WoRMS taxon details
Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
125294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125294)
accepted
Genus
Dasygorgia Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Chrysogorgia abludo Pante & Watling, 2011
- Species Chrysogorgia acanthella (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Chrysogorgia agassizii (Verrill, 1883)
- Species Chrysogorgia anastomosans Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia arborescens Nutting, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia arboriformis Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2023
- Species Chrysogorgia artospira Pante & Watling, 2011
- Species Chrysogorgia averta Pante & Watling, 2011
- Species Chrysogorgia axillaris (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Chrysogorgia campanula Madsen, 1944
- Species Chrysogorgia carolinensis Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020
- Species Chrysogorgia cavea Kinoshita, 1913
- Species Chrysogorgia comans Kinoshita, 1913
- Species Chrysogorgia constricta Hiles, 1899
- Species Chrysogorgia cupressa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Chrysogorgia curvata Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia cylindrata Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2023
- Species Chrysogorgia debilis Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia delicata Nutting, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia dendritica Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020
- Species Chrysogorgia desbonni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Species Chrysogorgia dichotoma Thomson & Henderson, 1906
- Species Chrysogorgia dispersa Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia elegans (Verrill, 1883)
- Species Chrysogorgia excavata Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia fewkesii Verrill, 1883
- Species Chrysogorgia flavescens Nutting, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia flexilis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Chrysogorgia fragilis Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020
- Species Chrysogorgia fruticosa (Studer, 1894)
- Species Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Chrysogorgia gracilis Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020
- Species Chrysogorgia herdendorfi Cairns, 2001
- Species Chrysogorgia indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906
- Species Chrysogorgia intermedia Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia irregularis Thomson & Henderson, 1906
- Species Chrysogorgia japonica (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Chrysogorgia laevorsa Cairns, 2018
- Species Chrysogorgia lata Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia lunae Baena, Martell, Soto-Angel, Ambroso & López-González, 2024
- Species Chrysogorgia midas Cairns, 2018
- Species Chrysogorgia minuta Kinoshita, 1913
- Species Chrysogorgia mixta Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia monticola Cairns, 2007
- Species Chrysogorgia multiflora Deichmann, 1936
- Species Chrysogorgia okinosensis Kinoshita, 1913
- Species Chrysogorgia orientalis Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia papillosa Kinoshita, 1913
- Species Chrysogorgia pellucida Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia pendula Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia pentasticha Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia pinnata Cairns, 2007
- Species Chrysogorgia pinniformis Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2021
- Species Chrysogorgia pusilla Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia pyramidalis Kükenthal, 1908
- Species Chrysogorgia quadruplex Thomson, 1927
- Species Chrysogorgia ramificans Xu, Li, Zhan & Xu, 2019
- Species Chrysogorgia ramosa Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia rigida Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia rotunda Kinoshita, 1913
- Species Chrysogorgia sibogae Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia sphaerica Aurivillius, 1931
- Species Chrysogorgia tetrasticha Versluys, 1902
- Species Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis Deichmann, 1936
- Species Chrysogorgia tricaulis Pante & Watling, 2011
- Species Chrysogorgia tuberculata Cordeiro, Castro & Pérez, 2015
- Species Chrysogorgia upsilonia Cordeiro, Castro & Pérez, 2015
- Species Chrysogorgia varians Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2021
- Species Chrysogorgia admete Bayer & Stefani, 1988 accepted as Parachrysogorgia admete (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Chrysogorgia affinis Versluys, 1902 accepted as Chrysogorgia elegans (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chrysogorgia agassizi accepted as Chrysogorgia agassizii (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Chrysogorgia antarctica Cairns, 2002 accepted as Parachrysogorgia antarctica (Cairns, 2002) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Chrysogorgia aurea Kinoshita, 1913 accepted as Chrysogorgia pyramidalis Kükenthal, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chrysogorgia binata Xu, Li, Zhan & Xu, 2019 accepted as Parachrysogorgia binata (Xu, Li, Zhan & Xu, 2019) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Chrysogorgia bracteata Bayer & Stefani, 1988 accepted as Parachrysogorgia bracteata (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Chrysogorgia calypso Bayer & Stefani, 1988 accepted as Parachrysogorgia calypso (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Chrysogorgia chryseis Bayer & Stefani, 1988 accepted as Parachrysogorgia chryseis (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chrysogorgia electra Bayer & Stefani, 1988 accepted as Parachrysogorgia electra (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Chrysogorgia elisabethae Bayer, 1951 accepted as Chrysogorgia thyrsiformis Deichmann, 1936 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chrysogorgia expansa (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Parachrysogorgia expansa (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chrysogorgia occidentalis Versluys, 1902 accepted as Chrysogorgia desbonni Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chrysogorgia octagonos Versluys, 1902 accepted as Parachrysogorgia octagonos (Versluys, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, origimal combination)
