WoRMS taxon details
Primnoa resedaeformis (Gunnerus, 1763)
125411 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125411)
accepted
Species
Gorgonia lepadifera Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia reseda Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original combination)
Gorgonia resedaeformis Gunnerus, 1763 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Lithoprimnoa arctica Grube, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Primnoa reseda (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Primnoa resedaeformis typica (Gunnerus, 1763)
- Variety Primnoa resedaeformis var. pacifica (Kinoshita, 1907) accepted as Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution from George's Bank to Fundy Bay, in the southern part of the Davies Strait, into Nova Scotia Waters, as well as the Gulf of...
Distribution from George's Bank to Fundy Bay, in the southern part of the Davies Strait, into Nova Scotia Waters, as well as the Gulf of Maine, and in canyons along the eastern seaboard as far south as Norfolk Canyon [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Primnoa resedaeformis (Gunnerus, 1763). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125411 on 2025-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gorgonia reseda Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 204 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia lepadifera Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1289 [details]
original description (of Lithoprimnoa arctica Grube, 1861) Grube, E. (1861). Beschreibung einer neuen Coralle (Lithoprimnoa arctica) und Bemerkungen über ihre systematische Stellung. <em>Abhandlungen Schlesische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, Breslau, Abtheilung für Naturwissenschaft und Medizin.</em> 1(2): 165-173, pl. 3., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=sQNEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=Beschreibung+einer+neuen+Coralle+(Lithoprimnoa+arctica)+und+Bemerkungen+%C3%BCber+ihre+systematische+Stellung.&source=bl&ots=FWNl1_tfEq&sig=ACfU3U3b0qF_oJCVu2HRCzDSWwRK-SBgbA&hl=de&sa=X&v [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]
page(s): 204 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia lepadifera Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1289 [details]
original description (of Lithoprimnoa arctica Grube, 1861) Grube, E. (1861). Beschreibung einer neuen Coralle (Lithoprimnoa arctica) und Bemerkungen über ihre systematische Stellung. <em>Abhandlungen Schlesische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur, Breslau, Abtheilung für Naturwissenschaft und Medizin.</em> 1(2): 165-173, pl. 3., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=sQNEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=Beschreibung+einer+neuen+Coralle+(Lithoprimnoa+arctica)+und+Bemerkungen+%C3%BCber+ihre+systematische+Stellung.&source=bl&ots=FWNl1_tfEq&sig=ACfU3U3b0qF_oJCVu2HRCzDSWwRK-SBgbA&hl=de&sa=X&v [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]
Ecology
ecology source
Roberts, J.M., A. Wheeler, A. Freiwald & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Cold-water corals: The biology and geology of deep-sea coral habitats. <em>Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.</em> 324 pp. [details] Available for editors 
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[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details]
additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046 [details]
additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2005). A review of the genus Primnoa (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea: Primnoidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 77(2), 225-256.
page(s): 225, 226, 227, 228-233, 236, 239, 242, 248, 251, 252 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Aurivillius, M. (1931). The Gorgonarians from Dr. Sixten Bock's Expedition to Japan and Bonin Islands 1914. <em>Kungliga Svenska VetenskapsAkademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, Band 9.</em> Almqvist & Wiksell: Stockholm. pp. 1-337, plates 1-6.
page(s): 293-295 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1930). Some Alcyonarians from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(14): 209-227, plates 1-3.
page(s): 221 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 8, 157 [details]
additional source Gass, S. E.; Willison, M. J. H. (2005). An assessment of the distribution of deep-sea corals in Atlantic Canada by using both scientific and local forms of knowledge. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 223-245
page(s): 223, 224, 228, 229, 230, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 240, 241 [details]
additional source Mortensen, P. B.; Buhl-Mortensen, L. (2005). Deep-water corals and their habitats in The Gully, a submarine canyon off Atlantic Canada. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 247-277
page(s): 258, 259, 260, 262, 265, 270, 271 [details]
additional source Cordes, E. E.; Nybakken, J. W.; VanDykhuizen, G. (2001). Reproduction and growth of Anthomastus ritteri (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Monterey Bay, California, USA. Marine Biology, 138, 491-501
page(s): 492, 499 [details]
additional source Sherwood, O. A.; Jamieson, R. E.; Edinger, E. N.; Wareham, V. E. (2008). Stable C and N isotopic composition of cold-water corals from the Newfoundland and Labrador continental slope: Examination of trophic, depth and spatial effects. Deep-Sea Research, 55, 1392-1402
page(s): 1392, 1394, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details]
additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046 [details]
additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2005). A review of the genus Primnoa (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea: Primnoidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 77(2), 225-256.
page(s): 225, 226, 227, 228-233, 236, 239, 242, 248, 251, 252 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Aurivillius, M. (1931). The Gorgonarians from Dr. Sixten Bock's Expedition to Japan and Bonin Islands 1914. <em>Kungliga Svenska VetenskapsAkademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, Band 9.</em> Almqvist & Wiksell: Stockholm. pp. 1-337, plates 1-6.
page(s): 293-295 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1930). Some Alcyonarians from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(14): 209-227, plates 1-3.
page(s): 221 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 8, 157 [details]
additional source Gass, S. E.; Willison, M. J. H. (2005). An assessment of the distribution of deep-sea corals in Atlantic Canada by using both scientific and local forms of knowledge. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 223-245
page(s): 223, 224, 228, 229, 230, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 240, 241 [details]
additional source Mortensen, P. B.; Buhl-Mortensen, L. (2005). Deep-water corals and their habitats in The Gully, a submarine canyon off Atlantic Canada. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 247-277
page(s): 258, 259, 260, 262, 265, 270, 271 [details]
additional source Cordes, E. E.; Nybakken, J. W.; VanDykhuizen, G. (2001). Reproduction and growth of Anthomastus ritteri (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Monterey Bay, California, USA. Marine Biology, 138, 491-501
page(s): 492, 499 [details]
additional source Sherwood, O. A.; Jamieson, R. E.; Edinger, E. N.; Wareham, V. E. (2008). Stable C and N isotopic composition of cold-water corals from the Newfoundland and Labrador continental slope: Examination of trophic, depth and spatial effects. Deep-Sea Research, 55, 1392-1402
page(s): 1392, 1394, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 1024423, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 11935, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 11942, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 11944, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 12262, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 15875, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 16946, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 17281, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 21837, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 33576, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 33577, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 33579, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 33580, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4097, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4142, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4224, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4258, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4282, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4285, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4288, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4524, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4534, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4548, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4553, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4582, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4589, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4591, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4592, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4593, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 4742, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 54269, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 80927, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 80929, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution from George's Bank to Fundy Bay, in the southern part of the Davies Strait, into Nova Scotia Waters, as well as the Gulf of Maine, and in canyons along the eastern seaboard as far south as Norfolk Canyon [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | red treesmignonette red tree coral | [details] |
| French | corail des résédas | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Primnoa reseda (Pallas, 1766))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Primnoa resedaeformis)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia resedaeformis Gunnerus, 1763)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Primnoa resedaeformis USNM 16946 view13h)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Primnoa resedaeformis USNM 16946 view13i)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (83 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077009)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Primnoa reseda (Pallas, 1766))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Primnoa resedaeformis)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia resedaeformis Gunnerus, 1763)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Primnoa resedaeformis USNM 16946 view13h)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Primnoa resedaeformis USNM 16946 view13i)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (83 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077009)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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