Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812

Breedy, Odalisca & Guzman, Hector M., 2004, New species of the gorgoniian genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Pacific Panama, Zootaxa 541, pp. 1-15 : 2-3

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scientific name	Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
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Family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 View in CoL

Pacifigorgia Bayer, 1951 View in CoL

Synonymy. See Breedy & Guzman 2002: 793 Type species. Gorgonia stenobrochis Valenciennes, 1846 View in CoL , by original designation ( Bayer 1951: 94).

Description. See Breedy & Guzman 2002: 793

Distribution. In the Eastern Pacific, the genus occurs from southern California to Chile and the Galápagos Islands; off the Atlantic coast, only one species has been found ( Pacifigorgia elegans ) from Trinidad to Brazil ( Bayer 1951), and observed in Venezuela (pers. obs.).

References

Bayer, F. M. (1951) A revision of the nomenclature of the Gorgoniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) with an illustrated key to the genera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 41, 91 - 102.

Breedy, O. & Guzman, H. M. (2002) A Revision of the genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 115, 787, 844.

Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812) Extrait d'un memoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligenes non entierement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique, Paris, 3 (63), 181 - 188.

Valenciennes, A. (1846) Zoophytes. In: Abel Dupetit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la fregate la Venus, pendant les annees 1836 - 1839. Atlas de Zoologie, pls. 1 - 15.