UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Villogorgia fallax (K�kenthal, 1924)

URMO taxon details

Villogorgia fallax (K�kenthal, 1924)

AphiaID

286458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286458)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860

Original name

Perisceles fallax K�kenthal, 1924

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) K�kenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 196; note: nomen novum for Acamptogorgia bebrycoides sensu Thomson & Henderson, 1906 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Villogorgia fallax (K?kenthal, 1924). 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=286458 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Villogorgia fallax (K�kenthal, 1924). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286458 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-03-13 00:17:59Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (3)

original description (of ) K�kenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 196; note: nomen novum for Acamptogorgia bebrycoides sensu Thomson & Henderson, 1906 [details] Available for editors

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]

additional source 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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5236: 1-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5236.1.1
page(s): 72-73 [details]