WoRMS name details
Virgularia multiflora Kner, 1858
1264295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1264295)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kner, R. (1858). Ueber Virgularia multiflora, n. sp. aus der Familie der Seefedern, Pennatulina. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 8 (1858): 295-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26712710 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Virgularia multiflora Kner, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264295 on 2026-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Kner, R. (1858). Ueber Virgularia multiflora, n. sp. aus der Familie der Seefedern, Pennatulina. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 8 (1858): 295-298., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26712710 [details]
basis of record Kölliker, A. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> VII. VIII.:1-458., available online at https://archive.org/details/anatomischsyste00klgoog [details]
basis of record Kölliker, A. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> VII. VIII.:1-458., available online at https://archive.org/details/anatomischsyste00klgoog [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 74 [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
Other
additional source
Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 487-602., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209642
page(s): 535-536 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1905). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In:. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> Part 3, supplementary report 20:269-328., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1865786
page(s): 319 [details]
page(s): 535-536 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1905). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In:. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> Part 3, supplementary report 20:269-328., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1865786
page(s): 319 [details]
