Adelogorgia telones

Adelogorgia telones

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holaxonia
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: Adelogorgia
Species: Adelogorgia telones

Name

Adelogorgia telones Bayer, 1979

Type locality: Kicker Rock, Galápagos Islands

Holotype: USNM 57453, ethanol preserved, Kicker Rock, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, 23m deep, D. Hope, 19 February 1978.

Paratype: USNM 57454, 57455 data as the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Bayer, F.M. 1979. Adelogorgia telones, a new species of gorgonacean coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 91(4): 1026–1036. BHL Reference page.  [original description p. 1027-1035, figs. 1-6]

Additional references

• Breedy, O. & Guzmán, H.M. 2018. Revision of the genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 4369(3): 327–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.3.2 Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [p. 335-337, figs. 4-6, 3B]

Links

• Adelogorgia telones in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Adelogorgia telones – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Adelogorgia telones.
• ION

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