African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Veretillum cynomorum

AphiaID

213067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213067)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (lapsus calami)

Accepted name

Veretillum cynomorium (Pallas, 1766)

Rank

Species

Parent

Veretillum Cuvier, 1797

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Veretillum cynomorum. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213067 on 2026-07-15

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. Veretillum cynomorum. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213067 on 2026-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-11-17 13:54:23Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2000-10-11 08:25:22Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2018-01-30 20:45:56Z

changed

Williams, Gary

2019-06-25 05:41:35Z

changed

Williams, Gary

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality