WoRMS name details
Eunicella alba (Esper, 1792)
286181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286181)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia palma var. alba Esper, 1792) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): Taf. 40; note: original name G. palma var. cortice albo given in plate only; later described in 1796 [details]
page(s): Taf. 40; note: original name G. palma var. cortice albo given in plate only; later described in 1796 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicella alba (Esper, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286181 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gorgonia palma var. alba Esper, 1792) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): Taf. 40; note: original name G. palma var. cortice albo given in plate only; later described in 1796 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): Taf. 40; note: original name G. palma var. cortice albo given in plate only; later described in 1796 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Williams, G.C. (1987). The aberrant and monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) endemic to southern Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21: 1337-1346.
page(s): 1341 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 136 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams, G.C. (1987). The aberrant and monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) endemic to southern Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21: 1337-1346.
page(s): 1341 [details]
