Taxonomy Profile: Gorgoniidae (Lamouroux 1812)

Gorgoniidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
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Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Gorgoniidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Radiata
Phylum : Cnidaria
cnidarians |
coelenterates |
água viva |
anêmona |
caravela |
cnidario |
coral |
hidra |
cnidaires |
coelentérés |
Subphylum : Anthozoa
Class : Anthozoa
corals |
flower animals |
sea anemones |
água viva |
anêmona |
antozoário |
caravela |
corais |
gorgônia |
anémones de mer |
coraux |
Subclass : Octocorallia
Order : Alcyonacea
soft corals |
soft corals |
Suborder : Holaxonia
Family : Gorgoniidae
Gorgoniidae Direct Children(s):
Leptogorgia
(Milne Edwards and Haime 1857)
Lophogorgia
(Milne-Edwards 1857)
Pseudopterogorgia
(Kükenthal 1919)
Pterogorgia
(Ehrenberg 1834)
Gorgonia
(Linnaeus 1758)
Adelogorgia
(Bayer 1958)
Eugorgia
(Verrill 1868)
Pacifigorgia
(Bayer 1951)
Gorgoniidae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Gorgoniidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2002-01-01 / 2002-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28
Page(s):
xi + 115
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-888569-39-5/0097-0638
Notes:
Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko
Reference for:
Gorgoniidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Bayer, Frederick M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1956-01-01 / 1956-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Octocorallia
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata
Page(s):
F166-F231
Publisher:
Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press
Publication Place:
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
1963 reprint edition. Separately authored chapters may include original descriptions
Reference for:
Gorgoniidae
Gorgoniidae: Geographic Information
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Gorgoniidae: Comments