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Astrogorgia Verrill, 1868

267242  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267242)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Astrogorgiidae (Family)
  8. Astrogorgia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Muricea sinensis Verrill, 1865 accepted as Astrogorgia sinensis (Verrill, 1865) (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Astrogorgia arborea (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
  2. Species Astrogorgia balinensis Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2006
  3. Species Astrogorgia bayeri van Ofwegen & Hoeksema, 2001
  4. Species Astrogorgia begata Grasshoff, 1999
  5. Species Astrogorgia bengalensis (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
  6. Species Astrogorgia canala Grasshoff, 1999
  7. Species Astrogorgia complanata (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  8. Species Astrogorgia dubia (Nutting, 1910)
  9. Species Astrogorgia dumbea Grasshoff, 1999
  10. Species Astrogorgia filigella (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  11. Species Astrogorgia fruticosa Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009
  12. Species Astrogorgia jiska Grasshoff, 2000
  13. Species Astrogorgia lafoa Grasshoff, 1999
  14. Species Astrogorgia lea Grasshoff, 2000
  15. Species Astrogorgia mengalia Grasshoff, 1999
  16. Species Astrogorgia milka Grasshoff, 2000
  17. Species Astrogorgia nagaiensis Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023
  18. Species Astrogorgia ramosa (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
  19. Species Astrogorgia robusta (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
  20. Species Astrogorgia rubra (Thomson, 1905)
  21. Species Astrogorgia rubra Thomson & Henderson, 1906 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, of Astrogorgia rubra (Thomson, 1905))
  22. Species Astrogorgia sara Grasshoff, 2000
  23. Species Astrogorgia sinensis (Verrill, 1865)
  24. Species Astrogorgia splendens (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
  25. Species Astrogorgia verrilli (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
  26. Species Astrogorgia anastomosan Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  27. Species Astrogorgia bicolor Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  28. Species Astrogorgia cuddalorensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  29. Species Astrogorgia krusadiensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  30. Species Astrogorgia macrosclera Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  31. Species Astrogorgia nagapatinamensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  32. Species Astrogorgia seshaiyaii Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  33. Species Astrogorgia tuticorinensis (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  34. Species Astrogorgia uvariensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  35. Species Astrogorgia umbraticoides (Studer, 1878) (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1868). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> 45: 411-416., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36447997
page(s): 414 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Astrogorgia Verrill, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267242 on 2025-05-06
Date
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2008-01-14 11:18:07Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-14 06:31:48Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-07-18 20:56:36Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2022-11-05 21:48:31Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2024-04-30 22:32:43Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A.E. (1868). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2).</em> 45: 411-416., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36447997
page(s): 414 [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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): 54-55 [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 13, 60, 128, 184, 186, 188, 210-213 [details] 

additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 85 [details] 

additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 497, 499, 500, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507 [details] 

 
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