MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857)

ERMS taxon details

Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857)

AphiaID

289448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289448)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Antipathella Brook, 1889

Original name

Antipathes wollastoni Gray, 1857

Synonymised names

Antipathes wollastoni Gray, 1857 · unaccepted (new combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Antipathes wollastoni Gray, 1857) Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 293 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2024). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=289448 on 2025-04-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289448 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2018-07-25 09:22:04Z

changed

Molodtsova, Tina

Licensing

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

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Antipathes wollastoni Gray, 1857) Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 293 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in RoR) [details]

basis of record D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Molodtsova T.N. 2006. Black corals (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) of North-East Atlantic. pp. 141-151 In: Mironov A.N., A.V. Gebruk and A.J. Southward (eds.) Biogeography of the North Atlantic seamounts. Moscow. KMK Press 201 p.
page(s): 148, 150 [details] Available for editors

additional source Opresko, D.M. 2001. Revision of the Antipatharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Part I. Establishment of a new family, Myriopathidae. Zool. Med. Leiden 75 (17): 343-370, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/45071
page(s): 367, 368 [details]

additional source Bo, M.; Tazioli, S.; Spanò, N.; Bavestrello, G. (2008). Antipathella subpinnata (Antipatharia, Myriopathidae) in Italian seas. Italian Journal of Zoology, 75(2): 185-195
page(s): 190, 194 [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): 162, 163, 168, 169, 174, 186 [details]

additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A.; González, G.; Herrera, R. (2007). Additions in relation to Gerardiidae from the Macaronesian waters and the Mediterranean Sea (Anthozoa: Zoantharia). Vieraea, 35, 163-168
page(s): 165 [details]