Chrysogorgia elegans

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Chrysogorgia elegans
Dasygorgia spiculosa (YPM IZ 078701) 002.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
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

External links[]

  • "Chrysogorgia elegans". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 July 2016.


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