UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Villogorgia tenuis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)

URMO taxon details

Villogorgia tenuis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)

AphiaID

1637024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1637024)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860

Original name

Acamptogorgia tenuis Thomson & Simpson, 1909

Synonymised names

Echinomuricea tenuis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 2: 1-319, 9 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8350460
page(s): 230-232 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Villogorgia tenuis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1637024 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Villogorgia tenuis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1637024 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-02-13 03:26:39Z

created

McFadden, Cathy

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (2)

original description (of ) Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 2: 1-319, 9 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8350460
page(s): 230-232 [details]

basis of record Ramvilas, G.; Alderslade, P.; Ranjeet, K. (2023). The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighboring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice. Zootaxa. 5236: 1-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5236.1.1
page(s): 73-74 [details]