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Scientific Names
Preferred Names
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Gorgonia
Genus recognized by
wikipedia NL
,
wikipedia CZ
,
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
,
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
,
Australia Species List
,
Belgium Species List
,
Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List
,
Cayman Islands Species List
,
Colombia Species List
,
Dominica Species List
,
Dominican Republic Species List
,
France Species List
,
Honduras Species List
,
Jamaica Species List
,
Morocco Species List
,
Philippines Species List
,
Portugal Species List
,
Puerto Rico Species List
,
South Africa Species List
,
Spain Species List
,
The Bahamas Species List
,
Turks and Caicos Islands Species List
,
US Virgin Islands Species List
,
Indonesia Species List
,
Mexico Species List
,
Alboran Sea Species List
,
Caribbean Sea Species List
,
Coral Sea Species List
,
Gulf of Aqaba Species List
,
Gulf of Mexico Species List
,
Indian Ocean Species List
,
Halmahera Sea Species List
,
North Atlantic Species List
,
North Pacific Species List
,
Philippine Sea Species List
,
Tyrrhenian Sea Species List
,
South Atlantic Species List
,
wikipedia SK
,
NCBI
,
United States Species List
,
wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
,
Paleobiology Database
,
wikipedia ES
,
wikipedia IT
,
wikipedia EN
,
Wikidata Common Names
,
Wikimedia Commons
,
Barcode of Life Data Systems
,
iNaturalist data coverage
,
Wikipedia (inferred records)
, and
GGBN data coverage
Gorgonia
Recognized by
Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington
,
OBIS environmental data records
,
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
, and
BHL data coverage
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
Genus recognized by
GBIF classification
,
Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
,
Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
,
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
,
GBIF data coverage
,
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
, and
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Alternative Names
Busella Gray 1870
Not accepted according to
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Gorgonia subgen. Pterogorgia Ehrenberg 1834
Not accepted according to
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Rhipidigorgia Valenciennes 1855
Not accepted according to
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Rhipidogorgia Valenciennes 1855
Not accepted according to
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Rhizalcyon Bayer 1995
Not accepted according to
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Gorgonia aenea
Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to
GBIF classification
Gorgonia petezichans
Pallas 1766
Doubtful according to
GBIF classification
Gorgonia spec
Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to
GBIF classification
Gorgonia verrucosa
Ellis & Solander 1786
Doubtful according to
GBIF classification
Leptogorgia capensis
(Hickson 1900)
Homotypic synonym according to
GBIF classification
(Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
Leptogorgia palma
(Pallas 1766)
Homotypic synonym according to
GBIF classification
(Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
Leptogorgia sarmentosa
(Esper 1789)
Homotypic synonym according to
GBIF classification
(Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
Pacifigorgia cribrum
(Valenciennes 1846)
Homotypic synonym according to
GBIF classification
(Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Pacifigorgia Bayer, 1951)
Busella Gray 1870
Not accepted according to
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
and
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Gorgonia
Harvest ancestor according to
EOL authors
,
Anguilla Species List
,
Aruba Species List
,
NMNH type specimens
,
iDigBio type specimen records
,
iDigBio type specimen records
,
iNaturalist
,
NMNH Collection
,
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
,
World Register of Marine Species
,
Global Biotic Interactions
,
Global Biotic Interactions
, and
Flickr Group
Gorgonia subgen. Pterogorgia Ehrenberg 1834
Not accepted according to
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
and
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Rhipidigorgia Valenciennes 1855
Not accepted according to
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
and
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Rhipidogorgia Valenciennes 1855
Not accepted according to
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
and
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Rhizalcyon Bayer 1995
Not accepted according to
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
and
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Common Names
Arabic
غرغون
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Curated hierarchies for Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1812
Holaxonia Studer 1887
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux 1812
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
(this page)
Gorgonia capensis Hickson 1900
Gorgonia clathrus Pallas 1766
Gorgonia coarctata (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia cribrum Valenciennes 1846
Gorgonia elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal 1924
Gorgonia gracilis Verrill 1868
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia occatoria (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia petezichans Pallas 1766
