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Pterogorgia anceps

Pterogorgia anceps

angular sea whip(+1)·(Pallas, 1766)

GBIF:155451718

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(3)

Gulf of Mexico
Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone(PA)
United States Exclusive Economic Zone(US)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engangular sea whipengengforked sea feathereng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engangular sea whip
eng
Source: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
engforked sea feather
eng
Source: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 44 proteins)

NCBI:txid204323

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CITATIONS

References(11)

  • 1

    Bayer, F. M. (1952). New Western Atlantic records of octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 183-189.

    additional source
  • 2

    Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284.

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  • 3

    Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390.

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  • 4

    Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23.

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  • 5

    Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 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.

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  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155451718
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2264065
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290922
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026