WoRMS taxon details
Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776)
128512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128512)
accepted
Species
Bathyptilum carpenterii Kölliker, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Funiculina stellifera (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gunneria borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon abyssorum Danielssen & Koren, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon bathyptiloides Roule, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon ferrugineum Kölliker, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon leucharti Cecchini, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling, incorrect authority)
Kophobelemnon leuckarti Kölliker, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Kophobelemnon leukartii Kölliker, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon moebii Koren & Danielssen, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon mulleri Asbjörnsen, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon scabrum Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kophobelemnon tenue Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pennatula stellifera Müller, 1776 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Veretillum stelliferum (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Kophobelemnon stelliferum var. durum Kölliker represented as Kophobelemnon stelliferum var. dura Kölliker, 1872
- Variety Kophobelemnon stelliferum var. dura Kölliker, 1872 (uncertain)
- Variety Kophobelemnon stelliferum var. mollis Kölliker, 1872 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pennatula stellifera Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 255 [details]
page(s): 255 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: George's Bank to Virginia.
Distribution Western Atlantic: George's Bank to Virginia. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128512 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Kophobelemnon leukartii Kölliker, 1872) Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 128-129 [details]
original description (of Bathyptilum carpenterii Kölliker, 1872) Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 200-202 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon mulleri Asbjörnsen, 1856) Asbjörnsen, P.C. (1856). Beskrivelse over Kophobelemnon mülleri, en ny Söfjaersloegt. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 2: 81-85, plate 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41477057 [details]
original description (of Pennatula stellifera Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Gunneria borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 58-61 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon ferrugineum Kölliker, 1880) Kölliker, A. von. (1880). Report on the Pennatulida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology.</em> 1(2): 1-41, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41269500
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon moebii Koren & Danielssen, 1883) Koren, J.; Danielssen, D.C. (1883). Nye Alcyonider, Gorgonider og Pennatulider tilhorende Norges Fauna. <em>Bergens Museum Skrifter.</em> 2: 1-38, plates 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6976981 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon scabrum Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon abyssorum Danielssen & Koren, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 10-13 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon tenue Verrill, 1884) Verrill A.E. (1884). Notice of the Remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the Outer Banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 9. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(28): 213-220., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974812
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon bathyptiloides Roule, 1905) Roule, L. (1905). Notice préliminaires sur les Pennatulides recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman, dans l'Océan Atlantique, au large de Maroc. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris.</em> 11: 454-458., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42898027 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 128-129 [details]
original description (of Bathyptilum carpenterii Kölliker, 1872) Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 200-202 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon mulleri Asbjörnsen, 1856) Asbjörnsen, P.C. (1856). Beskrivelse over Kophobelemnon mülleri, en ny Söfjaersloegt. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 2: 81-85, plate 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41477057 [details]
original description (of Pennatula stellifera Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Gunneria borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 58-61 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon ferrugineum Kölliker, 1880) Kölliker, A. von. (1880). Report on the Pennatulida dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology.</em> 1(2): 1-41, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41269500
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon moebii Koren & Danielssen, 1883) Koren, J.; Danielssen, D.C. (1883). Nye Alcyonider, Gorgonider og Pennatulider tilhorende Norges Fauna. <em>Bergens Museum Skrifter.</em> 2: 1-38, plates 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6976981 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon scabrum Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon abyssorum Danielssen & Koren, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 10-13 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon tenue Verrill, 1884) Verrill A.E. (1884). Notice of the Remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the Outer Banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 9. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(28): 213-220., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974812
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Kophobelemnon bathyptiloides Roule, 1905) Roule, L. (1905). Notice préliminaires sur les Pennatulides recueillies par le Travailleur et le Talisman, dans l'Océan Atlantique, au large de Maroc. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris.</em> 11: 454-458., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42898027 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Opresko. (1980). [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 109 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34, 39 [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74.
page(s): 60, 61, 63, 71, 72 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 37, 39, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 111, 113 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). On some octocorals from deep waters of Prov. Tosa, Sikoku. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 7(1): 89-110., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174598/1/fia0071_089.pdf
page(s): 108 [details]
additional source Gray, J.E. (1860). II. Revision of the family Pennatulidae, with descriptions of some new species in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany and Geology, Series 3.</em> 5(25-30): 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658338
page(s): 23 [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): 10, 254, 260-261 [details]
additional source Jungersen, H.F.E. (1904). Pennatulida. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 5(1): 1-95, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847516
page(s): 68-74 [details]
additional source Thomson, J. A. (1929). Alcyonaires des environs de Monaco et de localités diverses. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco), (534): 1-10
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C.; Rogers, J. (1989). Photographic evidence of bathyal octocorals from the Cape Basin. South African Journal of Science, 85, 191-192
page(s): 191, 192 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (2006). Preliminary report on the alcyonacean and pennatulacean octocorals collected by the natural history research of the Sagami Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) [Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan], 40, 91-101
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 35 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 224-229 [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 Opresko. (1980). [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 109 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34, 39 [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74.
page(s): 60, 61, 63, 71, 72 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 37, 39, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 111, 113 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). On some octocorals from deep waters of Prov. Tosa, Sikoku. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 7(1): 89-110., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174598/1/fia0071_089.pdf
page(s): 108 [details]
additional source Gray, J.E. (1860). II. Revision of the family Pennatulidae, with descriptions of some new species in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany and Geology, Series 3.</em> 5(25-30): 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658338
page(s): 23 [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): 10, 254, 260-261 [details]
additional source Jungersen, H.F.E. (1904). Pennatulida. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 5(1): 1-95, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847516
page(s): 68-74 [details]
additional source Thomson, J. A. (1929). Alcyonaires des environs de Monaco et de localités diverses. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco), (534): 1-10
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C.; Rogers, J. (1989). Photographic evidence of bathyal octocorals from the Cape Basin. South African Journal of Science, 85, 191-192
page(s): 191, 192 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (2006). Preliminary report on the alcyonacean and pennatulacean octocorals collected by the natural history research of the Sagami Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) [Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan], 40, 91-101
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 35 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 224-229 [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 ICM GBN-137, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-138, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-139, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-140, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-141, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-142, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-147, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-148, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-91, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-92, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-93, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype LBM ANT-148, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3707, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H4026, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: George's Bank to Virginia. [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-339) (from synonym Kophobelemnon bathyptiloides Roule, 1905)
To PESI (from synonym Kophobelemnon leucharti Cecchini, 1917)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (79 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-339) (from synonym Kophobelemnon bathyptiloides Roule, 1905)
To PESI (from synonym Kophobelemnon leucharti Cecchini, 1917)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (79 records)
To ITIS
