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Drifa Danielssen, 1887

146940  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146940)

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  1. Species Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869)
  2. Species Drifa arbuscula (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
  3. Species Drifa erecta (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
  4. Species Drifa flavescens (Danielssen, 1887) accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Drifa gaboensis (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
  6. Species Drifa gronlandica (Molander, 1915) accepted as Pseudodrifa groenlandica (Molander, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination, variant spelling)
  7. Species Drifa hyalina Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Drifa islandica Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Species Drifa johnstonei (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
  10. Species Drifa portlandensis (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
  11. Species Drifa racemosa (Studer, 1891) accepted as Pseudodrifa racemosa (Studer, 1891) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 59-64 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Drifa Danielssen, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146940 on 2024-03-28
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2005-02-28 08:40:49Z
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2006-09-11 06:44:08Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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2013-10-18 12:39:18Z
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2019-07-09 03:19:14Z
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2022-11-04 22:11:55Z
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original description Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 59-64 [details]   

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]   

basis of record Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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 Utinomi, H. (1960). Noteworthy octocorals collected off the southwest coast of Kii Peninsula, Middle Japan. Part I. Stolonifera and Alcyonacea. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 8(1): 1-26, plates 1-2., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174706/1/fia0081_001.pdf
page(s): 22 [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]   

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): 48 [details]   
 
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