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Psammogorgia teres was first described by Verrill in 1868, with the lectotype originating from the eastern Pacific waters of the Pearl Islands, Panamá.
According to Breedy and Guzman, the species also occurs in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panamá.
The lectotype is a red-orange dry colony, which was lighter in color when alive (Verrill 1868b), measuring 25 cm long and 20 cm wide.
The colonies of the gorgonian are bushy and branch laterally and irregularly dichotomously.
Like all gorgonians of the East Pacific, Psammogorgia teres is azooxanthellate.
Unfortunately, we have been unable to obtain a photo of a living coral.
Similar species: Psammogorgia fucosa (Valenciennes, 1846)/
Note: WoRMS has classified the species Psammogorgia fucosa as “uncertain > nomen dubium” (08.2024).
Literature reference:
Breedy O, Guzman HM (2020)
A revision of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
ZooKeys 961: 1-30. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.54846
According to Breedy and Guzman, the species also occurs in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panamá.
The lectotype is a red-orange dry colony, which was lighter in color when alive (Verrill 1868b), measuring 25 cm long and 20 cm wide.
The colonies of the gorgonian are bushy and branch laterally and irregularly dichotomously.
Like all gorgonians of the East Pacific, Psammogorgia teres is azooxanthellate.
Unfortunately, we have been unable to obtain a photo of a living coral.
Similar species: Psammogorgia fucosa (Valenciennes, 1846)/
Note: WoRMS has classified the species Psammogorgia fucosa as “uncertain > nomen dubium” (08.2024).
Literature reference:
Breedy O, Guzman HM (2020)
A revision of the genus Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
ZooKeys 961: 1-30. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.54846
