Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Hicksonella Nutting, 1910

HKRMS taxon details

Hicksonella Nutting, 1910

AphiaID

267486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267486)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Isididae Lamouroux, 1812

Direct children (2)

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Species Hicksonella guishanensis Zou & Chen, 1984
Species Hicksonella princeps Nutting, 1910

Environment

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

Original description

Nutting, C.C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga expedition. IV. The Plexauridae. Siboga-Expeditie. 13b(1): 1-20, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2186031
page(s): 14-15 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Hicksonella Nutting, 1910. 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=267486 on 2026-02-17

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. Hicksonella Nutting, 1910. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267486 on 2026-02-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-11-05 21:48:31Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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original description Nutting, C.C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga expedition. IV. The Plexauridae. Siboga-Expeditie. 13b(1): 1-20, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2186031
page(s): 14-15 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 59-60 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hicksonella)