WoRMS name details
Halisceptrum Herklots, 1863
1330358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1330358)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Halisceptrum cystiferum Nutting, 1909 accepted as Virgularia bromleyi Kölliker, 1880 (uncertain, synonym)
- Species Halisceptrum abies Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Virgularia abies (Kölliker, 1870) (original combination)
- Species Halisceptrum album Nutting, 1912 accepted as Virgularia alba (Nutting, 1912) (original combination)
- Species Halisceptrum gustavianum Herklots, 1863 accepted as Virgularia gustaviana (Herklots, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Halisceptrum magnifolium Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Virgularia gustaviana (Herklots, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halisceptrum parvifolium Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Virgularia gustaviana (Herklots, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halisceptrum periyense Thomson & Henderson, 1905 accepted as Virgularia gustaviana (Herklots, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halisceptrum tenue Roule, 1908 accepted as Virgularia tenuis (Roule, 1908) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Herklots, J.A. (1863). Description de deux espèces nouvelles de pennatulides des Mers de la Chine. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> 1: 31-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49105298
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Halisceptrum Herklots, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330358 on 2026-06-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Herklots, J.A. (1863). Description de deux espèces nouvelles de pennatulides des Mers de la Chine. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> 1: 31-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49105298
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record 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): 487-512 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record 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): 487-512 [details]
