Acanthogorgiidae

Acanthogorgia sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holaxonia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Holaxonia

Familia: Acanthogorgiidae
Genera: Acanthogorgia – Anthogorgia – Calcigorgia – Calicogorgia – Cyclomuricea – Muricella – Versluysia

Name

Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859

Type genus: Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (monotypy when established)

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1859. On the arrangement of Zoophytes with pinnated tentacles. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology serie 3. 4(24): 439–444. DOI: 10.1080/00222935908697159 BHL Reference page.  [see page 443]

Additional references

• 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, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). Zookeys, 860: 1–66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 Reference page. 

Links

• Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2020). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125272 on 2020-09-20

• BHL bibliography
• Acanthogorgiidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Acanthogorgiidae.
• ION

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