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas 1766
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia venusta Dana 1846
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Antillogorgia Bayer 1951
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Eunicella Verrill 1869
Filigorgia Stiasny 1937
Guaiagorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Hicksonella Nutting 1910
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards 1857
Litigorgia Verrill 1868
Olindagorgia Bayer 1981
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Pinnigorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Pterogorgia Ehrenberg 1834
Rumphella Bayer 1955
Tobagogorgia Sanchez 2007
Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia
Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux 1812
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
(this page)
Gorgonia clathrus Pallas 1766
Gorgonia coarctata (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal 1924
Gorgonia gracilis Verrill 1868
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas 1766
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia venusta Dana 1846
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Antillogorgia Bayer 1951
Callistephanus Wright & Studer 1889
Chromoplexaura Williams 2013
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards 1857
Olindagorgia Bayer 1981
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia
Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux 1812
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
(this page)
Rhizalcyon rhodora Bayer 1995
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Antillogorgia Bayer 1951
Callistephanus Wright & Studer 1889
Chromoplexaura Williams 2013
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards 1857
Olindagorgia Bayer 1981
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
(this page)
Gorgonia capensis Hickson 1900
Gorgonia clathrus Pallas 1766
Gorgonia coarctata (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia cribrum Valenciennes 1846
Gorgonia elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal 1924
Gorgonia gracilis Verrill 1868
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia occatoria (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia petezichans Pallas 1766
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas 1766
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia venusta Dana 1846
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Antillogorgia Bayer 1951
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Eunicella Verrill 1869
Filigorgia Stiasny 1937
Guaiagorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Hicksonella Nutting 1910
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards 1857
Litigorgia Verrill 1868
Olindagorgia Bayer 1981
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Pinnigorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Pterogorgia Ehrenberg 1834
Rumphella Bayer 1955
Tobagogorgia Sanchez 2007
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Gorgonia
(this page)
Gorgonia capensis Hickson 1900
Gorgonia clathrus Pallas 1766
Gorgonia coarctata (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia cribrum Valenciennes 1846
Gorgonia crinita Valenciennes 1855
Gorgonia elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal 1924
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia occatoria (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia palma Pallas 1766
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas 1766
Gorgonia sarmentosa Esper 1789
Gorgonia stricta Bertoloni 1825
Gorgonia suberosa Pallas 1766
Gorgonia subtilis Valenciennes 1855
Gorgonia venosa Valenciennes 1855
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia venusta Dana 1846
Adelogorgia
Antillogorgia
Eugorgia
Eunicella
Filigorgia
Guaiagorgia
Hicksonella
Leptogorgia
Litigorgia
Olindagorgia
Pacifigorgia
Phycogorgia
Phyllogorgia
Pinnigorgia
Pseudopterogorgia
Pterogorgia
Rumphella
Tobagogorgia
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
(this page)
Gorgonia capensis Hickson 1900
Gorgonia clathrus Pallas 1766
Gorgonia coarctata (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia cribrum Valenciennes 1846
Gorgonia elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal 1924
Gorgonia gracilis Verrill 1868
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia occatoria (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia petezichans Pallas 1766
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas 1766
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia venusta Dana 1846
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Antillogorgia Bayer 1951
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Eunicella Verrill 1869
Filigorgia Stiasny 1937
Guaiagorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Hicksonella Nutting 1910
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards 1857
Litigorgia Verrill 1868
Olindagorgia Bayer 1981
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Pinnigorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Pterogorgia Ehrenberg 1834
Rumphella Bayer 1955
Tobagogorgia Sanchez 2007
GBIF classification
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
(this page)
Gorgonia arida Milne Edwards & Haime
Gorgonia bicolor Thomson
Gorgonia bipinnata Hargitt 1901
Gorgonia braziliensis Verrill 1912
Gorgonia capensis Hickson 1900
Gorgonia cerea Esper
Gorgonia clathrus Pallas 1766
Gorgonia coarctata (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia cribrum Valenciennes 1846
Gorgonia crinita Valenciennes 1855
Gorgonia dawini Hicks.
