MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Clavularia arctica (Sars, 1860)

WoRMS taxon details

Clavularia arctica (Sars, 1860)

AphiaID

125337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125337)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Clavularia Blainville, 1830

Original name

Rhizoxenia arctica Sars, 1860

Synonymised names

Clavularia arctica Koren & Danielssen, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cornulariella arctica (Sars, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Rhizoxenia arctica Sars, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Rhizoxenia arctica Sars, 1860) Sars, M. (1861). Bemaerkninger, over følgende norske Coelenterater. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania. 1860: 140-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473718
page(s): 141 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Western Atlantic: Davis Strait

Distribution Western Atlantic: Davis Strait [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Clavularia arctica (Sars, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125337 on 2025-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-05-21 02:47:21Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Clavularia arctica Koren & Danielssen, 1883) Koren, J.; Danielssen, D.C. (1883). Nye Alcyonider, Gorgonider og Pennatulider tilhorende Norges Fauna. Bergens Museum Skrifter. 2: 1-38, plates 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6976981
page(s): 5 [details]

original description (of Rhizoxenia arctica Sars, 1860) Sars, M. (1861). Bemaerkninger, over følgende norske Coelenterater. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania. 1860: 140-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473718
page(s): 141 [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]

Other

additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S. 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046 [details]

additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium. 279-296. [details]

additional source Weinberg, S. (1986). Mediterranean Octocorallia: description of Clavularia carpediem n. sp. and synonymy of Clavularia crassa and C. ochracea on etho-ecological grounds. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 56(2): 232-246.
page(s): 238-244 [details]

additional source Grieg, J.A. (1891). Tre nordiske Alcyonarier. Bergens Museums Aarsberetning for 1890. 2: 1-13, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42466345 [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Distribution Western Atlantic: Davis Strait [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	Arctic club coral	[details]
French	corail arctique	[details]

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