Iridogorgia

Iridogorgia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calcaxonia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Calcaxonia

Familia: Chrysogorgiidae
Genus: Iridogorgia
Species (7): I. bella – I. densispicula – I. fontinalis – I. magnispiralis – I. pourtalesii – I. splendens – I. squarrosa

Name

Iridogorgia Verrill, 1883

• Type species: Iridogorgia pourtalesii Verrill, 1883, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Verrill, A.E. 1883. Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 11: 1-72, plates I-VIII. BHL Reference page.  [see page 26]
• Xu, Y., Zhan, Z-F., Li, Y. & Xu, K-D. 2020. Morphology and phylogenetic analysis of two new species of deep-sea golden gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) from seamounts in the Western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4731(2): 249–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Iridogorgia in the World Register of Marine Species