MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acanella Gray, 1870

WoRMS taxon details

Acanella Gray, 1870

AphiaID

125303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125303)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mopsea arbusculum Johnson, 1862 represented as Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Keratoisidinae Gray, 1870

Original name

Acanella Gray, 1870

Direct children (21)

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Species Acanella africana Kükenthal, 1915
Species Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862)
Species Acanella aurelia Heestand Saucier & France, 2017
Species Acanella chiliensis Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Acanella dispar Bayer, 1990
Species Acanella furcata Thomson, 1929
Species Acanella gregori (Gray, 1868)
Species Acanella microspiculata Aurivillius, 1931
Species Acanella rigida Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Acanella robusta Thomson & Henderson, 1906
Species Acanella scarletae Heestand Saucier & France, 2017
Species Acanella verticillata Kükenthal, 1915
Species Acanella weberi Nutting, 1910
Species Acanella eburnea (Pourtalès, 1868) accepted as Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanella gigliolii Cecchini, 1914 accepted as Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanella japonica Kükenthal, 1915 accepted as Acanella rigida Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanella mediterranea Cecchini, 1914 accepted as Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanella normani Verrill, 1878 accepted as Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanella sibogae Nutting, 1910 accepted as Acanella rigida Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanella simplex Verrill, 1883 accepted as Lepidisis simplex (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Acanella spiculosa Verrill, 1883 accepted as Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

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): 16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Acanella Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125303 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Ofwegen, Leen

2006-09-04 06:53:11Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

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van Ofwegen, Leen

2020-02-11 14:52:44Z

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Cordeiro, Ralf

2020-11-16 01:27:23Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

2023-03-13 08:15:42Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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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): 16 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 938, 941 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Bayer, F.M. & J. Stefani. (1987). Isididae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie: Nouvelle clé des genres de la famille. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,. 4e sér. 9(1):47-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58704441
page(s): 49, 51 [details] Available for editors

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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 Bayer, F.M. (1955). Contributions to the nomenclature, systematics, and morphology of the Octocorallia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 105: 207-220, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15705299
page(s): 216 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys. 860: 183-306., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34317/ [details]

additional source Smith, P. J.; McVeagh, S. M.; Mingoia, J. T.; France, S. C. (2004). Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in deep-sea bamboo coral (Keratoisidinae) species in the southwest and northwest Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology, 144, 253-261
page(s): 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260 [details]

additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52
page(s): 51 [details]

additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. Pacific Science. 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170, 172 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the South African Museum. 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 281, 288, 292 [details]