MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878

AphiaID

125348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125348)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857

Original name

Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878

Synonymised names

Acanthogorgia armata Stiasny, 1947 · unaccepted (incorrect authority)

Acanthogorgia granulata Grasshoff, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Acanthogorgia verrilli Studer, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1878). Art. 46. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. American Journal of Science and Arts. 16(95):371-378., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841652
page(s): 376 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution from off Newfoundland waters in the north to off Martha's Vineyard in the south.

Distribution from off Newfoundland waters in the north to off Martha's Vineyard in the south. [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthogorgia armata Verrill, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125348 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1878). Art. 46. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No. 2. American Journal of Science and Arts. 16(95):371-378., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36841652
page(s): 376 [details]

original description (of Acanthogorgia granulata Grasshoff, 1973) Grasshoff, M. (1973). Die gorgonaria des östlichen nordatlantik un des mittelmeeres II. Die Gattung Acanthogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Auswertund der "Atlantischen Kuppenfahrten 1967" von F.S. "Meteor". Meteor-Forschungs Ergebnisse. Reihe D, 13: 1-10. [details]

original description (of Acanthogorgia verrilli Studer, 1890) Studer, T. (1890). Note préliminaires sur les alcyonaires provenant des campagnes du yacht "l'Hirondelle" 1886-1887-1888. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 3(5): 551-559., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10111779
page(s): 555 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details]

additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S. 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046 [details]

additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium. 279-296. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 249 [details] Available for editors

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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. Zootaxa. 5236: 1-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5236.1.1
page(s): 36 [details]

additional source Stiasny, G. (1947). De Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. (Met bijzondere Inachtneming van het Materiaal der Siboga-Expeditie). Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam, Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, vol. 43 no. 2, pp. 1-93, 3 pls.
page(s): 33-35 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]