Deep-Sea taxon details
Telestula spiculicola (Nutting, 1908)
517835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517835)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Telestula spiculicola robusta Bayer, 1952
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): 553-554 [details]
page(s): 553-554 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Telestula spiculicola (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=517835 on 2026-01-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Telestula spiculicola (Nutting, 1908). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517835 on 2026-01-21
original description
(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): 553-554 [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]
redescription Bayer, F.M. (1952). Descriptions and redescriptions of the Hawaiian octocorals collected by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'. (1. Alcyonacea, Stolonifera and Telestacea). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 6(2): 126-136., available online at https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8809/vol6n2-126-136.pdf
page(s): 131-133 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 553-554 [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]
redescription Bayer, F.M. (1952). Descriptions and redescriptions of the Hawaiian octocorals collected by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'. (1. Alcyonacea, Stolonifera and Telestacea). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 6(2): 126-136., available online at https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8809/vol6n2-126-136.pdf
page(s): 131-133 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type USNM 22574, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
