Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Scleralcyonacea > Family Chrysogorgiidae > Genus Metallogorgia

Metallogorgia melanotrichos (Wright & Studer, 1889)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dasygorgia Verrill, 1883

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metallogorgia*	Versluys, 1902	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium. 279-296.
additional source	Bayer, F.M. (1955). Contributions to the nomenclature, systematics, and morphology of the Octocorallia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 105: 207-220, plates 1-8.
additional source	Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 53: 1-317, plates 1-37.
additional source	Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. Pacific Science. 30(2): 167-175.
additional source	Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
new combination reference	Versluys, J. (1902). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. I. Die Chrysogorgiidae. [The Gorgonids of the Siboga Expedition. I. The Chrysogorgiidae.]. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. XIII (livr. vi): 1-120, figs. 1-170. (vii-1902).

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Metallogorgia melanotrichos (Wright & Studer, 1889). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125355