Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Echinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
- Name authority
- Thomson & Henderson, 1905
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Octocorallia
- Order
- Malacalcyonacea
- Family
- Acanthogorgiidae
- Genus
- Echinogorgia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classOctocorallia Haeckel, 1866
- orderMalacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
- familyAcanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859
- genusEchinogorgia Kölliker, 1865
- speciesEchinogorgia multispinosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Echinogorgia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echinogorgia armata (Kükenthal, 1909) | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia clausa (Nutting, 1910) | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia complexa Nutting, 1910 | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia flexilis Thomson & Simpson, 1909 | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia furfuracea (Esper, 1797) | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia gracillima Kükenthal, 1917 | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia humilis (Nutting, 1910) | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931 | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia lami Stiasny, 1940 | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia macrospiculata Thomson & Simpson, 1909 | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia pseudosassapo Kölliker, 1865 | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinogorgia ramulosa (Gray, 1870) | AcanthogorgiidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Thomson, J. A., & Henderson, W. D. (1905). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar, Part 3, supplementary report 20:269–328. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38J56. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.