Calcigorgia beringi

Calcigorgia beringi, holotype.

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
Genus: Calcigorgia
Species: Calcigorgia beringi

Name

Calcigorgia beringi (Nutting, 1912) Matsumoto, van Ofwegen, Bayer 2019

original combination: Leptogorgia beringi Nutting, 1912

Type locality: Aleutian Islands.

Holotype: USNM 30044, SE of Agattu Island, Aleutian Islands, East Bering Sea, 52°01'N, 174°39'E, 1046 fathoms (1914 m), USFC Albatross Northwestern Pacific Expedition sta. 4780, Trawl—Agassiz beam, 8 ft, 7 June 1906, one nearly complete colony.

Synonymy

• Leptogorgia beringi Nutting, 1912

Alternative combinations:

• Stenogorgia beringi (Nutting, 1912) Kükenthal, 1919
• Swiftia beringi (Nutting, 1912) Deichmann, 1936

References

Primary references

• Matsumoto, A.K., van Ofwegen, L.P., Bayer, F.M. 2019. A revision of the genus Calcigorgia (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Acanthogorgiidae) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa. 4571: 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.1 Reference page.  [see pages 3-6, recombination reference]
• Nutting, C.C. 1912. Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U.S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross," mainly in Japanese waters, during 1906. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43: 1-104. BHL Reference page.  [see pages 95-96 as Leptogorgia beringi, original description]

Additional references

• Deichmann, E. 1936. The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 53: 1–308, 37 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 185, recombination reference for Swiftia beringi, Stenogorgia was synonymized with Swiftia]
• Kükenthal, W.G. 1919. Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia"., 13(2), pp. 1–946. Part I Part II Reference page.  [see pages 918-919, recombination reference for Swiftia beringi]

Links

• Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2020). World List of Octocorallia. Calcigorgia beringi (Nutting, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520678 on 2020-09-21