Genus Acanthogorgia Gray, 1857

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• Acanthogorgia Gray, J.E. 1857. Description of a new genus of Gorgoniadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 128-129 [128].

  Type species:

   Acanthogorgia hirsuta Gray, 1857 by monotypy.
• Paracanthogorgia Stiasny, G. 1943. Die Gorgonarien-Familie Acanthogorgiidae Kükenth. & Gorz. mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Material der Siboga-Expedition. Vorlaufige Mitteilung. Zoologischer Anzeiger 141(5/6): 127-133 [128].

  Type species (included species):

   Paracanthogorgia pararidleyi Stiasny, 1943 (unjustified emendation of Acanthogorgia ridleyi Wright & Studer, 1889); Paracanthogorgia paraspinosa Stiasny, 1943 (unjustified emendation of Acanthogorgia spinosa Nutting, 1910); Paracanthogorgia paratruncata Stiasny, 1943 (unjustified emendation of Acanthogorgia truncata Nutting, 1910); Acanthogorgia ridleyi Wright & Studer, 1889; Acanthogorgia studeri Nutting, 1910; Acanthogorgia augustiflora Kükenthal & Gorzawsky, 1908; Acanthogorgia australiensis Hentschel, 1903; Paracanthogorgia paramuricata Stiasny, 1943 (unjustified emendation of Acanthogorgia muricata Nutting, 1910); Acanthogorgia thomsoni Gravier, 1913; Paracanthogorgia paramata Stiasny, 1943 (unjustified emendation of Acanthogorgia armata Nutting, 1910); Acanthogorgia boninensis Aurivillius, 1931; Acanthogorgia japonica Küknthal & Gorzawsky, 1908

General References

Alderslade, P., Althaus, F., McEnnulty, F., Gowlett-Holmes, K. & Williams, A. 2014. Australia's deep-water octocoral fauna: historical account and checklist, distributions and regional affinities of recent collections. Zootaxa 3796(3): 435–452

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