Genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958

Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958: 46; 1979: 1026-1027. Breedy and Guzmán 2018: 329.

Type species.

Adelogorgia phyllosclera Bayer, 1958.

Diagnosis.

Genus originally included in family Plexauridae (Bayer 1958). Presence of moderately thick coenenchyme; polyps communicate directly with system of longitudinal canals. Exterior coenenchyme contains derivatives of short, stout capstans called double wheels/discs; large, leaf-like expansions (on one side) up to 0.15 mm long; spindles with tubercles in transverse rows, to 0.2 mm, some developed as leaf clubs. Interior layers of coenenchyme contain only spindles. Anthocodiae weakly to moderately armed with flat rods, 0.15-0.3 mm long.

Etymology.

Adelo- is Greek for unknown. When Bayer described this genus in 1958 it was a new, unknown gorgonian genus; however, Bayer did not discuss the derivation.