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Taxon Notes:
This species was previously placed in Pleurogorgia, but is now recognised as belonging in a distinct genus.
Identifiers:
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1496008
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)
Record source and Scientific Name verified against:
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, Vol. 35: 282-297. . doi.org/10.1071/IS20066 doi:10.1071/IS20066