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WoRMS taxon details

Helicogorgia Bayer, 1981

AphiaID

1757245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1757245)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Junceella spiralis Hickson, 1904 accepted as Helicogorgia spiralis (Hickson, 1904) (type by original designation)

Parent

Scleralcyonacea incertae sedis

Synonymised names

Helicogorgia Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted (incorrect authority)

Hicksonella Simpson, 1910 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Hicksonella Nutting, 1910)

Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Simpsonella Cockerell, 1903)

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Species Helicogorgia capensis (Simpson, 1910)
Species Helicogorgia flagellata (Simpson, 1910)
Species Helicogorgia ramifera (Williams, 1992)
Species Helicogorgia spiralis (Hickson, 1904)
Species Helicogorgia squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919)

Environment

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

Original description

Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 938; note: nomen novum for Hicksonella Simpson, 1910 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Helicogorgia Bayer, 1981. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1757245 on 2024-06-21

Taxonomic edit history

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2024-06-17 22:36:52Z

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McFadden, Cathy

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original description Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 938; note: nomen novum for Hicksonella Simpson, 1910 [details]

original description (of Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940) Stiasny, G. (1940). Alcyonaria und Gorgonaria von Südafrika aus der Sammlung des South African Museum Capetown. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlansche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Sectie. 39(3): 1-39, plates 1-4.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Hicksonella Simpson, 1910) Simpson, J.J. (1910). XIV. Hicksonella, a new gorgonellid genus. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 1910: 681-692., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2198878 [details]

additional source Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
page(s): 19 [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helicogorgia) (from synonym Helicogorgia Verrill, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hicksonella) (from synonym Hicksonella Simpson, 1910)
To Genbank (from synonym Helicogorgia Verrill, 1883)