WoRMS name details
Corallium anglicum J.Ellis, 1768
629373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:629373)
unaccepted (synonym, nom. inval.)
Species
marine, terrestrial
Ellis, J. (1768). Extract of a letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F.R.S. to Dr. Linnaeus of Upsala, F.R.S. on the animal nature of the genus of zoophytes, called Corallina. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 57: 404-425, pls XVII, XVIII.
page(s): 407-408 [details]
page(s): 407-408 [details]
Nomenclature nomen [INA]; however, the name could be validated by the illustrations (Art. 38.7 "For the purpose of Art. 38.5, prior to 1...
Nomenclature nomen [INA]; however, the name could be validated by the illustrations (Art. 38.7 "For the purpose of Art. 38.5, prior to 1 January 1908, an illustration with analysis (see Art. 38.9 and 38.10) is acceptable in place of a written description or diagnosis."). If the name were valid it would also be illegitimate as it is a superfluous substitute name; Woelkerling & Irvine (1986: 67) concluded, "Finally, Ellis (1768, p. 407) mentioned the name Corallium anglicum, citing Millepora calcarea Pallas in parenthesis and referring to his previously published figure (Ellis, 1755, pl. 27, fig. C). Ellis did not use Corallium anglicum elsewhere in the 1768 paper and it appears to be a provisional, substitute superfluous name for Millepora calcarea Pallas [details]
WoRMS (2024). Corallium anglicum J.Ellis, 1768. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=629373 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Ellis, J. (1768). Extract of a letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F.R.S. to Dr. Linnaeus of Upsala, F.R.S. on the animal nature of the genus of zoophytes, called Corallina. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 57: 404-425, pls XVII, XVIII.
page(s): 407-408 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
source of synonymy Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta. <em>Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.</em> Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. [details]
page(s): 407-408 [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
source of synonymy Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta. <em>Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.</em> Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature nomen [INA]; however, the name could be validated by the illustrations (Art. 38.7 "For the purpose of Art. 38.5, prior to 1 January 1908, an illustration with analysis (see Art. 38.9 and 38.10) is acceptable in place of a written description or diagnosis."). If the name were valid it would also be illegitimate as it is a superfluous substitute name; Woelkerling & Irvine (1986: 67) concluded, "Finally, Ellis (1768, p. 407) mentioned the name Corallium anglicum, citing Millepora calcarea Pallas in parenthesis and referring to his previously published figure (Ellis, 1755, pl. 27, fig. C). Ellis did not use Corallium anglicum elsewhere in the 1768 paper and it appears to be a provisional, substitute superfluous name for Millepora calcarea Pallas [details]
