MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Keratoisididae Gray, 1870

ERMS taxon details

Keratoisididae Gray, 1870

AphiaID

1544106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1544106)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Keratoisis Wright, 1869 (type by original designation)

Parent

Scleralcyonacea

Original name

Keratoisidae Gray, 1870

Synonymised names

Keratoisidinae Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Genus Acanella Gray, 1870
Genus Isidella Gray, 1857
Genus Keratoisis Wright, 1869
Genus Lepidisis Verrill, 1883
Subfamily Keratoisidinae Gray, 1870 accepted as Keratoisididae Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) 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): 18 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Keratoisididae Gray, 1870. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544106 on 2026-05-23

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Keratoisididae Gray, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544106 on 2026-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2021-09-30 03:03:27Z

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McFadden, Cathy

2022-11-02 14:49:37Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2024-12-28 21:14:13Z

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McFadden, Cathy

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original description (of ) 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): 18 [details]

redescription Heestand Saucier, E.; France, S.C.; Watling, L. (2021). Toward a revision of the bamboo corals: Part 3, deconstructing the Family Isididae. <em>Zootaxa 5047(3): 247-272.</em> , available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5047.3.2
page(s): 267-268 [details] Available for editors

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Keratoisididae)
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