African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Helicogorgia spiralis (Hickson, 1904)

WoRMS taxon details

Helicogorgia spiralis (Hickson, 1904)

AphiaID

520693 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520693)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Helicogorgia Bayer, 1981

Original name

Junceella spiralis Hickson, 1904

Synonymised names

Hicksonella spiralis (Hickson, 1904) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Junceella spiralis Hickson, 1904 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Simpsonella spiralis (Hickson, 1904) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

(of Junceella spiralis Hickson, 1904) Hickson, S.J. (1904). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope, Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 3: 211-239, plates 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2188463
page(s): 231-233 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Helicogorgia spiralis (Hickson, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520693 on 2025-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-16 13:29:41Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-18 14:47:01Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2024-06-17 22:36:52Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Junceella spiralis Hickson, 1904) Hickson, S.J. (1904). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope, Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 3: 211-239, plates 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2188463
page(s): 231-233 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype (of Simpsonella spiralis (Hickson, 1904)) SAfM H3931, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Syntype (of Simpsonella spiralis (Hickson, 1904)) SAfM H1245, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Simpsonella spiralis (Hickson, 1904))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helicogorgia spiralis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Junceella spiralis Hickson, 1904)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Simpsonella spiralis (Hickson, 1904))