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Placogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889

125312  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125312)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
  8. Placogorgia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Placogorgia atlantica Wright & Studer, 1889 (type by subsequent monotypy)

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  1. Species Placogorgia atlantica Wright & Studer, 1889
  2. Species Placogorgia becena Grasshoff, 1977
  3. Species Placogorgia coronata Carpine & Grasshoff, 1975
  4. Species Placogorgia dentata Nutting, 1910
  5. Species Placogorgia graciosa (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974)
  6. Species Placogorgia intermedia (Thomson, 1927)
  7. Species Placogorgia massiliensis Carpine & Grasshoff, 1975
  8. Species Placogorgia mirabilis Deichmann, 1936
  9. Species Placogorgia polybrachis Riess in Kükenthal, 1919
  10. Species Placogorgia rudis Deichmann, 1936
  11. Species Placogorgia studeri Nutting, 1910
  12. Species Placogorgia tenuis (Verrill, 1883)
  13. Species Placogorgia terceira Grasshoff, 1977
  14. Species Placogorgia tribuloides Bayer, 1959
  15. Species Placogorgia alternata Nutting, 1910 accepted as Thesea alternata (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  16. Species Placogorgia bebrycoides Nutting, 1910 accepted as Thesea acanthoides (Thomson & Russell, 1909) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Placogorgia campanulifera Nutting, 1910 accepted as Discogorgia campanulifera (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  18. Species Placogorgia costata (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Echinomuricea costata Nutting, 1910 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Placogorgia cryptotheca Nutting, 1910 accepted as Paraplexaura cryptotheca (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  20. Species Placogorgia flava (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Pseudothesea flava (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Placogorgia flexilis (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Pseudothesea flexilis (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Placogorgia foliata (Aurivillius, 1931) accepted as Pseudoparacis japonica (Nutting, 1912) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Placogorgia immersa (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Pseudothesea immersa (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Placogorgia japonica Nutting, 1912 accepted as Pseudoparacis japonica (Nutting, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  25. Species Placogorgia pallida (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Pseudothesea pallida (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Placogorgia placoderma (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Pseudothesea placoderma (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Placogorgia pulchra Nutting, 1910 accepted as Paraplexaura pulchra (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  28. Species Placogorgia reticuloides Nutting, 1910 accepted as Paraplexaura reticuloides (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  29. Species Placogorgia sanguinea (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Echinogorgia sanguinea (Nutting, 1910) (changed combination)
  30. Species Placogorgia simplex (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Pseudothesea simplex (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Placogorgia squamata Nutting, 1910 accepted as Echinogorgia squamata (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  32. Species Placogorgia dendritica Nutting, 1910 represented as Bebryce nuttingi Stiasny, 1942 (Part of the syntype corresponds to Bebryce nuttingi)
  33. Species Placogorgia indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906 (uncertain, not Placogorgia)
  34. Species Placogorgia orientalis Thomson & Henderson, 1906 (uncertain, not Placogorgia)
  35. Species Placogorgia pseudoatlantica Stiasny, 1942 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 113 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Placogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125312 on 2024-11-22
Date
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by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-06-14 18:04:29Z
changed
Cordeiro, Ralf
2022-11-06 01:15:04Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2023-03-13 08:15:42Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2024-06-14 04:10:54Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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original description Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 113 [details] 

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

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 209-210 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F.M.& E. Deichmann. (1960). The Ellisellidae (Octocorallia) and their bearing on the zoogeography of the Eastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 73: 175-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642168
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 214 [details] 

additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 500, 503, 505, 506, 507 [details] 

additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 67-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 [details] 

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details] 
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Placogorgia) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 2683 Photo Slide) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3037 Photo Slide) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010191.CN) 
To ITIS
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Placogorgia sp., 70 m Alabama Alps Reef, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-USGS-Deep Sea Systems International. Identifications by P. Etnoyer et al. For more information see supplementary material in: Etnoyer PJ, Wickes LN, Silva M, Dubick JD, Balthis L, Salgado E, MacDonald IR (2016). Decline in condition of gorgonian octocorals on mesophotic reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Coral Reefs 35: 77-90.
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 2683 Photo Slide)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 2683 Photo Slide)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3037 Photo Slide)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 3037 Photo Slide)
Hosted externally
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010191.CN)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010191.CN)
Hosted externally
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