Trichogorgia Hickson, 1904

Castro, C. B., Medeiros, M. S. & Loiola, L. L., 2010, Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs, Journal of Natural History 44 (13 - 14), pp. 763-827 : 821

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903441160

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/554D1963-FFC7-FFC4-FE33-F1840D4F6570

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Trichogorgia Hickson, 1904
status

 

Genus Trichogorgia Hickson, 1904 View in CoL

Diagnosis

Chrysogorgiids branched in one plane, colonies flabellate, lyrate, with long terminal branches. Axis with or without calcareous deposits, becoming very thin and flexible in terminal branches. Coenenchymal mounds biserial or on all sides of terminal and subterminal branches, widely spaced or more crowded terminally. Sclerites present or absent; if present, in the form of very thin double disks or double pads, with finely serrated edges ( Bayer and Muzik 1976: 79).

Type species

Trichogorgia flexilis Hickson, 1904 View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Chrysogorgiidae

Loc

Trichogorgia Hickson, 1904

Castro, C. B., Medeiros, M. S. & Loiola, L. L. 2010
2010
Loc

Trichogorgia flexilis

Hickson 1904
1904
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF