WoRMS taxon details
Briareum Blainville, 1834
267277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267277)
accepted
Genus
Asbestia Nardo, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Briarea Blainville · alternative representation
Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenopodium Kükenthal, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vioa Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior homonym
- Species Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Briareum cylindrum Samimi-Namin & van Ofwegen, 2016
- Species Briareum hamrum (Gohar, 1948)
- Species Briareum palmachristi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
- Species Briareum stechei (Kükenthal, 1908)
- Species Briareum violaceum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Species Briareum capitata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (uncertain)
- Species Briareum frielei Koren & Danielssen, 1883 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Briareum plexaura (Lamouroux, 1821) (uncertain)
- Species Briareum arboreum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Briareum contortum (Kükenthal, 1906) accepted as Briareum hamrum (Gohar, 1948) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Briareum excavata (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Briareum stechei (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Briareum gorgonoideum Blainville, 1830 accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Briareum grandiflorum Sars, 1856 accepted as Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Briareum grandiflorum Möbius, 1874 accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Briareum marquesarum (Kükenthal, 1916) accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Briareum polyanthes (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Briareum suberosum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Titanideum suberosum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Titanideum frauenfeldii (Kölliker, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 520-521 [details]
page(s): 520-521 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Briareum Blainville, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267277 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 520-521 [details]
original description (of Solenopodium Kükenthal, 1916) Kükenthal, W. (1916). System und Stammesgeschichte der Scleraxonier und der Ursprung der Holaxonier. <em>Zool. Anzeiger.</em> 47(6):170- 183., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729447 [details]
original description (of Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908) Roule, L. (1908). Alcyonaires d'Amboine. <em>Revue suisse de zoologie.</em> 16: 161-194, plates 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9973176
page(s): 165-167 [details]
original description (of Asbestia Nardo, 1845) Nardo, G. D. (1845). Distribuzione naturale in ordine, famiglie e generi della classe dei zoofiti (Blainville). <em>Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna (2).</em> 3:104-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9345143 [details]
original description (of Vioa Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 408 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 520-521 [details]
original description (of Solenopodium Kükenthal, 1916) Kükenthal, W. (1916). System und Stammesgeschichte der Scleraxonier und der Ursprung der Holaxonier. <em>Zool. Anzeiger.</em> 47(6):170- 183., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729447 [details]
original description (of Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908) Roule, L. (1908). Alcyonaires d'Amboine. <em>Revue suisse de zoologie.</em> 16: 161-194, plates 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9973176
page(s): 165-167 [details]
original description (of Asbestia Nardo, 1845) Nardo, G. D. (1845). Distribuzione naturale in ordine, famiglie e generi della classe dei zoofiti (Blainville). <em>Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna (2).</em> 3:104-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9345143 [details]
original description (of Vioa Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 408 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
additional source
Samimi-Namin, K.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (2016). Overview of the genus <em>Briareum</em> (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Briareidae) in the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> (557): 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.557.6298 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1993). A new scleraxonian octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. <em>Precious Corals & Octocoral Research.</em> 2: 11-18.
page(s): 11, 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 128 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 246 [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monogr.</em> 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 23 [details]
[request]additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1993). A new scleraxonian octocoral (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. <em>Precious Corals & Octocoral Research.</em> 2: 11-18.
page(s): 11, 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 128 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 246 [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1937). Die Gorgonacea der Siboga-Expedition. Suppl. II. Revision der Scleraxonia mit ausschluss der Melitodidae und Coralliidae. <em>Siboga-Expeditie Monogr.</em> 13b8, pp. i-vi + 1-138, plates 1-8.
page(s): 23 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Briareum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachyclavularia) (from synonym Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191437 Briareum sp. 2)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191437 Briareum sp.)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachyclavularia) (from synonym Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Pachyclavularia Roule, 1908)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191437 Briareum sp. 2)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191437 Briareum sp.)
To ITIS
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