WoRMS taxon details
Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
125272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125272)
accepted
Family
Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956 · unaccepted
- Genus Acanthacis Deichmann, 1936
- Genus Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857
- Genus Anthomuricea Studer, 1887
- Genus Astromuricea Germanos, 1895
- Genus Bebryce Philippi, 1842
- Genus Calicogorgia Thomson & Henderson, 1906
- Genus Dentomuricea Grasshoff, 1977
- Genus Discogorgia Kükenthal, 1919
- Genus Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865
- Genus Echinomuricea Verrill, 1869
- Genus Granulogorgia Tang, Alderslade & Xu, 2025
- Genus Guaiagorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade, 1997
- Genus Heterogorgia Verrill, 1868
- Genus Imbricacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
- Genus Lapidogorgia Grasshoff, 1999
- Genus Lepidomuricea Kükenthal, 1919
- Genus Lytreia Bayer, 1981
- Genus Menacella Gray, 1870
- Genus Menella Gray, 1870
- Genus Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889
- Genus Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
- Genus Nestormuricea Ocaña & Correa, 2022
- Genus Paramuricea Kölliker, 1865
- Genus Paraplexaura Kükenthal, 1909
- Genus Placogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889
- Genus Pseudoparacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
- Genus Spinimuricea Grasshoff, 1992
- Genus Thrombophyton McFadden & Hochberg, 2003
- Genus Trimuricea Gordon, 1926
- Genus Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860
- Genus Acalycigorgia Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908 accepted as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Acamptogorgia Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Acis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Blepharogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Boarella Gray, 1870 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bovella Gray, 1870 accepted as Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Brandella Gray, 1869 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Clematissa Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Eubrandella Deichmann, 1936 accepted as Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Filigella Gray, 1868 accepted as Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lissogorgia Verrill, 1864 accepted as Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Nicaule Bayer, 1981 accepted as Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paracamptogorgia Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, 1943 accepted as Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paracis Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Perisceles Wright & Studer, 1887 accepted as Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Plexauroides Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Menella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pseudobebryce Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Bebryce Philippi, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Trachymuricea Deichmann, 1936 accepted as Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1859). On the arrangement of zoophytes with pinnated tentacles. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (3) 4: 439-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638354
page(s): 443 [details]
page(s): 443 [details]
Status McFadden et al. 2022 reinstated family Paramuriceidae for genera formally belonging to Plexauridae and Acanthogorgiidae. ...
Status McFadden et al. 2022 reinstated family Paramuriceidae for genera formally belonging to Plexauridae and Acanthogorgiidae. Family Acanthogorgiidae has precedence over Paramuriceidae, however, and should therefore be the correct name of this family. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125272 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1859). On the arrangement of zoophytes with pinnated tentacles. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (3) 4: 439-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638354
page(s): 443 [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): 443 [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]
Taxonomy
status source
McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details]
page(s): 60-62 [details]
Other
additional source
Kükenthal, W.; Gorzawsky, H. (1908). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Gorgoniden (Reise Doflein 1904-05). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32: 621-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895327
page(s): 626 [details]
page(s): 626 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status McFadden et al. 2022 reinstated family Paramuriceidae for genera formally belonging to Plexauridae and Acanthogorgiidae. Family Acanthogorgiidae has precedence over Paramuriceidae, however, and should therefore be the correct name of this family. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フタヤギ科 [from synonym]トゲヤギ科 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paramuriceidae) (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To Genbank (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010204.CN) (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paramuriceidae) (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To Genbank (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010204.CN) (from synonym Paramuriceidae Bayer, 1956)
To ITIS
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Hosted externally, from synonym
