Deep-Sea taxon details
Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862)
125406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125406)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Johnson, J. Y. (1862). Descriptions of some new corals from Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1862: 194-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577226 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125406 on 2026-09-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125406 on 2026-09-15
original description
(of ) Johnson, J. Y. (1862). Descriptions of some new corals from Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1862: 194-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577226 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bilewitch, J. P. (2008). Octocoral biodiversity in Bermuda. Unpub. Report, Bermuda Zoological Society, Bermuda, 9 pp. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [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 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 Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source Xu, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2026). Studies on Western Pacific Gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Part 4: Genera <em>Callogorgia</em>, <em>Calyptrophora</em>, <em>Paracalyptrophora</em>, and <em>Candidella</em>, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Ten New Species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 79(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/79.4.6
page(s): 597 [details] Available for editors
context source (Bermuda) Bilewitch, J. P. (2008). Octocoral biodiversity in Bermuda. Unpub. Report, Bermuda Zoological Society, Bermuda, 9 pp. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [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 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 Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details]
additional source Xu, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2026). Studies on Western Pacific Gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Part 4: Genera <em>Callogorgia</em>, <em>Calyptrophora</em>, <em>Paracalyptrophora</em>, and <em>Candidella</em>, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Ten New Species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 79(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/79.4.6
page(s): 597 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Candidella imbricata)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Candidella imbricata USNM 57553 view16i)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Candidella imbricata USNM 57553 view16j)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (98 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005789.CN)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Candidella imbricata)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Candidella imbricata USNM 57553 view16i)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Candidella imbricata USNM 57553 view16j)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (98 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005789.CN)
To ITIS
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