African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902

AfReMaS taxon details

Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902

AphiaID

196246 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196246)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

Direct children (2)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Genus Amphiacme Kükenthal, 1903
Genus Chunella Kükenthal, 1902

Environment

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

Original description

Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Alcyonarien aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 25(688): 299-303., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904161
page(s): 302 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902. 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=196246 on 2026-03-08

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. Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196246 on 2026-03-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-30 14:07:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-25 05:39:42Z

changed

Williams, Gary

2020-12-12 01:19:41Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-11-02 02:55:04Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

[clear cache]

original description Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Alcyonarien aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 25(688): 299-303., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904161
page(s): 302 [details]

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

basis of record Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00929.x
page(s): 115-118 [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia". 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 270-271 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

[show lower level...]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chunellidae)
To Genbank
To ITIS