WoRMS taxon details

Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865)

213054  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213054)

accepted
Species
Eunicella alba (Esper, 1792) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Gorgonia palma var. alba Esper, 1792 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygorgia albicans (Kölliker, 1865) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865) Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 139; note: nomen novum for Gorgonia palma var. cortice albo Esper, 1792 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213054 on 2024-04-26
Date
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1998-11-17 13:54:23Z
created
2000-10-11 08:25:22Z
changed
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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2021-06-19 21:34:25Z
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original description  (of Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865) Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 139; note: nomen novum for Gorgonia palma var. cortice albo Esper, 1792 [details]   

original description  (of Gorgonia palma var. alba Esper, 1792) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): Taf. 40; note: original name G. palma var. cortice albo given in plate only; later described in 1796 [details]   

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

basis of record 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 van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

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): 50 [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): 180, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 287, 291 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype SAfM H3257, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3262, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3917, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]