- Species Chrysogorgia scintillans Bayer & Stefani, 1988 accepted as Parachrysogorgia scintillans (Bayer & Stefani, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Basionym)
- Species Chrysogorgia spiculosa (Verrill, 1883) accepted as Chrysogorgia elegans (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Chrysogorgia splendens (Verrill, 1883) accepted as Metallogorgia splendens (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chrysogorgia squamata (Verrill, 1883) accepted as Parachrysogorgia squamata (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Chrysogorgia stellata Nutting, 1908 accepted as Parachrysogorgia stellata (Nutting, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Chrysogorgia versluysi Kinoshita, 1913 accepted as Parachrysogorgia versluysi (Kinoshita, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Chrysogorgia kerberti Versluys (uncertain > unassessed, genus error? perhaps Calyptrophora kerberti Versluys, 1906?)
- Species Chrysogorgia squarrosa (Wright & Studer, 1889) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125294 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Dasygorgia Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Dasygorgia Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , 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. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 388-390 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 14, 299 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 250 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1949). Chalcogorgiinae, a new subfamily of Chrysogorgiidae (Coelenterata: Alcyonaria), and a description of Chalcogorgia pellucida, new genus and new species, from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 39(7): 237-240.
page(s): 237, 238, 240 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1979). Distichogorgia sconsa, a new genus and species of chrysogorgiid octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Blake Plateau off northern Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92(4): 876-882
page(s): 878 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 171-172 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 252, 289, 291 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1974). A new species of Trichogorgia and records of two other octocorals new to the Palau Islands. Micronesica, 10(2): 257-271
page(s): 262, 263 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1909). Japanischen Gorgoniden. II. Teil: Die Familien der Plexauriden, Chrysogorgiiden und Melitodinen. <em>Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Herausgeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> Suppl. Bd 1(5): 1-78, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_Supp-I-1906_0001-0078.pdf
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 388-390 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 14, 299 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 250 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1949). Chalcogorgiinae, a new subfamily of Chrysogorgiidae (Coelenterata: Alcyonaria), and a description of Chalcogorgia pellucida, new genus and new species, from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 39(7): 237-240.
page(s): 237, 238, 240 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1979). Distichogorgia sconsa, a new genus and species of chrysogorgiid octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Blake Plateau off northern Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92(4): 876-882
page(s): 878 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 171-172 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 252, 289, 291 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1974). A new species of Trichogorgia and records of two other octocorals new to the Palau Islands. Micronesica, 10(2): 257-271
page(s): 262, 263 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1909). Japanischen Gorgoniden. II. Teil: Die Familien der Plexauriden, Chrysogorgiiden und Melitodinen. <em>Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Herausgeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> Suppl. Bd 1(5): 1-78, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_Supp-I-1906_0001-0078.pdf
page(s): 40 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キンヤギ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysogorgia)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079125) (from synonym Dasygorgia Verrill, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079237)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysogorgia)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079125) (from synonym Dasygorgia Verrill, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079237)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
