WoRMS taxon details
Candidella Bayer, 1954
125318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125318)
accepted
Genus
Stenella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Stenella Gray, 1866)
Stenella (Stenella) Versluys, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Candidella helminthophora (Nutting, 1908)
- Species Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862)
- Species Candidella johnsoni (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Candidella doederleini (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Parastenella doederleini (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Candidella spinosa (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Parastenella spinosa (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Bayer, F.M. (1954). New names for two genera of Octocorallia. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Science.</em> 44(9): 296., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24533389?refreqid=excelsior%3A68b3955453afe683614bd1ffdf188b55 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy Candidella Bayer, 1954 is a nomen novum for Stenella Gray, 1870.
Taxonomy Candidella Bayer, 1954 is a nomen novum for Stenella Gray, 1870. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Candidella Bayer, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125318 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Bayer, F.M. (1954). New names for two genera of Octocorallia. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Science.</em> 44(9): 296., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24533389?refreqid=excelsior%3A68b3955453afe683614bd1ffdf188b55 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Stenella Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Stenella (Stenella) Versluys, 1906) Versluys, J. (1906). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Die Primnoidae. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden XIIIa (livr. xxvii): 1-187, figs. 1-178, pls. 1-10, map. (i-1906)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6296503
page(s): 39 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Stenella Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Stenella (Stenella) Versluys, 1906) Versluys, J. (1906). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Die Primnoidae. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden XIIIa (livr. xxvii): 1-187, figs. 1-178, pls. 1-10, map. (i-1906)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6296503
page(s): 39 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [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
page(s): 295 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1989). Primnoidae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.</em> (4) 10 (3):449–518, 1 fig., 42 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58722240
page(s): 454 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1982). Some new and old species of the primnoid genus Callogorgia Gray, with a revalidation of the related genus Fanellia Gray (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 95(1): 116–160.
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1988). Mirostenella articulata, a remarkable new genus and species of Primnoid Octocoral (Gorgonacea) with uncalcified axial nodes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 251-256.
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S. D.; Bayer, F. M. (2004). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 5. The genera <i>Plumarella</i> Gray, 1870; <i>Acanthoprimnoa</i>, n. gen.; and <i>Candidella</i> Bayer, 1954. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 117(4), 447-487.
page(s): 476-482 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [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
page(s): 295 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1989). Primnoidae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.</em> (4) 10 (3):449–518, 1 fig., 42 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58722240
page(s): 454 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1982). Some new and old species of the primnoid genus Callogorgia Gray, with a revalidation of the related genus Fanellia Gray (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 95(1): 116–160.
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1988). Mirostenella articulata, a remarkable new genus and species of Primnoid Octocoral (Gorgonacea) with uncalcified axial nodes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 251-256.
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S. D.; Bayer, F. M. (2004). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 5. The genera <i>Plumarella</i> Gray, 1870; <i>Acanthoprimnoa</i>, n. gen.; and <i>Candidella</i> Bayer, 1954. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 117(4), 447-487.
page(s): 476-482 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Candidella Bayer, 1954 is a nomen novum for Stenella Gray, 1870. [details]
