Acanthogorgia aspera

Author
Pourtalès, 1867

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Min Depth
56 meters
Max Depth
729 meters
Overall Geographic Range
southeast United States (warm temperate waters south of Cape Hatteras to Key Largo), Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • outer continental shelf (50–200 m)-slope (200–3000 m)
References

  • Deichmann, E. 1936. The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 53: 1–317, 37 pls.

  • Giammona, C. P. 1978. Octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico—their taxonomy and distribution with remarks on their paleontology [dissertation]. Texas A&M University. 212 pp., 21 pls.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Cairns, S. D. and F. M. Bayer. 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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