Metallogorgia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Chrysogorgiidae
Genus: Metallogorgia
Species (4): M. macrospina – M. melanotrichos – M. splendens – M. tenuis

Name

• Metallogorgia Versluys, 1902: 87

Type species: Dasygorgia melanotrichos Wright & Studer, 1889, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Versluys, J. 1902. Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Die Chrysogorgiidar. Siboga-Expedition Monographie 13: 1–120. BHL

Additional references

• Xu, Y., Zhan, Z-F. & Xu, K-D. 2020. Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of five deep-sea golden gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae) in the Western Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys, 989: 1–37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.989.53104 Reference page. 

Links

• Metallogorgia in the World Register of Marine Species