Deep-Sea taxon details
Primnoidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
125278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125278)
accepted
Family
- Genus Abyssoprimnoa Cairns, 2015
- Genus Acanthoprimnoa Cairns & Bayer, 2004
- Genus Aglaoprimnoa Bayer, 1996
- Genus Ainigmaptilon Dean, 1926
- Genus Armadillogorgia Bayer, 1980
- Genus Arntzia López-González, Gili & Orejas, 2002
- Genus Arthrogorgia Kükenthal, 1908
- Genus Australogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
- Genus Callogorgia Gray, 1858
- Genus Callozostron Wright, 1885
- Genus Calyptrophora Gray, 1866
- Genus Candidella Bayer, 1954
- Genus Convexella Bayer, 1996
- Genus Dasystenella Versluys, 1906
- Genus Fannyella Gray, 1872
- Genus Heptaprimnoa Cairns, 2012
- Genus Loboprimnoa Cairns, 2016
- Genus Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009
- Genus Mirostenella Bayer, 1988
- Genus Narella Gray, 1870
- Genus Narelloides Cairns, 2012
- Genus Pachyprimnoa Cairns, 2016
- Genus Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908
- Genus Paracandidella Xu, Zhan & Xu, 2026
- Genus Paranarella Cairns, 2007
- Genus Parastenella Versluys, 1906
- Genus Perissogorgia Bayer & Stefani, 1989
- Genus Plumarella Gray, 1870
- Genus Primnoa Lamouroux, 1812
- Genus Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887
- Genus Primnoella Gray, 1858
- Genus Scopaegorgia Zapata-Guardiola & Lopez-González, 2010
- Genus Thouarella Gray, 1870
- Genus Tokoprymno Bayer, 1996
- Genus Ascolepis Thomson & Rennet, 1931 accepted as Fannyella (Fannyella) Gray, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Dicholaphis Kinoshita, 1907 accepted as Plumarella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Digitogorgia Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2010 accepted as Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Fanellia Gray, 1870 accepted as Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tauroprimnoa Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2010 accepted as Dasystenella Versluys, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Primnoidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125278 on 2026-07-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Primnoidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125278 on 2026-07-08
Date
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2009-07-16 06:29:22Z
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2009-09-15 07:19:11Z
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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]
additional source Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> (1668): 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details] Available for editors
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211 [details]
additional source Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> (1668): 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details] Available for editors
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオキンヤギ科 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Primnoidae)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 060948)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Primnoidae)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 060948)
To ITIS
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