Species Aurogorgia tasmaniensis Alderslade, Cairns & Cordeiro, 2021

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aurogorgia tasmaniensis Cairns, S.D., Cordeiro, R.T.S., Xu, Y., Zhan, Z. & Alderslade, P. 2021. A new family and two new genera of calcaxonian octocoral, including a redescription of Pleurogorgia militaris (Cnidaria : Octocorallia : Chrysogorgiidae) and its placement in a new genus. Invertebrate Systematics 35: 282-297 [290-291].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM USNM 1552460 (Plus, SEM stubs 2675–2679), Huon Marine Park, seamount Z9, south of Tasmania [44°12'06"S, 147°19'05"E].
  Paratype(s) USNM USNM 1552461 (7 Specimens), Huon Marine Park, seamount Z9, south of Tasmania [44°12'06"S, 147°19'05"E]; USNM USNM 1552460 (40+ specimens), South flank of Pedra seamount, south of Tasmania [44°16'04"S, 147°06'00"E]; TMAG TMAG K5381 (35+ specimens), South flank of Pedra seamount, south of Tasmania [44°16'04"S, 147°06'00"E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pleurogorgia sp. —
  Pante, E., France, S., Couloux, A., Cruaud, C., McFadden, C.S., Samadi, S. & Watling, L. 2012. Deep-sea origin and in-situ diversification of chrysogorgiid octocorals. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 7(e38357) [9]
• Pleurogorgia. —
  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 [443]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CNIDARIA	12-Jul-2022	ADDED