Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Octocorallia
Ordo: Alcyonacea
Subordo: Holaxonia
Familia: Gorgoniidae
Genus: Leptogorgia
Species: L. aequatorialis – L. alba – L. ampla – L. californica – L. chilensis – L. clavata – L. cofrini – L. cortesi – L. cuspidata – L. diffusa – L. enrici – L. exigua – L. flexilis – L. iridis – L. laxa – L. martirensis – L. obscura – L. parva – L. peruviana – L. ramulus – L. regis – L. rigida – L. taboguilla – L. virgulata – L. waltonae
Name
Leptogorgia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857
Gender: feminine
Type species: Gorgonia viminalis Pallas, 1766
Type by subsequent designation of Verrill, 1869: 420
Synonymy
Filigorgia Stiasny, 1937
Lophogorgia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857
References
Milne-Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1857: Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits. Vol. 1, pp. i-xxxiv + 1-326, 8 pls.
Castro, C.B. , M.S. Medeiros & L.L. Loiola 2010: Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs. Journal of Natural History 44 (13 & 14): 763–827. DOI: 10.1080/00222930903441160 Abstract: [1].
Hernández, O., Gomez-Gutiérrez, J. & Sánchez, C. 2021. Three new species of the sea fan genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico. ZooKeys, 1017: 1–20. Open access DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1017.50619 Reference page.
Horvath, E. 2011: An unusual new "sea fan" from the northeastern Pacific Ocean (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 124 (1): 45–52. DOI: 10.2988/10-27.1
Olvera, U., Hernández, O., Sánchez, C. & Gómez-Gutiérrez, J. 2018. Two new endemic species of Gorgoniidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico. Zootaxa 4442(4): 523–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.4.2 Open access PDF Reference page.
Leptogorgia is a genus of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. The genus has a widespread distribution with members being found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Western Europe to South Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic coasts of North and South America, the Antilles and the Pacific coast of America. Species are found in both shallow and deep waters.[1]
Leptogorgia is a slow growing sea whip and are easily damaged. They are easily damaged by storms and fishing agriculture.
New species found off the coast of Northern California in 2014
An as yet unnamed species of Leptogorgia was discovered off the coast of Sonoma County, California in November 2014, near the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.[2][3]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[4]
Leptogorgia abietina Kükenthal, 1919
Leptogorgia acuta Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia aequatorialis Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia alba Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Leptogorgia albipunctata Stiasny, 1936
Leptogorgia ampla (Verrill, 1864)
Leptogorgia annobonensis Grasshoff, 1992
Leptogorgia arbuscula (Philippi, 1866)
Leptogorgia aureoflavescens Grasshoff, 1988
Leptogorgia barbadensis (Bayer, 1961)
Leptogorgia barnardi Stiasny, 1940
Leptogorgia bayeri Williams & Lindo, 1997
Leptogorgia cabofalsoi (Stiasny, 1939)
Leptogorgia californica Verrill, 1868
Leptogorgia capensis (Hickson, 1900)
Leptogorgia capverdensis (Grasshoff, 1986)
Leptogorgia cardinalis (Bayer, 1961)
Leptogorgia cauliculus (Valenciennes, 1855)
Leptogorgia chilensis Verrill, 1868
Leptogorgia christiae Guzman & Breedy, 2008
Leptogorgia clavata (Horn, 1860)
Leptogorgia cofrini Breedy & Guzman, 2005
Leptogorgia contorta Kükenthal, 1919
Leptogorgia cortesi Breedy & Guzman, 2012
Leptogorgia crista (Möbius, 1861)
Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865
Leptogorgia dakarensis Stiasny, 1939
Leptogorgia daniana (Verrill, 1868)
Leptogorgia dichotoma Verrill, 1870
Leptogorgia diffusa (Verrill, 1868)
Leptogorgia dioxys Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia divergens Studer, 1878
Leptogorgia dubia Kükenthal, 1924
Leptogorgia ena Breedy, Abeytia & Guzman, 2012
