Eugorgia beebei

Eugorgia beebei, holotype.

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: Eugorgia
Species: Eugorgia beebei

Name

Eugorgia beebei Breedy, Williams & Guzman, 2013

ZooBank: 8B75AC49-5089-4BEF-BE80-B76198B9D0E8

Type locality: Baja California sur, México.

Holotype: CASIZ 75783, ethanol preserved, Los Frailes, Baja California sur, México, 52 m, coll. R. Adcock, 18 June 1979.

Paratypes:

• MCZ 36106, dry, Paita, Piura, Perú, no more data available.
• USNM 56879, ethanol preserved, El Alto, Piura, Perú, 1860-1815 m (depth data dubious). (F.M. Bayer’s note on label: ‘specimen probably from previous shallow station’), Anton Bruun Cruise, 18B, Sta. 766, 4°10'S, 81°27'W, 9 September 1966.

Etymology: named after Charles William Beebe.

References

Primary references

• Breedy, O.; Williams, G.C.; Guzman, H.M. 2013. Two new species of gorgonian octocorals from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Biogeographic Region (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae). ZooKeys, 350: 75–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.350.6117 Reference page. 

Links

• Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2020). World List of Octocorallia. Eugorgia beebei Breedy, Williams & Guzman, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744366 on 2020-09-23

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

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