UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Discogorgia K�kenthal, 1919

URMO taxon details

Discogorgia K�kenthal, 1919

AphiaID

517557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517557)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Placogorgia campanulifera Nutting, 1910 accepted as Discogorgia campanulifera (Nutting, 1910) (type by original designation)

Parent

Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859

Direct children (2)

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Species Discogorgia campanulifera (Nutting, 1910)
Species Discogorgia acanthoides (Thomson & Russell, 1909) accepted as Thesea acanthoides (Thomson & Russell, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

K�kenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer �Valdivia�, 1898�1899. 13, 1�946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Discogorgia K?kenthal, 1919. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517557 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Discogorgia K�kenthal, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517557 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-13 12:04:01Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-17 00:13:43Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

2022-11-05 21:48:31Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-02-12 22:37:22Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2024-06-14 04:10:54Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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original description K�kenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer �Valdivia�, 1898�1899. 13, 1�946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923 [details]

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

basis of record K�kenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 212-213 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS) [details]

status 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. Zootaxa. 5236: 1-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5236.1.1
page(s): 51-52 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discogorgia)
To Genbank