Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea > Suborder Holaxonia > Family Gorgoniidae Leptogorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857
Rank: GenusTaxon Status:
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ChildrenLeptogorgia albipunctata Stiasny, 1936 Leptogorgia purpureoviolacea (Stiasny, 1936) Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1789) Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766)
Literaturebasis 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 | Breedy & Guzman (2007). A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 1419: 1-90 | additional source | Nomenclator Zoologicus | additional source | Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46:351-401. |
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Citationvan Ofwegen, L. (2014). Leptogorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125302Image![loading](images/ajax-loader.gif)
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