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Eunicella Verrill, 1869

125301  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125301)

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Platygorgia Studer, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865)
  2. Species Eunicella cavolini (Koch, 1887)
  3. Species Eunicella crinita Stiasny, 1938
  4. Species Eunicella filifica Grasshoff, 1992
  5. Species Eunicella filiformis (Studer, 1878)
  6. Species Eunicella filum Grasshoff, 1992
  7. Species Eunicella gazella Studer, 1901
  8. Species Eunicella gracilis Grasshoff, 1992
  9. Species Eunicella granulata Grasshoff, 1992
  10. Species Eunicella hendersoni Kükenthal, 1908
  11. Species Eunicella kochi Studer, 1901
  12. Species Eunicella labiata Thomson, 1927
  13. Species Eunicella lata Kükenthal, 1917
  14. Species Eunicella microthela (Lamouroux, 1816)
  15. Species Eunicella palma (Esper)
  16. Species Eunicella papillifera (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
  17. Species Eunicella pendula Kükenthal, 1908
  18. Species Eunicella pillsbury Grasshoff, 1992
  19. Species Eunicella racemosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
  20. Species Eunicella rigida Kükenthal, 1908
  21. Species Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)
  22. Species Eunicella tricoronata Velimirov, 1971
  23. Species Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766)
  24. Species Eunicella alba (Esper, 1792) accepted as Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Eunicella albatrossi Stiasny, 1941 accepted as Dacrygorgia albatrossi (Stiasny, 1941) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  26. Species Eunicella ctenocelloides Stiasny, 1936 accepted as Eunicella racemosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (synonym)
  27. Species Eunicella dawydoffi Stiasny, 1938 accepted as Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Eunicella densa Kükenthal, 1917 accepted as Eunicella kochi Studer, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Eunicella dubia Studer, 1890 accepted as Dacrygorgia modesta (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Eunicella filiformis Studer, 1901 accepted as Eunicella filiformis (Studer, 1878) (incorrect authority date)
  31. Species Eunicella furcata (W. Koch, 1886) accepted as Eunicella kochi Studer, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Eunicella furcata (Studer, 1878) accepted as Eunicella gazella Studer, 1901 (unaccepted > junior homonym, (of Gorgonia furcata Lamarck, 1816))
  33. Species Eunicella germaini Stiasny, 1937 accepted as Eunicella verrucosa var. germaini Stiasny, 1937 (synonym)
  34. Species Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883 accepted as Dacrygorgia modesta (Verrill, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  35. Species Eunicella multituberculata Stiasny, 1935 accepted as Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Eunicella papillosa (Esper, 1797) accepted as Eunicella microthela (Lamouroux, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Eunicella pergamentacea Ridley, 1882 accepted as Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Eunicella pustulosa Stiasny, 1935 accepted as Eunicella papillifera (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (synonym)
  39. Species Eunicella stricta (Bertoloni, 1810) accepted as Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Eunicella subtilus (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Species Eunicella tenuis Verrill, 1869 accepted as Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Species Eunicella venosa (Valenciennes, 1855) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  43. Species Eunicella marquesarum Kükenthal, 1919 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on the halcyonoid polyps with descriptions of new species in the Museum of Yale College, no . 4. <em>American Journal of Science, New Haven (Series 2).</em> 48: 419-429., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36838905
page(s): 425 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicella Verrill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125301 on 2024-11-26
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-09-12 06:54:36Z
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2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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2022-11-05 21:48:31Z
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original description Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on the halcyonoid polyps with descriptions of new species in the Museum of Yale College, no . 4. <em>American Journal of Science, New Haven (Series 2).</em> 48: 419-429., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36838905
page(s): 425 [details] 

original description (of Platygorgia Studer, 1887) Studer, T. (1887). Versuch eines Systemes der Alcyonaria. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 53(1):1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6379196
page(s): 60-61 [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), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , 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. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hermanlimianto, M.I.Y.T.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2006). A new species of Astrogorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) from Bali. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 80-4(10): 103-108.
page(s): 104 [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71 [details] 

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 133 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 506 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149.</em> Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
page(s): 9-10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source van Ofwegen, L. P.; Hoeksema, B. W. (2001). Astrogorgia bayeri, a new gorgonian octocoral species from South Sulawesi (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Plexauridae). <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10, 66-70.
page(s): 70 [details] 

additional source Stiasny, G. (1938). Revision des Plexauriden Genus Eunicella Verrill (Versuch einer Synthese). <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlansche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Sectie.</em> 37(7): 1-37, plates 1-8. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F.M.& E. Deichmann. (1960). The Ellisellidae (Octocorallia) and their bearing on the zoogeography of the Eastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 73: 175-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642168
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 287 [details] 

additional source Weinberg, S. (1975). Contribution à la connaissance de Parerythropodium coralloides (Pallas, 1766) (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Beaufortia, 23(298): 53-73
page(s): 53 [details] 

additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A. (2004). A review of Gerardiidae (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) from the Macronesian Islands and the Mediterranean Sea with the description of a new species. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 15(3-4): 159-189
page(s): 168 [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1909). Japanischen Gorgoniden. II. Teil: Die Familien der Plexauriden, Chrysogorgiiden und Melitodinen. <em>Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Herausgeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> Suppl. Bd 1(5): 1-78, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_Supp-I-1906_0001-0078.pdf
page(s): 33-36 [details] OpenAccess publication

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 56-57 [details] 
 
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