WoRMS taxon details
Erythropodium Kölliker, 1865
267422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267422)
accepted
Genus
Xenia caribaeorum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Erythropodium caribaeorum (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (type by monotypy)
- Species Erythropodium caribaeorum (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
- Species Erythropodium hicksoni (Utinomi, 1971)
- Species Erythropodium salomonense Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910
- Species Erythropodium taoyuanensis Tu & Dai, 2022
- Species Erythropodium astraeoides (Studer, 1891) (uncertain)
- Species Erythropodium carybaeorum Kölliker, 1865 accepted as Erythropodium caribaeorum (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (variant spelling, incorrect authority)
- Species Erythropodium indicum (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) accepted as Paraminabea indica (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Erythropodium marquesarum Kükenthal, 1916 accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Erythropodium pambanensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Erythropodium polyanthes (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Erythropodium stechei Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Briareum stechei (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Erythropodium Kölliker, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267422 on 2026-08-07
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Nomenclature
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Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 141 [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): 141 [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
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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
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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 Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
page(s): 22 [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 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 5(5): 101-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2342008
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1986). Morphology, systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 96(6): 241-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40658359
page(s): 261 [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): 7 [details]
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 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 Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
page(s): 22 [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 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 5(5): 101-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2342008
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1986). Morphology, systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 96(6): 241-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40658359
page(s): 261 [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): 7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Erythropodium)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191427 Erythropodium sp.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191427 Erythropodium sp.)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191427 Erythropodium sp.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191427 Erythropodium sp.)
To ITIS
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