WoRMS taxon details
Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857
125278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125278)
accepted
Family
armata Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calligorgiadae Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (in part)
Calyptrophoradae Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Abyssoprimnoa Cairns, 2015
- Genus Acanthoprimnoa Cairns & Bayer, 2004
- Genus Aglaoprimnoa Bayer, 1996
- Genus Ainigmaptilon Dean, 1926
- Genus Armadillogorgia Bayer, 1980
- Genus Arntzia López-González, Gili & Orejas, 2002
- Genus Arthrogorgia Kükenthal, 1908
- Genus Australogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
- Genus Callogorgia Gray, 1858
- Genus Callozostron Wright, 1885
- Genus Calyptrophora Gray, 1866
- Genus Candidella Bayer, 1954
- Genus Convexella Bayer, 1996
- Genus Dasystenella Versluys, 1906
- Genus Fannyella Gray, 1872
- Genus Faxiella Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2012
- Genus Helicoprimnoa Cairns, 2012
- Genus Heptaprimnoa Cairns, 2012
- Genus Loboprimnoa Cairns, 2016
- Genus Macroprimnoa Cairns, 2018
- Genus Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009
- Genus Metanarella Cairns, 2012
- Genus Microprimnoa Bayer & Stefani, 1989
- Genus Mirostenella Bayer, 1988
- Genus Narella Gray, 1870
- Genus Narelloides Cairns, 2012
- Genus Onogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
- Genus Ophidiogorgia Bayer, 1980
- Genus Pachyprimnoa Cairns, 2016
- Genus Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908
- Genus Paranarella Cairns, 2007
- Genus Parastenella Versluys, 1906
- Genus Perissogorgia Bayer & Stefani, 1989
- Genus Plumarella Gray, 1870
- Genus Primnoa Lamouroux, 1812
- Genus Primnocapsa Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2012
- Genus Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887
- Genus Primnoella Gray, 1858
- Genus Pseudoplumarella Kükenthal, 1915
- Genus Pterostenella Versluys, 1906
- Genus Pyrogorgia Cairns & Bayer, 2009
- Genus Scopaegorgia Zapata-Guardiola & Lopez-González, 2010
- Genus Tauroprimnoa Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2010
- Genus Thouarella Gray, 1870
- Genus Tokoprymno Bayer, 1996
- Genus Verticillata Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013
- Genus Amphilaphis Wright & Studer, 1887 accepted as Thouarella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ascolepis Thomson & Rennet, 1931 accepted as Fannyella (Fannyella) Gray, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ascolepsis accepted as Fannyella (Fannyella) Gray, 1872 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, of Ascolepis )
- Genus Caligorgia Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Callicella Gray, 1870 accepted as Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Calligorgia Gray, 1870 accepted as Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Callirrhabdos Philippi, 1894 accepted as Primnoella Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Calypterinus Wright & Studer, 1887 accepted as Narella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cricogorgia Milne Edwards, 1857 accepted as Plumarella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Dicholaphis Kinoshita, 1907 accepted as Plumarella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Digitogorgia Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2010 accepted as Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Diplocalyptra Kinoshita, 1908 accepted as Thouarella (Diplocalyptra) Kinoshita, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Fanellia Gray, 1870 accepted as Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lithoprimnoa Grube, 1861 accepted as Primnoa Lamouroux, 1812 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lycurus Molander, 1929 accepted as Ainigmaptilon Dean, 1926 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Primnodendron Nutting, 1912 accepted as Thouarella (Thouarella) Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Prymnoa Lamouroux, 1812 accepted as Primnoa Lamouroux, 1812 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Pseudonarella Cairns & Taylor, 2019 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Rhopalonella Roule, 1908 accepted as Thouarella (Thouarella) Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Stachyodes Wright & Studer, 1887 accepted as Narella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Stenella Gray, 1870 accepted as Candidella Bayer, 1954 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Stenella Gray, 1866)
- Genus Xiphocella Gray, 1870 accepted as Callogorgia Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Primnoides Studer & Wright, 1887 represented as Primnoeides Studer & Wright, 1887
- Genus Myura Gray, 1859 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125278 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of armata Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Calligorgiadae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Calyptrophoradae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Calligorgiadae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Calyptrophoradae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> (1668): 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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additional source 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) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source 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) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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