WoRMS taxon details
Menacella reticularis Gray, 1870
290340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290340)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [details]
page(s): 406 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Menacella reticularis Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290340 on 2024-04-19
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Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors
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status source Ridley, S.O. (1882). Contributions to the knowledge of the Alcyonaria with descriptions of new species from the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany and Geology.</em> 5(9): 184-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194639
page(s): 191-192; note: Ridley asserts that the species Gray designated as the type of Menacella, Gorgonia reticulum Pallas (misprinted as reticularis), is in fact a different species. "It must therefore be cited as Menacell...
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page(s): 406 [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors
[request] status source Ridley, S.O. (1882). Contributions to the knowledge of the Alcyonaria with descriptions of new species from the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany and Geology.</em> 5(9): 184-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194639
page(s): 191-192; note: Ridley asserts that the species Gray designated as the type of Menacella, Gorgonia reticulum Pallas (misprinted as reticularis), is in fact a different species. "It must therefore be cited as Menacell...
Ridley asserts that the species Gray designated as the type of Menacella, Gorgonia reticulum Pallas (misprinted as reticularis), is in fact a different species. "It must therefore be cited as Menacella reticularis Gray, 1870 nec reticulum, Pallas."
