Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Veretillidae Herklots, 1858

HKRMS taxon details

Veretillidae Herklots, 1858

AphiaID

128487 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128487)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

Direct children (1)

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Genus Cavernularia Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Herklots, J.A. (1858). Notices pour servir à l'étude des polypiers nageurs ou pennatulides. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 7: 1-31, plates 1-7., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c073544750&view=1up&seq=9
page(s): 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Veretillidae Herklots, 1858. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128487 on 2026-01-16

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Veretillidae Herklots, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128487 on 2026-01-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Williams, Gary

2005-07-27 12:57:38Z

checked

Williams, Gary

2019-06-25 05:41:35Z

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Williams, Gary

2022-11-02 02:55:04Z

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McFadden, Cathy

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original description Herklots, J.A. (1858). Notices pour servir à l'étude des polypiers nageurs ou pennatulides. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 7: 1-31, plates 1-7., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c073544750&view=1up&seq=9
page(s): 7 [details]

basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]

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): 102-106 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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