Deep-Sea name details
Ascolepis splendens Thomson & Rennet, 1931
292515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292515)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fannyella rossii Gray, 1872) Gray, J.E. (1872). Notes on the corals from the South and Antarctic seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1872: 744-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612208 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ascolepis splendens Thomson & Rennet, 1931. 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=292515 on 2026-04-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ascolepis splendens Thomson & Rennet, 1931. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292515 on 2026-04-30
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original description
(of Fannyella rossii Gray, 1872) Gray, J.E. (1872). Notes on the corals from the South and Antarctic seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1872: 744-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612208 [details]
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 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): 121, 135 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1990). The identity of Fannyella rossii J. E. Gray (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 103(4): 773-783.
page(s): 773, 774, 775, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782 [details] Available for editors
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Rennett, N. (1931). Alcyonaria, Madreporaria and Antipatharia. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 9(3): 1-46, plates 8-14.
page(s): 20-22 [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
source of synonymy 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
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 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): 121, 135 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1990). The identity of Fannyella rossii J. E. Gray (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 103(4): 773-783.
page(s): 773, 774, 775, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782 [details] Available for editors
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Rennett, N. (1931). Alcyonaria, Madreporaria and Antipatharia. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 9(3): 1-46, plates 8-14.
page(s): 20-22 [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
source of synonymy 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
