African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Scytaliopsis Gravier, 1906

AphiaID

206837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206837)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Scytaliopsis djiboutiensis Gravier, 1906 (type by original designation)

Parent

Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868

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Species Scytaliopsis djiboutiensis Gravier, 1906
Species Scytaliopsis ghardagensis (?Gravenhorst, 1821) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, unclear if authority represents an original description or use of unsubstantiated name)

Environment

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

Original description

Gravier, C. (1906). Sur un type nouveau d'Alcyonaire de la famille des Virgularidae. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 142: 1290-1291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7133087 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Scytaliopsis Gravier, 1906. 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=206837 on 2026-02-23

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. Scytaliopsis Gravier, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206837 on 2026-02-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-11-13 11:41:50Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2005-06-10 19:57:34Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-25 05:41:35Z

changed

Williams, Gary

2021-03-07 03:54:55Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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original description Gravier, C. (1906). Sur un type nouveau d'Alcyonaire de la famille des Virgularidae. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 142: 1290-1291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7133087 [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. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors

additional source 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): 125 [details]

additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Gravier, C. (1906). Sur un type nouveau de Virgulaire. Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris. 12(5): 291-293., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42891892 [details]

additional source Williams, G. C. (1997). Preliminary assessment of the phylogeny of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), with a reevaluation of Ediacaran frond-like fossils, and a synopsis of the history of evolutionary thought regarding the sea pens. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 497-509
page(s): 503 [details]

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