WoRMS taxon details
Telestula Madsen, 1944
125290 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125290)
accepted
Genus
- Species Telestula batoni Weinberg, 1990
- Species Telestula corrugata (Nutting, 1908)
- Species Telestula kuekenthali Weinberg, 1990
- Species Telestula mosaica (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
- Species Telestula ridgensis Periasamy, Kurian & Ingole, 2023
- Species Telestula septentrionalis Madsen, 1944
- Species Telestula spiculicola (Nutting, 1908)
- Species Telestula stocki Weinberg, 1990
- Species Telestula tubaria Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Telestula verseveldti Weinberg, 1990
- Species Telestula versluysi (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
- Species Telestula tubulosa Kinoshita (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Telestula ambigua (Nutting, 1909) accepted as Telesto ambigua Nutting, 1909 (changed combination)
- Species Telestula humilis (Thomson, 1927) accepted as Pseudotelestula humilis (Thomson, 1927) (changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046
page(s): 16 [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Telestula Madsen, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125290 on 2026-08-30
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <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. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <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. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Bayer, F.M. (1952). Descriptions and redescriptions of the Hawaiian octocorals collected by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'. (1. Alcyonacea, Stolonifera and Telestacea). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 6(2): 126-136., available online at https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8809/vol6n2-126-136.pdf
page(s): 131 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 131 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Alderslade, P.; McFadden, C. S. (2007). Pinnule-less polyps: a new genus and new species of Indo-Pacific Clavulariidae
and validation of the soft coral genus Acrossota and the family Acrossotidae
(Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1400: 27–44., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1400.2
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 30, 31 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Poliseno, A.; Altuna, A.; Puetz, L.C.; Mak, S.S.T.; Ríos, P.; Petroni, E.; McFadden, C.S.; Sørensen, M.V.; Gilbert, M.P.T. (2021). An integrated morphological-molecular approach reveals new insights on the systematics of the octocoral Telestula humilis (Thomson, 1927) (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 35: 261-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS20009 [details]
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. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 126, 127 [details]
additional source 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 [request]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 262-264 [details]
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 30, 31 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Poliseno, A.; Altuna, A.; Puetz, L.C.; Mak, S.S.T.; Ríos, P.; Petroni, E.; McFadden, C.S.; Sørensen, M.V.; Gilbert, M.P.T. (2021). An integrated morphological-molecular approach reveals new insights on the systematics of the octocoral Telestula humilis (Thomson, 1927) (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 35: 261-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS20009 [details]
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. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 126, 127 [details]
additional source 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
[request]additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 262-264 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Telestula)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Telestula sp., USNM 1019168)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Telestula sp., USNM 1019168)
To ITIS
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