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Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868 
AphiaID: 128488

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Subsessiliflorae (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Subsessiliflorae
Sources  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: Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2 [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Acanthoptilum
Genus Scytaliopsis Gravier, 1906
Genus Scytalium Herklots, 1858
Genus Stylatula Verrill, 1864
Genus Virgularia Lamarck, 1816

Genus Balticina Gray, 1870 accepted as Halipteris Kölliker, 1880
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128488
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Williams, Gary
2005-07-27 12:57:38Z  checked  Williams, Gary
  
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  Citation: Williams, G. (2013). Virgulariidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128488 on 2013-05-23
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