taxonID	type	description	language	source
039C87A77302FFA3FE1BFB5AC21DFA0C.taxon	materials_examined	TYPE SPECIES. — Grasshoffia virgularioides Williams, 2015.	en	Williams, Gary C. (2017): The Genus Grasshoffia with the Description of a New Deep-water Species from the Northern Philippines (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Virgulariidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (4): 95-105, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13155406
039C87A77302FFA2FF8FFA6FC57AFE67.taxon	description	Figures 3 - 7.	en	Williams, Gary C. (2017): The Genus Grasshoffia with the Description of a New Deep-water Species from the Northern Philippines (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Virgulariidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (4): 95-105, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13155406
039C87A77302FFA2FF8FFA6FC57AFE67.taxon	materials_examined	HOLOTYPE. — CASIZ 207514. PARATYPE. — CASIZ 207515. TYPE LOCALITY (Fig. 1). — Balayan Bay, southwestern Luzon, Philippines (13.77283 ° N, 120.8507 ° E to 13.764167 ° N, 120.85167 ° E); station number HEPD- 010; 318 – 333 m depth; 30 May 2011; G. C. Williams on board the research ship of the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, M / V DA-BFAR, during the 2011 CAS Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition; two partial specimens collected by beam trawl. HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Collected from muddy sea bottom in a north to south linear transect in the eastern part of Balayan Bay (Fig. 1), which represents the only known occurrence of the species.	en	Williams, Gary C. (2017): The Genus Grasshoffia with the Description of a New Deep-water Species from the Northern Philippines (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Virgulariidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (4): 95-105, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13155406
039C87A77302FFA2FF8FFA6FC57AFE67.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. — The specific epithet is derived from the Latin profundus (deep or of the depths), and the suffix – icus (belonging to), referring to the deep-sea habitat of the holotype.	en	Williams, Gary C. (2017): The Genus Grasshoffia with the Description of a New Deep-water Species from the Northern Philippines (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Virgulariidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (4): 95-105, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13155406
