Chrysogorgia elegans

Chrysogorgia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Subclass:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Suborder:	Calcaxonia
Family:	Chrysogorgiidae
Genus:	Chrysogorgia
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
*Chrysogorgia elegans* (Verrill 1883)^[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Chrysogorgia affinis Versluys, 1902

Chrysogorgia elegans is a species of soft corals in the genus Chrysogorgia. It is found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

↑ Report on the Anthozoa, and on Some Additional Species Dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk" in the 1880-82". Addison Emory Verrill, Bulletin, 1883, 11, no. 1

External links

Chrysogorgia elegans at the Encyclopedia of Life
WoRMS. "Chrysogorgia elegans". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

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