WoRMS taxon details
Leptogorgia flexilis (Verrill, 1868)
286238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286238)
accepted
Species
Gorgonia (Eugorgia) flexilis (Verrill, 1868) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Litigorgia flexilis Verrill, 1868 · unaccepted > junior homonym (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Litigorgia flexilis Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 400-401; note: The first edition of this publication was destroyed by fire. In the second edition (1869) Verrill changed the genus to Leptogorgia. [details]
page(s): 400-401; note: The first edition of this publication was destroyed by fire. In the second edition (1869) Verrill changed the genus to Leptogorgia. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Leptogorgia flexilis (Verrill, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286238 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
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(of Litigorgia flexilis Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 400-401; note: The first edition of this publication was destroyed by fire. In the second edition (1869) Verrill changed the genus to Leptogorgia. [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]
new combination reference Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325
page(s): 400 [details]
page(s): 400-401; note: The first edition of this publication was destroyed by fire. In the second edition (1869) Verrill changed the genus to Leptogorgia. [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]
new combination reference Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325
page(s): 400 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2007). A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1419(1): 1-90., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1419.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 326 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Alcyonaria. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. <em>London British Museum.</em> Pp. 327-365, plates 36-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067326
page(s): 341-342 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1928). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XLVII. The Gorgonacea of Panama Bay together with a description of one new species from the Galapagos islands and one from Trinidad. <em>Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 85: 325-422, plates 4-6.
page(s): 414-416 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 67-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 [details]
additional source Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2007). A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1419(1): 1-90., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1419.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 326 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ridley, S.O. (1884). Alcyonaria. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. <em>London British Museum.</em> Pp. 327-365, plates 36-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067326
page(s): 341-342 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1928). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XLVII. The Gorgonacea of Panama Bay together with a description of one new species from the Galapagos islands and one from Trinidad. <em>Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 85: 325-422, plates 4-6.
page(s): 414-416 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 67-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype BMNH 1946.1.14.74, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 96811, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 96813, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 97887, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype MCZ 4123, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype YPM 1553a, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype YPM 1553b, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
