Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812

Breedy, Odalisca & Guzman, Hector M., 2004, New species of the gorgoniian genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Pacific Panama, Zootaxa 541, pp. 1-15 : 2-3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157702
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6270854
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scientific name	Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
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Family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 View in CoL

Pacifigorgia Bayer, 1951 View in CoL

Synonymy. See Breedy & Guzman 2002: 793 Type species. Gorgonia stenobrochis Valenciennes, 1846 View in CoL , by original designation ( Bayer 1951: 94).

Description. See Breedy & Guzman 2002: 793

Distribution. In the Eastern Pacific, the genus occurs from southern California to Chile and the Galápagos Islands; off the Atlantic coast, only one species has been found ( Pacifigorgia elegans ) from Trinidad to Brazil ( Bayer 1951), and observed in Venezuela (pers. obs.).