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Callogorgia Gray, 1858

125317  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125317)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Scleralcyonacea (Order)
  7. Primnoidae (Family)
  8. Callogorgia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Caligorgia Wright & Studer, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Callicella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calligorgia Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fanellia Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xiphocella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Callogorgia affinis (Versluys, 1906)
  2. Species Callogorgia americana Cairns & Bayer, 2002
  3. Species Callogorgia arawak Bayer, Cairns, Cordeiro & Pérez, 2014
  4. Species Callogorgia chariessa Bayer, 1982
  5. Species Callogorgia compressa (Verrill, 1865)
  6. Species Callogorgia corymbosa (Bayer, 1982)
  7. Species Callogorgia cracentis Cairns, 2018
  8. Species Callogorgia cristata (Aurivillius, 1931)
  9. Species Callogorgia delta Cairns & Bayer, 2002
  10. Species Callogorgia dichotoma Cairns, 2016
  11. Species Callogorgia dubia (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
  12. Species Callogorgia elegans (Gray, 1870)
  13. Species Callogorgia europaea Altuna & López-González, 2019
  14. Species Callogorgia euthyeia (Bayer & Stefani, 1989)
  15. Species Callogorgia flabellum (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  16. Species Callogorgia formosa Kükenthal, 1907
  17. Species Callogorgia fraseri (Hickson, 1915)
  18. Species Callogorgia galapagensis Cairns, 2018
  19. Species Callogorgia gilberti (Nutting, 1908)
  20. Species Callogorgia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
  21. Species Callogorgia granulosa (Kinoshita, 1907)
  22. Species Callogorgia histoclados (Cairns, 2016)
  23. Species Callogorgia imperialis Cairns in Cairns, Stone, Moon & Lee, 2017
  24. Species Callogorgia indica Versluys, 1906
  25. Species Callogorgia joubini (Versluys, 1906)
  26. Species Callogorgia kinoshitai (Kükenthal, 1913)
  27. Species Callogorgia korema (Bayer & Stefani, 1989)
  28. Species Callogorgia linguimaris Bayer & Cairns, 2002
  29. Species Callogorgia lucaya Cordeiro, Bayer & Cairns, 2018
  30. Species Callogorgia medialis (Bayer & Stefani, 1989)
  31. Species Callogorgia minuta (Versluys, 1906)
  32. Species Callogorgia modesta (Studer, 1879)
  33. Species Callogorgia pennacea (Versluys, 1906)
  34. Species Callogorgia ramosa (Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908)
  35. Species Callogorgia robusta (Versluys, 1906)
  36. Species Callogorgia sertosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  37. Species Callogorgia similis (Versluys, 1906)
  38. Species Callogorgia tessellata Cairns, 2016
  39. Species Callogorgia tuberculata (Versluys, 1906)
  40. Species Callogorgia versluysi (Thomson, 1905)
  41. Species Callogorgia verticillata (Pallas, 1766)
  42. Species Callogorgia aspera (Kinoshita, 1908) accepted as Callogorgia tuberculata (Versluys, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Callogorgia grimaldii (Studer, 1890) accepted as Callogorgia verticillata var. grimaldii (Studer, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  44. Species Callogorgia kinoshitae (Kükenthal, 1913) accepted as Callogorgia kinoshitai (Kükenthal, 1913) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  45. Species Callogorgia laevis (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911) accepted as Primnoella laevis (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Callogorgia plumatilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Pterostenella plumatilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  47. Species Callogorgia pseudoflabellum (Bayer, 1949) accepted as Callogorgia tuberculata (Versluys, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Callogorgia ventilabrum (Studer, 1878) accepted as Metafannyella ventilabrum (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Callogorgia weltneri (Versluys, 1906) accepted as Callogorgia cristata (Aurivillius, 1931) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 286; note: pages 278-288 published Jan. 1858; pp. 289-294 published Feb. 1859 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Callogorgia Gray, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125317 on 2025-04-10
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
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Martinez, Olga
2009-07-17 06:36:15Z
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db_admin
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2023-03-13 08:15:42Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 286; note: pages 278-288 published Jan. 1858; pp. 289-294 published Feb. 1859 [details] 

original description (of Caligorgia Wright & Studer, 1889) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 75-77 [details] 

original description (of Fanellia Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 46 [details] 

original description (of Xiphocella Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 36 [details] 

original description (of Callicella Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 37 [details] 

original description (of Calligorgia Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 35 [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] 

Other

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

additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1996). New primnoid gorgonians (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from antarctic waters. Bulletin of Marine Science. 58(2): 511-530.
page(s): 530 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1996). The Antarctic genus Callozostron and its relationship to Primnoella (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea: Primnoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 109(1): 150-203., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34644751
page(s): 167, 171 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA). 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1989). Primnoidae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4) 10 (3):449–518, 1 fig., 42 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58722240
page(s): 453, 455 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1988). A new species of Chrysogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of some other species from the Western Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101: 257-279.
page(s): 278 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source López-González, P.J.; Gili, J.-M.; Orejas, C. (2002). A new primnoid genus (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Southern Ocean. Scientia Marina. 66(4): 383-397.
page(s): 396 [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 III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys. 860: 183-306., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34317/ [details] 

additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. Pacific Science. 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the South African Museum. 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 271, 289, 291 [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. Zootaxa. 5236: 1-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5236.1.1
page(s): 107 [details] 

 
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese ウミヒバ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callogorgia) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fanellia) (from synonym Fanellia Gray, 1870)
To Genbank (from synonym Fanellia Gray, 1870)
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