Deep-Sea taxon details
Candidella Bayer, 1954
- Species Candidella helminthophora (Nutting, 1908)
- Species Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862)
- Species Candidella johnsoni (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Paracandidella gigantea (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 superseded combination)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 
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: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125318 on 2026-06-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Candidella Bayer, 1954. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125318 on 2026-06-07
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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
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., 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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
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
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
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
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
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
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
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., 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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Taxonomy Candidella Bayer, 1954 is a nomen novum for Stenella Gray, 1870. [details]
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