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Gorgonia reticulum Pallas, 1766

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Gorgonia reticulum Pallas, 1766
Name authority
Pallas, 1766
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Octocorallia
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Family
Gorgoniidae
Genus
Gorgonia
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classOctocorallia Haeckel, 1866
  5. orderMalacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
  6. familyGorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  7. genusGorgonia Linnaeus, 1758
  8. speciesGorgonia reticulum Pallas, 1766

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Gorgonia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Venus' fanGorgonia flabellum Linnaeus, 1758GorgoniidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gorgonia flavescens Kükenthal, 1924GorgoniidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 7 records assigned to Gorgoniidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Rhipidigorgia reticulum (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym

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.

  1. Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae, 451 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6595 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:3H353. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.