Gorgonia discolor Milne Edwards & Haime
Gorgonia elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal 1924
Gorgonia florida Verrill
Gorgonia furfuracea Esper
Gorgonia fusco-purpurea Ehrenberg 1834
Gorgonia gracilis Verrill
Gorgonia granulata Esper
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia miniacea Esper
Gorgonia moniliformis Lamarck 1816
Gorgonia palma Pallas 1766
Gorgonia papillifera Valenciennes
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas 1766
Gorgonia rigida
Gorgonia sarmentosa Esper 1789
Gorgonia suberosa Pallas 1766
Gorgonia subtilis Valenciennes 1855
Gorgonia umbraculum Ellis & Solander
Gorgonia venosa Valenciennes 1855
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia venusta Dana 1846
Gorgonia wrighti Thomson & Ritchie
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Antillogorgia Bayer 1951
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Eunicella Verrill 1869
Filigorgia Stiasny 1937
Guaiagorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Hicksonella
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Litigorgia
Olindagorgia Bayer 1981
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Pennalina Cope 2005
Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Pinnigorgia Grasshoff & Alderslade 1997
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Pterogorgia Ehrenberg 1834
Rumphella Bayer 1955
Tobagogorgia Sanchez 2007
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1816
Holaxonia Studer 1887
Gorgoniidae Lamouroux 1812
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
(this page)
Gorgonia arenata Valenciennes 1846
Gorgonia cribrum Valenciennes 1846
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Lophogorgia Milne-Edwards 1857
Pacificigorgia
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Pterogorgia Ehrenberg 1834
NCBI
root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia
Alcyonacea
Holaxonia
Gorgoniidae
Gorgonia
(this page)
Gorgonia flabellum
Gorgonia mariae
Gorgonia ventalina
Adelogorgia
Africagorgia
Antillogorgia
Eugorgia
Eunicella
Filigorgia
Guaiagorgia
Hicksonella
Leptogorgia
Lophogorgia
Pacifigorgia
Phyllogorgia
Pinnigorgia
Pseudopterogorgia
Pterogorgia
Tobagorgia
unclassified Gorgoniidae
wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia
Alcyonacea
Holaxonia
Gorgoniidae
Gorgonia
(this page)
Gorgonia abietina
Gorgonia albicans
Gorgonia americana
Gorgonia anguiculus
Gorgonia antipathes
Gorgonia bertolonii
Gorgonia blancoana
Gorgonia cancellata
Gorgonia capensis
Gorgonia cavolini
Gorgonia clathrus
Gorgonia coarctata
Gorgonia crassa
Gorgonia crevauxi
Gorgonia cribrum
Gorgonia crinita
Gorgonia dichotoma
Gorgonia dilatata
Gorgonia edwardsii
Gorgonia elegans
Gorgonia eximia
Gorgonia exserta
Gorgonia flabellum
Gorgonia flagellosa
Gorgonia flammea
Gorgonia flavescens
Gorgonia flavida
Gorgonia furfuracea
Gorgonia fuscopunctata
Gorgonia gracilis
Gorgonia gracilis
Gorgonia graminea
Gorgonia hartti
Gorgonia humilis
Gorgonia laxispica
Gorgonia lima
Gorgonia madrepora
Gorgonia mariae
Gorgonia media
Gorgonia miniata
Gorgonia mollis
Gorgonia muricata
Gorgonia oblita
Gorgonia occatoria
Gorgonia oppositipinna
Gorgonia ornata
Gorgonia palma
Gorgonia papilifera
Gorgonia papilosa
Gorgonia petechizans
Gorgonia petezichans
Gorgonia pinnata
Gorgonia placomus
Gorgonia porosa
Gorgonia punicea
Gorgonia purpurea
Gorgonia radicata
Gorgonia radula
Gorgonia reticulata
Gorgonia reticulum
Gorgonia rhizomorpha
Gorgonia richardii
Gorgonia rosea
Gorgonia sarmentosa
Gorgonia scirpea
Gorgonia setacea
Gorgonia setosa
Gorgonia stenobrochis
Gorgonia stricta
Gorgonia suberosa
Gorgonia subtilis
Gorgonia succinea
Gorgonia suffruticosa
Gorgonia sulphurea
Gorgonia tuberculata
Gorgonia varians
Gorgonia vatricosa
Gorgonia venosa
Gorgonia ventalina
Gorgonia ventilabrum
Gorgonia venusta
Gorgonia verrucosa
Gorgonia verticillata
Gorgonia villarii
Gorgonia viminalis
Gorgonia violacea
Gorgonia virgulata
Adelogorgia
Antillogorgia
Callistephanus
Eugorgia
Eunicella
Filigorgia
Guaiagorgia
Hicksonella
Hymenogorgia
Leptogorgia
Litigorgia
Lophogorgia
Olindagorgia
Pacifigorgia
Phycogorgia
Phyllogorgia
Pinnigorgia
Pseudopterogorgia
Pterogorgia
Rhipidogorgia
Rhodophyton
Rumphella
Tobagogorgia
World Register of Marine Species
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Malacalcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Gorgonia
(this page)
Gorgonia clathrus Pallas 1766
Gorgonia coarctata (Valenciennes 1855)
Gorgonia flabellum Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal 1924
Gorgonia gracilis Verrill 1868
Gorgonia mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia mariae f. cymosa Bayer 1961
Gorgonia mariae f. mariae Bayer 1961
Gorgonia mariae f. plumosa Bayer 1961
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas 1766
Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus 1758
Gorgonia venusta Dana 1846
Adelogorgia
Adelogorgia Bayer 1958
Antillogorgia
Antillogorgia Bayer 1951
Callistephanus
Callistephanus Wright & Studer 1889
Chromoplexaura
Chromoplexaura Williams 2013
Eugorgia
Eugorgia Verrill 1868
Gorgonia Linnaeus 1758
Leptogorgia
Leptogorgia Milne Edwards 1857
Olindagorgia
Olindagorgia Bayer 1981
Pacifigorgia
Pacifigorgia Bayer 1951
Phycogorgia
Phycogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Phyllogorgia
Phyllogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime 1850
Psammogorgia
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Rhizalcyon
