Chrysogorgia multiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calcaxonia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Alcyonaria
Ordo: Alcyonacea
Subordo: Calcaxonia

Familia: Chrysogorgiidae
Genus: Chrysogorgia
Species: Chrysogorgia multiflora

Name

Chrysogorgia multiflora Deichmann, 1936

Type locality: off southwestern Dominica, 542-542 fm, 15°18'12''N, 61°26'32''W

Syntype: YPM IZ 078679 (former catalogue number: MCZ 4854)

Synonymy

  • Chrysogorgia fewkesii var. multiflora Deichmann, 1936

References

Primary 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.  [original description of Chrysogorgia fewkesii var. multiflora, see page 231]

Additional references

  • Bayer, F.M. 1959. Octocorals from Surinam and the adjacent coasts of South America. Studies of the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 3(6):43 pp., 21 figs. [see Pp. 27-29, fig. 13a-i]
  • Cairns, S.D. 2001. Studies om western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). part 1: The genus Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 (3): 746-787. BHL.Reference page.  [see page 767]
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