Galapagos Species Database
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Chrysogorgia laevorsa
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Alcyonacea
Suborder
Calcaxonia
Family
Chrysogorgiidae
Genus
Chrysogorgia
Species
laevorsa
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: colony and SEM stubs 2320–2322, JSL-I-1929, USNM 1409029. Paratypes: Alb-2818, 13 denuded stems, USNM 1409031; JSL-I-1938, 1 colony, USNM 1160584; Type locality: 0°14'40"N, 91°36'32"W (off Roca Redonda, Galápagos), 806 m depth (Cains, 2018).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galápagos: Roca Redonda, west of Santa Cruz, 717–806 m deep; Cocos Islands, 614–785 m deep (Cairns, 2018).
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2023) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Cairns, S.D. (2018) Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys 729: 1–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.21779
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chrysogorgia laevorsa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25014. Accessed 1 November 2026.