Leptogorgia esperi Verrill, 1869
Leptogorgia euryale (Bayer, 1952)
Leptogorgia exigua Verrill, 1870
Leptogorgia fasciculata Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia festiva Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Leptogorgia filicrispa Horvath, 2011
Leptogorgia flammea Ellis & (Solander, 1786)
Leptogorgia flexilis Verrill, 1868
Leptogorgia florae (Verrill, 1868)
Leptogorgia floridana Verrill, 1869
Leptogorgia fruticosa Hickson, 1928
Leptogorgia fuscopunctata (Koch, 1886)
Leptogorgia gaini (Stiasny, 1940)
Leptogorgia gilchristi (Hickson, 1904)
Leptogorgia gruveli (Stiasny, 1936)
Leptogorgia hebes Verrill, 1869
Leptogorgia ignita Breedy & Guzman, 2008
Leptogorgia labiata Verrill, 1870
Leptogorgia laxa hickson, 1928
Leptogorgia longiramosa Kükenthal, 1924
Leptogorgia lütkeni Wright & (Studer, 1889)
Leptogorgia maghrebensis (Stiasny, 1936)
Leptogorgia manabiensis Soler-Hurtado, Megina, Machordom & López-González, 2017
Leptogorgia mariarosacea Del Mar Soler-Hurtado & López-González, 2012
Leptogorgia medusa (Bayer, 1952)
Leptogorgia miniata Milne Edwards & (Haime, 1857)
Leptogorgia multifida (Verrill, 1870)
Leptogorgia mutabilis (Breedy, Williams & Guzman, 2013)
Leptogorgia nobilis (Verrill, 1868)
Leptogorgia obscura Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia occidafricana (Stiasny, 1936)
Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766)
Leptogorgia panamensis Duchassaing & (Michelotti, 1860)
Leptogorgia parva Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia peruana Verrill, 1868
Leptogorgia peruviana (Verrill, 1868)
Leptogorgia piccola Grasshoff, 1988
Leptogorgia pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leptogorgia porosissima Milne Edwards, 1857
Leptogorgia principensis Grasshoff, 1992
Leptogorgia pseudogracilis Castro, Medeiros & Loiola, 2010
Leptogorgia pulcherrima Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia pumicea (Valenciennes, 1855)
Leptogorgia pumila (Verrill, 1868)
Leptogorgia puniacea Milne Edwards & (Haime, 1857)
Leptogorgia purpurea (Pallas, 1767)
Leptogorgia purpureomaculata Stiasny, 1936
Leptogorgia purpureoviolacea (Stiasny, 1936)
Leptogorgia pusilla Kükenthal, 1919
Leptogorgia querciformis (Bielschowsky, 1918)
Leptogorgia radula (Möbius, 1861)
Leptogorgia ramulus (Valenciennes, 1855)
Leptogorgia rathbunnii (Verrill, 1912)
Leptogorgia regis Hickson, 1928
Leptogorgia rigida Verrill, 1864
Leptogorgia riodouri Stiasny, 1937
Leptogorgia rosea (Lamarck, 1815)
Leptogorgia ruberrima (Koch, 1886)
Leptogorgia rubra Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia rubroflavescens Stiasny, 1939
Leptogorgia rubropurpurea (Pallas, 1766)
Leptogorgia saharensis Stiasny, 1939
Leptogorgia sanguinea (Lamarck, 1815)
Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1789)
Leptogorgia senegalensis Stiasny, 1939
Leptogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766)
Leptogorgia stheno (Bayer, 1952)
Leptogorgia styx Bayer, 2000
Leptogorgia sulfurea Bielschowsky, 1918
Leptogorgia sylvanae Stiasny, 1940
Leptogorgia taboguilla (Hickson, 1928)
Leptogorgia tenuis Verrill, 1863
Leptogorgia tenuissima Kükenthal, 1919
Leptogorgia tricorata Breedy & Cortés, 2011
Leptogorgia varians (Koch, 1886)
Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766)
Leptogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766)
Leptogorgia violetta Grasshoff, 1988
Leptogorgia virgea (Valenciennes, 1855)
Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck, 1815)
Leptogorgia webbiana (Valenciennes, 1855)
Leptogorgia petechizans (Pallas, 1766) (nomen dubium)
References
Vafidis, Dimitris (2008). "First record of Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea". Marine Biodiversity Records: 1–3. doi:10.1017/S1755267208000195.
"New Species of Deep-Sea Coral Discovered Off California". NBC News. 6 November 2014.
"New Coral Species Discovered off California Coast". National Ocean Service, NOAA.
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptogorgia Milne Edwards, 1857". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
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