African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Briareum Blainville, 1834

AphiaID

267277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267277)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Briareidae Gray, 1859

Synonymised names

Asbestia Nardo, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Briarea Blainville · alternative representation

Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Solenopodium Kükenthal, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vioa Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior homonym

Direct children (18)

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Species Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766)
Species Briareum cylindrum Samimi-Namin & van Ofwegen, 2016
Species Briareum hamrum (Gohar, 1948)
Species Briareum palmachristi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Species Briareum stechei (Kükenthal, 1908)
Species Briareum violaceum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Briareum arboreum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Briareum contortum (Kükenthal, 1906) accepted as Briareum hamrum (Gohar, 1948) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Briareum excavata (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Briareum stechei (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Briareum gorgonoideum Blainville, 1830 accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Briareum grandiflorum Sars, 1856 accepted as Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Briareum grandiflorum Möbius, 1874 accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Briareum marquesarum (Kükenthal, 1916) accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Briareum polyanthes (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Briareum suberosum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Titanideum suberosum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Titanideum frauenfeldii (Kölliker, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Briareum capitata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (uncertain)
Species Briareum frielei Koren & Danielssen, 1883 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Briareum plexaura (Lamouroux, 1821) (uncertain)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg. 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 520-521 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Briareum Blainville, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267277 on 2025-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-14 06:59:57Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg. 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 520-521 [details]

original description (of Solenopodium Kükenthal, 1916) Kükenthal, W. (1916). System und Stammesgeschichte der Scleraxonier und der Ursprung der Holaxonier. Zool. Anzeiger. 47(6):170- 183., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729447 [details]

original description (of Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908) Roule, L. (1908). Alcyonaires d'Amboine. Revue suisse de zoologie. 16: 161-194, plates 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9973176
page(s): 165-167 [details]

original description (of Asbestia Nardo, 1845) Nardo, G. D. (1845). Distribuzione naturale in ordine, famiglie e generi della classe dei zoofiti (Blainville). Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna (2). 3:104-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9345143 [details]

original description (of Vioa Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 408 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Other

additional source Samimi-Namin, K.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (2016). Overview of the genus Briareum (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Briareidae) in the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys. (557): 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.557.6298 [details]

additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290
page(s): 20 [details]

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1993). A new scleraxonian octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. Precious Corals & Octocoral Research. 2: 11-18.
page(s): 11, 12 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Utinomi, H.; Harada, E. (1973). Rediscovery of an enigmatic octocoral, Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker, from southern Australia and a discussion on its systematic position. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 128 [details]

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 246 [details]

additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monogr. 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 23 [details]