Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Malacalcyonacea > Family Gorgoniidae > Genus Leptogorgia

Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptogorgia*	Milne Edwards, 1857	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: gorgònia taronja sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: gorgone orange

Spanish, Castillian: gorgonia anaranjada; gorgonia sarmiento

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	Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
additional source	Grasshoff, M. (1988). The Genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in West Africa. Atlantide Report. 14, 91-147.
additional source	Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149. Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1791). 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:125369