African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Umbellula Cuvier, [1797]

AphiaID

1757986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1757986)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840)

Parent

Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840)

Original name

Umbellula Cuvier, [1797]

Synonymised names

Umbellula Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect authority)

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Species Umbellula lindahli Kölliker, 1875
Species Umbellula thomsoni (Kölliker, 1874)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary Table of the Natural History of Animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. :i-xvi, 1-710, pls 1-14. [Dec 1797]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 675 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Umbellula Cuvier, [1797]. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1757986 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Umbellula Cuvier, [1797]. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1757986 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-06-22 02:52:48Z

created

McFadden, Cathy

2024-06-23 19:01:30Z

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McFadden, Cathy

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original description Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary Table of the Natural History of Animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. :i-xvi, 1-710, pls 1-14. [Dec 1797]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 675 [details]

status source Bayer, F.M.; Grasshoff, M. (1997). Case 2999. Umbellula Cuvier, [1797] (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed conservation as the correct original spelling, and corrections to the entries relating to Umbellularia Lamarck, 1801 on the Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 54(1): 14-18., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6199/Bayer-121-1997-pg-14-18-187-188.pdf [details]

status source ICZN. (1998). Opinion 1903. Umbellula Cuvier, [1797] (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): conserved as the correct original spelling, and corrections made to the entries relating to Umbellularia Lamarck, 1801 on the Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 55(3), 187-188., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12441563 [details]

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