Biology:Chrysogorgia elegans

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Short description: Species of coral

Chrysogorgia elegans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Chrysogorgiidae
Genus: Chrysogorgia
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Chrysogorgia elegans
(Verrill 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chrysogorgia affinis Versluys, 1902
  • Dasygorgia elegans Verrill, 1883
  • Dasygorgia spiculosa Verrill, 1883

Chrysogorgia elegans is a species of soft coral in the family Chrysogorgiidae. It is found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. Report on the Anthozoa, and on Some Additional Species Dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk" in the 1880-82". Addison Emory Verrill, Bulletin, 1883, 11, no. 1

Wikidata ☰ Q3326285 entry