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Leptogorgia

Synonyms: Asperogorgia; Leptigorgia; Litigorgia; Lophogorgia; Platygorgia

Wikipedia Abstract

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. 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 .
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Species

Leptogorgia acuta
Leptogorgia aequatorialis
Leptogorgia alba
Leptogorgia albipunctata
Leptogorgia annobonensis
Leptogorgia arbuscula
Leptogorgia aureoflavescens
Leptogorgia barbadensis
Leptogorgia barnardi
Leptogorgia bayeri
Leptogorgia californica
Leptogorgia capensis
Leptogorgia capverdensis
Leptogorgia cardinalis
Leptogorgia chevalieri
Leptogorgia chilensis
Leptogorgia christiae
Leptogorgia clavata
Leptogorgia cofrini
Leptogorgia contorta
Leptogorgia cortesi
Leptogorgia cuspidata
Leptogorgia dakarensis
Leptogorgia densa
Leptogorgia dichotoma
Leptogorgia diffusa
Leptogorgia dubia
Leptogorgia ena
Leptogorgia enrici
Leptogorgia esperi
Leptogorgia euryale
Leptogorgia exigua
Leptogorgia fasciculata
Leptogorgia festiva
Leptogorgia filicrispa
Leptogorgia flexilis
Leptogorgia florae
Leptogorgia floridana
Leptogorgia fruticosa
Leptogorgia fuscopunctata
Leptogorgia gaini
Leptogorgia gilchristi
Leptogorgia hebes
Leptogorgia ignita
Leptogorgia iridis
Leptogorgia labiata
Leptogorgia laxa
Leptogorgia lutkeni
Leptogorgia manabiensis
Leptogorgia mariarosae
Leptogorgia martirensis
Leptogorgia medusa
Leptogorgia miniacea
Leptogorgia miniata
Leptogorgia multifida
Leptogorgia mutabilis
Leptogorgia nobilis
Leptogorgia obscura
Leptogorgia ochracea
Leptogorgia palma
Leptogorgia parva
Leptogorgia peruviana
Leptogorgia piccola
Leptogorgia pinnata
Leptogorgia porosissima
Leptogorgia principensis
Leptogorgia pseudogracilis
Leptogorgia pulcherrima
Leptogorgia pumila
Leptogorgia punicea
Leptogorgia purpurea
Leptogorgia purpureoviolacea
Leptogorgia pusilla
Leptogorgia querciformis
Leptogorgia ramulus
Leptogorgia rathbunii
Leptogorgia regis
Leptogorgia rigida
Leptogorgia ruberrima
Leptogorgia rubra
Leptogorgia rubroflavescens
Leptogorgia rubropurpurea
Leptogorgia saharensis
Leptogorgia sanguinea
Leptogorgia sarmentosa
Leptogorgia setacea
Leptogorgia stheno
Leptogorgia studeri
Leptogorgia styx
Leptogorgia subcompressa
Leptogorgia sulfurea
Leptogorgia sylvanae
Leptogorgia taboguillae
Leptogorgia tenuis
Leptogorgia tenuissima
Leptogorgia tricorata
Leptogorgia varians
Leptogorgia viminalis
Leptogorgia violacea
Leptogorgia violetta
Leptogorgia virgea
Leptogorgia virgulata (Sea whip)
Leptogorgia waltonae
Lophogorgia ceratophyta

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0