Deep-Sea taxon details
Candidella helminthophora (Nutting, 1908)
286506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286506)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Nutting, C.C. (1908). Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross in the vicinity of the Hawaiian islands in 1902. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 543–601, pls. 41–51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15709102
page(s): 575 [details]
page(s): 575 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Candidella helminthophora (Nutting, 1908). 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=286506 on 2026-07-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Candidella helminthophora (Nutting, 1908). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286506 on 2026-07-14
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(of ) Nutting, C.C. (1908). Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross in the vicinity of the Hawaiian islands in 1902. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 543–601, pls. 41–51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15709102
page(s): 575 [details]
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]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [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 Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 171-172 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2021). Primnoid octocorals (Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) — Part 3. Thouarella, and additional records of other primnoid species. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 133: 1-67. [details] Available for editors
additional source Xu, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2026). Studies on Western Pacific Gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Part 4: Genera <em>Callogorgia</em>, <em>Calyptrophora</em>, <em>Paracalyptrophora</em>, and <em>Candidella</em>, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Ten New Species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 79(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/79.4.6
page(s): 588-592 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 575 [details]
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]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [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 Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 171-172 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2021). Primnoid octocorals (Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) — Part 3. Thouarella, and additional records of other primnoid species. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 133: 1-67. [details] Available for editors
additional source Xu, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2026). Studies on Western Pacific Gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Part 4: Genera <em>Callogorgia</em>, <em>Calyptrophora</em>, <em>Paracalyptrophora</em>, and <em>Candidella</em>, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Ten New Species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 79(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/79.4.6
page(s): 588-592 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal [details]
