WoRMS name details
Gerardia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819)
101045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101045)
unaccepted (priority in synonymy)
Species
Gerardia Lacaze-Duthiers, 1864 accepted as Savalia Nardo, 1844
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia savaglia Bertoloni, 1819) Bertoloni, A. (1819). Amoenitates italicae sistentes opuscula ad rem herbariam et zoologiam Italiae spectantia. éditeur non identifié. [details]
Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2026). World List of Zoantharia. Gerardia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101045 on 2026-03-30
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Nomenclature
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(of Gorgonia savaglia Bertoloni, 1819) Bertoloni, A. (1819). Amoenitates italicae sistentes opuscula ad rem herbariam et zoologiam Italiae spectantia. éditeur non identifié. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Schmidt, H., 1969. Die nesselkapseln der aktinien und ihre differentialdiagnostische bedeutung. The nematocysts of the sea anemones and their importance for differential-diagnosis. Helgoländer wiss. Meeresunters. 19 : 284-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01625610
page(s): 312 [details]
additional source Grygier, M.J. (1985). Lauridae: taxonomy and morphology of ascothoracid crustacean parasites of zoanthids. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 36(2): 278-303.
page(s): 278, 279, [details]
additional source Delage, Y.; Hérouard, E. (1901). Traité de zoologie concrète. Tome II – Deuxième partie. Les coelentérés. <em>Paris: Schleicher Frères.</em> 848 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52123450
page(s): 665 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Taviani, M. (2005). Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep coral and other calcareous substrates in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. <i>in</i> Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 807-819. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_42
page(s): 813 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Sturaro, A.; Guerriero, A.; De Clauser, R.; Pietra, F. (1982). A new, unexpected marine source of a molting hormone. Isolation of ecdysterone in large amounts from the zoanthid Gerardia savaglia. Experientia, 38, 1184-1185, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01959730
page(s): 1184-1185 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1972). Die Nesselkapseln der Anthozoen und ihre Bedeutung fur die phylogenetische Systematik. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 23, 422-458, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01625294
page(s): 422, 431, 437, 439, 441, 454 [details]
additional source Herberts, C. (1987). Ordre des Zoanthaires. Masson. Paris., pp. 783-810
page(s): 798, 802 [details]
additional source Laubier, L.; Theodor, J. (1967). Sur la présence à Banyuls-Sur-Mer du zoanthaire Gerardia savaglia (Bertoloni). Vie et Milieu, 18, 223-225
page(s): 223-225 [details]
additional source Riedl, R. (1970). Fauna und Flora der Adria. Paul Parey. Hamburg and Berlin., pp. 702.
page(s): 178, 181 [details]
additional source Roche, J.; Tixier-Durivault, A. (1951). Rapports des gerardiides avec les zoanthides et les antipathaires. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 23(2): 402-409
page(s): 402, 406, 407, 408 [details]
additional source Druffel, E. R.; Griffin, S.; Witter, A.; Nelson, E.; Southon, J.; Kashgarian, M.; Vogel, J. (1995). An account of the Actinia Sociata or Clustered Animal-flower, lately found on the Sea-Coasts of the new-ceded Islands: In a Letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F. R. S. to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hillsborough, F. R. S. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 59(23): 5031-5036, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(95)00373-8
page(s): 5301 [details]
additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A.; Núñez, J.; Bacallado, J. J. (1995). Redescripción de Gerardia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) (Anthozoa: Zoantharia: Gerardiidae). Vieraea, 24, 153-164
page(s): 153-164 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1974). On evolution in the Anthozoa. Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 533-560
page(s): 535, 539, 546 [details]
additional source Vafidis, D.; Koukouras, A. (1998). Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, and Zoantharia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa) of the Aegean Sea with a check list of the Mediterranean and Black Sea species. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 74(2): 115-126
page(s): 122, 123 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P.; d'Udekem-d'Acoz, C. (2001). Decapoda from Antipatharia, Gorgonaria and Bivalvia at the Cape Verde Islands. Helgoländer Marine Research, 55, 112-115, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100073
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1972). Bionomische studien an Mediterranen Anthozoen: die Anthozoenfauna des Strombolicchio (Äolische Inseln). Marine Biology, 15, 265-278, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00383557
page(s): 265, 272, 274, 275, 277 [details]
additional source Rossi, L. (1958). Primo rinvenimento di Gerardia savaglia (Bert.) (Zoantharia) nei Mari Italiani (Golfo di Genova). Doriana, 2, 85
page(s): 1-4, 6-8 [details]
additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A. (2004). A review of Gerardiidae (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) from the Macronesian Islands and the Mediterranean Sea with the description of a new species. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 15(3-4): 159-189
page(s): 159, 160, 161, 162, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 182, 183, 189 [details]
additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A.; González, G.; Herrera, R. (2007). Additions in relation to Gerardiidae from the Macaronesian waters and the Mediterranean Sea (Anthozoa: Zoantharia). Vieraea, 35, 163-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.31939/vieraea.2007.35.16
page(s): 163, 164, 165, 166, 167 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H., 1969. Die nesselkapseln der aktinien und ihre differentialdiagnostische bedeutung. The nematocysts of the sea anemones and their importance for differential-diagnosis. Helgoländer wiss. Meeresunters. 19 : 284-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01625610
page(s): 312 [details]
additional source Grygier, M.J. (1985). Lauridae: taxonomy and morphology of ascothoracid crustacean parasites of zoanthids. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 36(2): 278-303.
