TABLE 5. The 68 in Studies on western Pacific gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia, Chrysogorgiidae). Part 1: a review of the genus Chrysogorgia, with description of a new genus and three new species

TABLE 5. The 68 valid species of Chrysogorgia including 9 species (bold) described in this paper (based on Versluys 1902, Cairns 2001, Untiedt et al. 2021). Arranged by group with different sclerite forms and arrangement. Type localities and depths and branching sequence also included.
SpeciesType localities and depthsbranching sequenceGroup A1: Rods or non-curved spindles in both tentacle rachis and polyp body wall, colony without pinnately branching formC. varians Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2021(a seamount on the Caroline Ridge, 1145 m)1/3, 1/4, 2/7, 2/9, 3/10, 3/11LC. monticola Cairns, 2007(California, 1711–3015 m)1/3RC. ramificans Xu, Li, Zhan & Xu, 2019(Kocebu Guyot, 1831 m)1/3R, 2/5RC. lata Versluys, 1902(Celebes Sea, 1901 m)1/4LC. terasticha Versluys, 1902(Banda Sea, 204 m)1/4LC. pusilla Versluys, 1902(Timor Sea, 520 m)1/4LC. dispersa Kükenthal, 1908(Japan, depth?)1/4LC. pyramidalis Kükenthal, 1908(Japan, “upper abyssal”)1/4LC. rotunda Kinoshita, 1913(Japan, 732 m)1/4LC. papillosa Kinoshita, 1913(Japan, 730 m)1/4LC. arborescens Nutting, 1908(Hawaii, 722–914 m)2/5RC. herdendorfi Cairns, 2001(S. Carolina, 2178 m)2/5R–3/8RC. pellucida Kükenthal, 1908(Japan, 100 m)dichotomousC. indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906(Sri Lanka, 1038 m)irreg.C. irregularis Thomson & Henderson, 1906(Sri Lanka, 1271 m)unknownC. dichotoma Thomson & Henderson, 1906(Bay of Bengal, 165 m)unknownGroup A2: Rods or non-curved spindles in both tentacle rachis and polyp body wall, colony with pinnately branching formC. pinnata Cairns, 2007(California, 3114 m)flabellateGroup A3. Obvious curved spindles in tentacle rachis and polyp body wallC. multiflora Deichmann, 1936(Lesser Antilles, 991 m)2/5RC. fewkesii Verrill, 1883(Lesser Antilles, 1048 m)2/5RC. thysiformis Deichmann, 1936(Barbados, 183 m)2/5RC. desbonni Duch. & Mich., 1864(Lesser Antilles, 161 m)bi-flabellateC. quadruplex Thomson, 1927(Azores, 1022 m)unknownGroup B1. Rods/spindles in tentacle rachis and upper part of polyp body wall, scales in lower part of body wall; colony in adults with a long unbranched stem and a monopodial or zigzag branching part forming a tree-shaped structureC. dendritic Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020(Kocebu Guyot, 1821 m)1/3LC. fragilis Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2020(Kocebu Guyot, 1279–1321 m)1/3LC. abludo Pante & Watling, 2012(New England and Corner Seamount, 2110–2246 m)1/3L,1/4L, irreg.
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