WoRMS taxon details
Isis Linnaeus, 1758
267517 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267517)
accepted
Genus
- Species Isis elongata Gray, 1857
- Species Isis hippuris Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Isis minorbrachyblasta Zou, Huang & Wang, 1991
- Species Isis reticulata Nutting, 1910
- Species Isis coralloides Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain)
- Species Isis gracilis Lamouroux, 1816 (uncertain)
- Species Isis moniliformis Steenstrup, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Isis polyacantha Steenstrup, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Isis antarctica Studer, 1878 accepted as Primnoisis (Primnoisis) antarctica Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis asteria Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Cenocrinus asterius (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Isis aurantia Esper, 1798 accepted as Melithaea aurantia (Esper, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis coccinea Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (original combination)
- Species Isis dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melithaea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis elongata Esper, 1788 accepted as Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis encrinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Umbellula encrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Isis erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Melithaea erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Isis flexibilis Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis gregorii Gray, 1868 accepted as Acanella gregori (Gray, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis neapolitana Koch, 1878 accepted as Isis elongata Esper, 1788 accepted as Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Isis nobilis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Isis ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis ocracea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Isis ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) (incorrect original spelling)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Isis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267517 on 2026-05-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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 Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 938, 939, 940 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 443 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1894). A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several new species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13(9): 325-347, plates 45-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31083754
page(s): 326 [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): 247 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 938, 939, 940 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 443 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hickson, S.J. (1894). A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several new species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13(9): 325-347, plates 45-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31083754
page(s): 326 [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): 247 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | セキコクヤギ属 | [details] |
