WoRMS taxon detailsAntillogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791)
708859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:708859)
accepted
Species
Gorgonia americana Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Pterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Pterogorgia ellisiana Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine,
(of Gorgonia americana Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3799 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Antillogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=708859 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Gorgonia americana Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 page(s): 3799 [details] original description (of Pterogorgia ellisiana Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211 page(s): 169 [details]  new combination reference Williams, G. C.; Chen, J.-Y. (2012). Resurrection of the octocorallian genus Antillogorgia for Caribbean species previously assigned to Pseudopterogorgia, and a taxonomic assessment of the relationship of these genera with Leptogorgia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3505, 39-52. [details] Othercontext source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1952). New Western Atlantic records of octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 183-189., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697529 page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284. page(s): 280, 282 [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791))
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791)) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antillogorgia americana) To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia americana Gmelin, 1791) To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791)) To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Pseudopterogorgia americana (Gmelin, 1791)) To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191667 Pseudopterogorgia americana 2) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (139 records) |
