MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Viminella Gray, 1870

WoRMS taxon details

Viminella Gray, 1870

AphiaID

125300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125300)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ellisellidae Gray, 1859

Synonymised names

Scirpearella Wright & Studer, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Toeplitzella Deichmann, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (20)

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Species Viminella alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
Species Viminella anomala (Simpson, 1910)
Species Viminella crassa Grasshoff, 1999
Species Viminella flagellum (Johnson, 1863)
Species Viminella furcata (Hickson, 1905)
Species Viminella glabra Grasshoff, 1999
Species Viminella hicksoni (Simpson, 1910)
Species Viminella hystrix (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
Species Viminella juncelloides (Stiasny, 1938)
Species Viminella petila Grasshoff, 1999
Species Viminella profunda (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Species Viminella rossa Grasshoff, 1999
Species Viminella sanctaecrucis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Viminella verrucosa (Simpson, 1910)
Species Viminella erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913) accepted as Ellisella erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Viminella juncea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Junceella juncea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Viminella laevis (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Ellisella laevis (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Viminella rarus Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Species Viminella santacrucis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Viminella sanctaecrucis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Viminella varia Grasshoff, 1999 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 28-29 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Viminella Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125300 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2006-09-29 11:38:53Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-16 13:29:41Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 28-29 [details]

original description (of Scirpearella Wright & Studer, 1889) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 154 [details]

original description (of Toeplitzella Deichmann, 1936) Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 205 [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville. pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 62, 224, 226-227, 228, 230 [details]

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1973). A new gorgonacean octocoral from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23(2): 387-398
page(s): 390 [details] Available for editors

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