UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794

WoRMS taxon details

Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794

AphiaID

1476477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1476477)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865

Orig. name

Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794

Synonymised names

Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination )

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Variety Echinogorgia sasappo var. pinnata Studer, 1878 accepted as Echinogorgia pinnata Studer, 1878 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 46; note: Esper cites Pallas as the authority for this species [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia sasappo Esper, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1476477 on 2024-06-21

Taxonomic edit history

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2021-01-14 00:59:21Z

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McFadden, Cathy

2023-03-12 20:45:28Z

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McFadden, Cathy

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original description (of Gorgonia sasappo Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 46; note: Esper cites Pallas as the authority for this species [details]

basis of record Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 651 [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Echinogorgia sassapo (Esper, 1791))