MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Tanacetipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857)

WoRMS taxon details

Tanacetipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857)

AphiaID

291178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291178)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tanacetipathes Opresko, 2001

Original name

Antipathes spinescens Gray, 1857

Synonymised names

Antipathes spinescens Gray, 1857 · unaccepted (new combination)

Antipathes spinescens var. minor Brook, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Aphanipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857) · unaccepted

Parantipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Parantipathes spinescens var. minor (Brook, 1889) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Antipathes spinescens 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): 292-293 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Liberian part of the Gulf of Guinea

type locality contained in Liberian part of the Gulf of Guinea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Tanacetipathes spinescens (Gray, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291178 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-08-11 11:22:13Z

checked

Molodtsova, Tina

2020-03-30 18:43:49Z

changed

Molodtsova, Tina

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Antipathes spinescens 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): 292-293 [details]

original description (of Antipathes spinescens var. minor Brook, 1889) Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-80/README.htm [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 IMIS) [details]

Other

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

additional source Opresko, D.M., 2001. New Species of antipatharians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Madeira, with establishment of new genus.— Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114 (2): 349-358.
page(s): 349, 352 [details]

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): 358, 360, 361 [details]

additional source Pérez, C. D.; Costa, D. L.; Opresko, D. M. (2005). A new species of Tanacetipathes from Brazil, with a redescription of the type species T. tanacetum (Pourtalès) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Antipatharia). Zootaxa. 890: 1-12.
page(s): 2 [details]