Leptogorgia

Leptogorgia
Leptogorgia sarmentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Gorgoniidae
Genus:	Leptogorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857
Species
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Leptogorgia is a genus of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. The genus has a widespread distribution with members being found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Western Europe to South Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic coasts of North and South America, the Antilles and the Pacific coast of America. Species are found in both shallow and deep waters.^[1]

New species found off the coast of Northern California in 2014

An as yet unnamed species of Leptogorgia was discovered off the coast of Sonoma County, California in November 2014, near the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries .^[2][3]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:^[4]

Leptogorgia abietina Kükenthal, 1919 Leptogorgia acuta Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia aequatorialis Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia alba Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Leptogorgia albipunctata Stiasny, 1936 Leptogorgia annobonensis Grasshoff, 1992 Leptogorgia arbuscula (Philippi, 1866) Leptogorgia aureoflavescens Grasshoff, 1988 Leptogorgia barbadensis (Bayer, 1961) Leptogorgia barnardi Stiasny, 1940 Leptogorgia bayeri Williams & Lindo, 1997 Leptogorgia cabofalsoi (Stiasny, 1939) Leptogorgia californica Verrill, 1868 Leptogorgia capensis (Hickson, 1900) Leptogorgia capverdensis (Grasshoff, 1986) Leptogorgia cardinalis (Bayer, 1961) Leptogorgia caryi Verrill, 1868 Leptogorgia cauliculus (Valenciennes, 1855) Leptogorgia chilensis Verrill, 1868 Leptogorgia christiae Guzman & Breedy, 2008 Leptogorgia clavata (Horn, 1860) Leptogorgia cofrini Breedy & Guzman, 2005 Leptogorgia contorta Kükenthal, 1919 Leptogorgia crista (Möbius, 1861) Leptogorgia cuspidata Verrill, 1865 Leptogorgia dakarensis Stiasny, 1939 Leptogorgia dichotoma Verrill, 1870 Leptogorgia diffusa (Verrill, 1868) Leptogorgia dioxys Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia divergens Studer, 1878 Leptogorgia dubia Kükenthal, 1924 Leptogorgia esperi Verrill, 1869 Leptogorgia euryale (Bayer, 1952) Leptogorgia exigua Verrill, 1870 Leptogorgia fasciculata Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia festiva Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Leptogorgia flammea Ellis & (Solander, 1786) Leptogorgia flexilis Verrill, 1868 Leptogorgia florae (Verrill, 1868) Leptogorgia floridana Verrill, 1869 Leptogorgia fruticosa Hickson, 1928 Leptogorgia fuscopunctata (Koch, 1886) Leptogorgia gaini (Stiasny, 1940) Leptogorgia gilchristi (Hickson, 1904) Leptogorgia gruveli (Stiasny, 1936) Leptogorgia hebes Verrill, 1869 Leptogorgia ignita Breedy & Guzman, 2008 Leptogorgia labiata Verrill, 1870 Leptogorgia laxa hickson, 1928 Leptogorgia longiramosa Kükenthal, 1924 Leptogorgia lütkeni Wright & (Studer, 1889) Leptogorgia maghrebensis (Stiasny, 1936) Leptogorgia medusa (Bayer, 1952)

Leptogorgia miniata Milne Edwards & (Haime, 1857) Leptogorgia obscura Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia occidafricana (Stiasny, 1936) Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) Leptogorgia panamensis Duchassaing & (Michelotti, 1860) Leptogorgia parva Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia peruana Verrill, 1868 Leptogorgia peruviana (Verrill, 1868) Leptogorgia piccola Grasshoff, 1988 Leptogorgia pinnata (Linnaeus, 1758) Leptogorgia porosissima Milne Edwards, 1857 Leptogorgia principensis Grasshoff, 1992 Leptogorgia pseudogracilis Castro, Medeiros & Loiola, 2010 Leptogorgia pulcherrima Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia pumicea (Valenciennes, 1855) Leptogorgia pumila (Verrill, 1868) Leptogorgia puniacea Milne Edwards & (Haime, 1857) Leptogorgia punicea Milne Edwards & (Haime, 1857) Leptogorgia purpurea (Pallas, 1767) Leptogorgia purpureomaculata Stiasny, 1936 Leptogorgia purpureoviolacea (Stiasny, 1936) Leptogorgia pusilla Kükenthal, 1919 Leptogorgia radula (Möbius, 1861) Leptogorgia ramulus (Valenciennes, 1855) Leptogorgia rathbunnii (Verrill, 1912) Leptogorgia regis Hickson, 1928 Leptogorgia rigida Verrill, 1864 Leptogorgia riodouri Stiasny, 1937 Leptogorgia rosea (Lamarck, 1815) Leptogorgia ruberrima (Koch, 1886) Leptogorgia rubra Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia rubroflavescens Stiasny, 1939 Leptogorgia rubropurpurea (Pallas, 1766) Leptogorgia saharensis Stiasny, 1939 Leptogorgia sanguinea (Lamarck, 1815) Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1789) Leptogorgia senegalensis Stiasny, 1939 Leptogorgia setacea (Pallas, 1766) Leptogorgia stheno (Bayer, 1952) Leptogorgia styx Bayer, 2000 Leptogorgia sulfurea Bielschowsky, 1918 Leptogorgia sylvanae Stiasny, 1940 Leptogorgia tenuis Verrill, 1863 Leptogorgia tenuissima Kükenthal, 1919 Leptogorgia toboguilla Hickson, 1928 Leptogorgia varians (Koch, 1886) Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) Leptogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) Leptogorgia violetta Grasshoff, 1988 Leptogorgia virgea (Valenciennes, 1855) Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck, 1815) Leptogorgia webbiana (Valenciennes, 1855) Leptogorgia petechizans (Pallas, 1766) (nomen dubium)

References

1. Vafidis, Dimitris (2008). "First record of Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea". Marine Biodiversity Records: 1–3. doi:10.1017/S1755267208000195.
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptogorgia Milne-Edwards, 1857". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2012-06-19.