WoRMS taxon details

Gersemia rubiformis (Ehrenberg, 1834)

156103  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156103)

accepted
Species
Alcyonium carneum Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcyonium rubiforme (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Capnella rubiformis (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eunephthya rubiformis (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gersemia carnea (Verrill, 1864) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Halcyonium carneum Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (homonym (= Ascidia carneum...)  
homonym (= Ascidia carneum Agassiz, 1850)
Lobularia carnea (Verrill, 1864) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lobularia rubiformis Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Nannodendron elegans Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes globosa May, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes rubra May, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lobularia rubiformis 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): 282 [details]   
Distribution Arctic to Cape Hatteras; Cobscook Bay; Gulf of St. Lawrence  
Distribution Arctic to Cape Hatteras; Cobscook Bay; Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Gersemia rubiformis (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156103 on 2024-03-19
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2005-05-06 07:51:46Z
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2005-07-26 12:01:18Z
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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original description  (of Lobularia rubiformis 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): 282 [details]   

original description  (of Alcyonium carneum Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A.E. (1864). Revision of the *Polypi* of the eastern coast of the United States. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43823403
page(s): 4; note: Verrill cites Halcyonium carneum of Agassiz, 1850, but that species appears to be an ascidian [details]   

original description  (of Nannodendron elegans Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 69-74 [details]   

original description  (of Paraspongodes rubra May, 1898) May, W. (1898). Alcyonaceen von Ost-Spitzbergen, nach der Ausbeute der Herren Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal und Dr. A. Walter im Jahre 1889. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 11: 385-404, plate 23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9984044
page(s): 393-394 [details]   

original description  (of Paraspongodes globosa May, 1900) May, W. (1900). Die arktische, subarktische und subantarktische Alcyonaceenfauna. <em>Fauna arctica.</em> 1: 381-408, plates 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6933435
page(s): 400-401 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

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

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362
page(s): 4-8 [details]   

additional source McFadden, C. S.; Hochberg, F. (2003). Biology and taxonomy of encrusting alcyoniid soft corals in the northeastern Pacific Ocean with descriptions of two new genera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia). <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 122(2): 93-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2003.tb00076.x
page(s): 94, 109, 111 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Utinomi, H. (1961). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). II. The boreal genera Gersemia, Duva, Drifa and Pseudodrifa (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> IX(1): 229-246, pl. XI., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174655/1/fia0091_229.pdf
page(s): 232-235 [details]   

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1967). The Octocorallia collected by R/V "Vema" in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2282: 1-19.
page(s): 15 [details]   

additional source Utinomi, H. (1976). A review of the Japanese species of Alcyonium, with descriptions of two new species and an almost forgotten rare species (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 23(3/5): 191-204., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175942/1/fia0233-5_191.pdf
page(s): 192, 201 [details]   

additional source Molander, A.R. (1914). Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum (Rijksmuseum). 7. Alcyonacea. <em>Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar.</em> 51(11): 1-94, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41851056
page(s): 51-54 [details]   

additional source Mortensen, P. B.; Buhl-Mortensen, L. (2005). Deep-water corals and their habitats in The Gully, a submarine canyon off Atlantic Canada. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 247-277
page(s): 248 [details]   

additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52
page(s): 50, 51 [details]   

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Alcyonaria of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, with a revision of some other Canadian genera and species. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, G3-G87, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351360
page(s): 4, 8, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 48, 50, 52, 84, 98 [details]   

additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 25 [details]   

additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046
page(s): 26-28 [details]   

additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype AMNH, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AMNH, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Distribution Arctic to Cape Hatteras; Cobscook Bay; Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]

Habitat sandy, muddy, or rocky habitats; also may attached themselves to hard parts or products of other organisms (shells) [details]

Spelling Also spelled as Gersemia rubriformis[details]
LanguageName 
English strawberry carnation coralsea strawberryred soft coral  [details]
French framboise de mercorail rubis  [details]
German See-Erdbeere  [details]
Russian Герсемия красноватая  [details]