page(s): 278, 279, [details]
additional source Delage, Y.; Hérouard, E. (1901). Traité de zoologie concrète. Tome II – Deuxième partie. Les coelentérés. <em>Paris: Schleicher Frères.</em> 848 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52123450
page(s): 665 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Taviani, M. (2005). Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep coral and other calcareous substrates in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. <i>in</i> Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 807-819. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_42
page(s): 813 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sturaro, A.; Guerriero, A.; De Clauser, R.; Pietra, F. (1982). A new, unexpected marine source of a molting hormone. Isolation of ecdysterone in large amounts from the zoanthid Gerardia savaglia. Experientia, 38, 1184-1185, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01959730
page(s): 1184-1185 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1972). Die Nesselkapseln der Anthozoen und ihre Bedeutung fur die phylogenetische Systematik. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 23, 422-458, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01625294
page(s): 422, 431, 437, 439, 441, 454 [details]
additional source Herberts, C. (1987). Ordre des Zoanthaires. Masson. Paris., pp. 783-810
page(s): 798, 802 [details]
additional source Laubier, L.; Theodor, J. (1967). Sur la présence à Banyuls-Sur-Mer du zoanthaire Gerardia savaglia (Bertoloni). Vie et Milieu, 18, 223-225
page(s): 223-225 [details]
additional source Riedl, R. (1970). Fauna und Flora der Adria. Paul Parey. Hamburg and Berlin., pp. 702.
page(s): 178, 181 [details]
additional source Roche, J.; Tixier-Durivault, A. (1951). Rapports des gerardiides avec les zoanthides et les antipathaires. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 23(2): 402-409
page(s): 402, 406, 407, 408 [details]
additional source Druffel, E. R.; Griffin, S.; Witter, A.; Nelson, E.; Southon, J.; Kashgarian, M.; Vogel, J. (1995). An account of the Actinia Sociata or Clustered Animal-flower, lately found on the Sea-Coasts of the new-ceded Islands: In a Letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F. R. S. to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hillsborough, F. R. S. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 59(23): 5031-5036, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(95)00373-8
page(s): 5301 [details]
additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A.; Núñez, J.; Bacallado, J. J. (1995). Redescripción de Gerardia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) (Anthozoa: Zoantharia: Gerardiidae). Vieraea, 24, 153-164
page(s): 153-164 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1974). On evolution in the Anthozoa. Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 533-560
page(s): 535, 539, 546 [details]
additional source Vafidis, D.; Koukouras, A. (1998). Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, and Zoantharia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa) of the Aegean Sea with a check list of the Mediterranean and Black Sea species. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 74(2): 115-126
page(s): 122, 123 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P.; d'Udekem-d'Acoz, C. (2001). Decapoda from Antipatharia, Gorgonaria and Bivalvia at the Cape Verde Islands. Helgoländer Marine Research, 55, 112-115, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100073
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Schmidt, H. (1972). Bionomische studien an Mediterranen Anthozoen: die Anthozoenfauna des Strombolicchio (Äolische Inseln). Marine Biology, 15, 265-278, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00383557
page(s): 265, 272, 274, 275, 277 [details]
additional source Rossi, L. (1958). Primo rinvenimento di Gerardia savaglia (Bert.) (Zoantharia) nei Mari Italiani (Golfo di Genova). Doriana, 2, 85
page(s): 1-4, 6-8 [details]
additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A. (2004). A review of Gerardiidae (Anthozoa: Zoantharia) from the Macronesian Islands and the Mediterranean Sea with the description of a new species. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 15(3-4): 159-189
page(s): 159, 160, 161, 162, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 182, 183, 189 [details]
additional source Ocaña, O.; Brito, A.; González, G.; Herrera, R. (2007). Additions in relation to Gerardiidae from the Macaronesian waters and the Mediterranean Sea (Anthozoa: Zoantharia). Vieraea, 35, 163-168, available online at https://doi.org/10.31939/vieraea.2007.35.16
page(s): 163, 164, 165, 166, 167 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MNHN, geounit Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MSNG, geounit Italian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MZDAUT [details]
Nontype MZDAUT [details]
Nontype MZDAUT [details]
Nontype MZDAUT [details]
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Nontype MZDAUT [details]
Nontype MZDAUT [details]
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