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Genus
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA2876EFEA2FB9CFE5D9029" bold="true" box="[351,497,1073,1099]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Leptogorgia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8025DBC1FFA2876EFE04FB9CFCD19029" author="Milne" box="[505,893,1073,1099]" pageId="1" pageNumber="10" refString="Milne Edwards, H. &amp; Haime, J. (1857) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits, Vol. 1, pp. i - xxxiv + 1 - 326, 8 plates, numbered A 1 - 6, B 1 - 2. Paris, a la Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret." type="book chapter" year="1857">Milne Edwards &amp; Haime, 1857</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA2876EFEF5FBD1FE3D90F4" bold="true" box="[264,401,1148,1174]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Synonymy.</emphasis>
See
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: 54;
<bibRefCitation id="8025DBC1FFA2876EFD37FBD1FC2F90F4" author="Williams" box="[714,899,1148,1174]" pageId="1" pageNumber="10" refString="Williams, G. C. (1992) The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the South African Museum, 101, 8, 181 - 296." type="journal article" year="1992">Williams, 1992</bibRefCitation>
: 231; and
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: 500.
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species
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.
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA2876EFE17FB61FD7E9087" box="[490,722,1228,1253]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Gorgonia viminalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8025DBC1FFA2876EFD22FB61FCD99084" author="Pallas" box="[735,885,1228,1254]" pageId="1" pageNumber="10" refString="Pallas, P. S. (1766) Elenchus zoophytorum systems generum adumbrations generaliores et specierum cognitarum succinactas descriptions cum selectis auctorum synonymis. Hagae Comitum. 451 pp." type="book" year="1766">Pallas, 1766</bibRefCitation>
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, by subsequent designation:
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: 420; Mediterranean Sea.
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA2876EFEC5FAB1FE1B9154" bold="true" box="[312,439,1308,1334]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Gorgoniids with variable branching patterns: pinnate, dichotomous, or filiform. Branch anastomosis absent; although occasionally present in two species,
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA2876EFB22FAE9FEFF91E7" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L. gilchristi</emphasis>
(
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)
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="8025DBC1FFA2876EFD31FAC1FC5F91E4" author="Williams" box="[716,1011,1388,1414]" pageId="1" pageNumber="11" refString="Williams, G. C. &amp; Lindo, K. G. (1997) A review of the octocorallian genus Leptogorgia (Anthozoa: Gorgoniidae) in the Indian Ocean and Subantarctic, with description of a new species and comparisons with related taxa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 49, 15, 499 - 521." type="journal article" year="1997">Williams &amp; Lindo, 1997</bibRefCitation>
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. Axis horny, with a crosschambered central core containing a network of organic filaments frequently mineralized. Colonies with a simple or complex spreading holdfast, or without a holdfast and lying free on the sea floor. Coenenchymal sclerites are radiates and/or spindles, some with bent ends, with symmetrically or asymmetrically warty tuberculation. In some species, warts are fused into incomplete disks. Anthocodial sclerites usually flat rods and platelets. Colour variable: white, yellow, orange, red, violet, or brownish, and bicoloured (based on
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;
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; Grasshoff 1988;
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA2876EFEC5F979FE74928C" bold="true" box="[312,472,1748,1774]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Distribution.</emphasis>
Eastern Pacific (from southern California to
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); western and southern Africa; western
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; Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; south west Indian Ocean; and one subAntarctic species (
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,
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; Grasshoff 1988, 1992, 1997;
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).
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA1876DFEC5FEB6FE1D9557" bold="true" box="[312,433,283,309]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Remarks.</emphasis>
The taxonomic status of the Indian Ocean species of the genus
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA1876DFB66FEB1FA879557" box="[1179,1323,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Leptogorgia</emphasis>
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was thoroughly discussed by
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, and
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.
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decided to transfer these species of
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA1876DFB86FEC1FAA795E7" box="[1147,1291,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Leptogorgia</emphasis>
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to the genus
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<emphasis id="D6C07A22FFA1876DFE6CFE39FDDD95CF" box="[401,625,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Pseudopterogorgia</emphasis>
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, 1919
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mainly based on the occurrence of scaphoid­like sclerites in the coenenchyme; consequently the distribution of
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in the Indian Ocean could be invalid. However, more taxonomic research is needed before a zoogeographical pattern can be established.
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