WoRMS taxon details
Cavernulina darwini (Hickson, 1921)
289234 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289234)
accepted
Species
Cavernularia darwinii Hickson, 1921 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Veretillum binghami Deichmann, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cavernularia darwinii Hickson, 1921) Hickson, S.J. (1921). On some Alcyonaria in the Cambridge Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Mathematical and physical science.</em> 20(3): 366-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30410675
page(s): 372-373 [details]
page(s): 372-373 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Cavernulina darwini (Hickson, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289234 on 2026-10-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Veretillum binghami Deichmann, 1936) Deichmann, E. (1936). Notes on Pennatulacea and Holothurioidea collected by the first and second Bingham Oceanographic Expeditions, 1925-1926. Bull. Bingham Ooeanogr. Coll. New Haven 5(3): pp. 1-11.
page(s): 4-7 [details]
original description (of Cavernularia darwinii Hickson, 1921) Hickson, S.J. (1921). On some Alcyonaria in the Cambridge Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Mathematical and physical science.</em> 20(3): 366-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30410675
page(s): 372-373 [details]
basis of record G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 4-7 [details]
original description (of Cavernularia darwinii Hickson, 1921) Hickson, S.J. (1921). On some Alcyonaria in the Cambridge Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Mathematical and physical science.</em> 20(3): 366-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30410675
page(s): 372-373 [details]
basis of record G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, 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 Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00929.x
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1989). The pennatulacean genus Cavernularia Valenciennes (Octocorallia: Veretillidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 95: 285-310., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1989.tb02313.x
page(s): 307 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 35 [details]
additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00929.x
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1989). The pennatulacean genus Cavernularia Valenciennes (Octocorallia: Veretillidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 95: 285-310., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1989.tb02313.x
page(s): 307 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 35 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
