade & Xu, 2025
  12. Genus Guaiagorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997
  13. Genus Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868
  14. Genus Imbricacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
  15. Genus Lapidogorgia Grasshoff, 1999
  16. Genus Lepidomuricea Kükenthal, 1919
  17. Genus Lytreia Bayer, 1981
  18. Genus Menacella Gray, 1870
  19. Genus Menella Gray, 1870
  20. Genus Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889
  21. Genus Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
  22. Genus Nestormuricea Ocaña & Correa, 2022
  23. Genus Paramuricea Kölliker, 1865
  24. Genus Paraplexaura Kükenthal, 1909
  25. Genus Placogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889
  26. Genus Pseudoparacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
  27. Genus Spinimuricea Grasshoff, 1992
  28. Genus Thrombophyton McFadden & Hochberg, 2003
  29. Genus Trimuricea Gordon, 1926
  30. Genus Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860
  31. Genus Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908 accepted as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Genus Acamptogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Genus Acis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Genus Blepharogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Genus Boarella Gray, 1870 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Genus Bovella Gray, 1870 accepted as Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Genus Brandella Gray, 1869 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Genus Clematissa Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Genus Eubrandella Deichmann, 1936 accepted as Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Genus Filigella Gray, 1868 accepted as Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Genus Lissogorgia Verrill, 1864 accepted as Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Genus Nicaule Bayer, 1981 accepted as Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Genus Paracamptogorgia Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Genus Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, 1943 accepted as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Genus Paracis Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  46. Genus Perisceles Wright & Studer, 1887 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Genus Plexauroides Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Menella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Genus Pseudobebryce Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Genus Trachymuricea Deichmann, 1936 accepted as Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1859). On the arrangement of zoophytes with pinnated tentacles. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (3) 4: 439-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638354
page(s): 443 [details] 
Status McFadden et al. 2022 reinstated family Paramuriceidae for genera formally belonging to Plexauridae and Acanthogorgiidae. ...  
Status McFadden et al. 2022 reinstated family Paramuriceidae for genera formally belonging to Plexauridae and Acanthogorgiidae. Family Acanthogorgiidae has precedence over Paramuriceidae, however, and should therefore be the correct name of this family. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125272 on 2025-05-28
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2009-08-12 11:48:18Z
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db_admin
2010-09-14 06:31:48Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2014-05-13 13:06:42Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2022-11-06 01:15:04Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2024-06-14 04:10:54Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1859). On the arrangement of zoophytes with pinnated tentacles. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (3) 4: 439-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638354
page(s): 443 [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details] 

Other

additional source Kükenthal, W.; Gorzawsky, H. (1908). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Gorgoniden (Reise Doflein 1904-05). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32: 621-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895327
page(s): 626 [details] 

 
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From editor or global species database
Status McFadden et al. 2022 reinstated family Paramuriceidae for genera formally belonging to Plexauridae and Acanthogorgiidae. Family Acanthogorgiidae has precedence over Paramuriceidae, however, and should therefore be the correct name of this family. [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese フタヤギ科 [from synonym]トゲヤギ科  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paramuriceidae) (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To Genbank (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To Genbank 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010204.CN) (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010204.CN)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010204.CN)
Hosted externally, from synonym

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