Adelogorgia phyllosclera

Adelogorgia phyllosclera

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: Gorgoniidae
Genus: Adelogorgia
Species: Adelogorgia phyllosclera

Name

Adelogorgia phyllosclera Bayer, 1958

Type locality: La Jolla Canyon, California.

Holotype: USNM 50186, dry preserved, La Jolla Canyon, California, 30–33m, L. Limbaugh, 19 March 1954.

Paratypes:

• USNM 50187, 2 specimens, dry preserved, La Jolla Canyon, 20–23m, L. Limbaugh, 8 October 1955.
• USNM 50188, 6 specimens, dry preserved, La Jolla Canyon, 50–57m, L. Limbaugh, 8 October 1955.

References

Primary references

• Bayer, F.M. 1958. Les Octocoralliaires plexaurides des côtes occidentales d'Amérique. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 16 (2), 41–56. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 46-48, figs. 3-4]

Additional references

• Breedy, O. & Guzmán, H.M. 2018. Revision of the genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 4369(3): 327–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.3.2 Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [p. 330-333, figs. 1–2, 3A-B]

Links

• Adelogorgia phyllosclera in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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