WoRMS name details
Chelidonisis capensis (Studer, 1878)
286308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286308)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (may be a melithaeid)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Isidella capensis Studer, 1878) Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 665 [details]
page(s): 665 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chelidonisis capensis (Studer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286308 on 2025-12-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Isidella capensis Studer, 1878) Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 632-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36097327
page(s): 665 [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]
page(s): 665 [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]
Taxonomy
status source
Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 986 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 986 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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): 445 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 253 [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1941). Studien über Alcyonaria und Gorgonaria. V. (Parerga und Paralipomena.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 135(3/4): 75-88.
page(s): 87-88 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 445 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 253 [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1941). Studien über Alcyonaria und Gorgonaria. V. (Parerga und Paralipomena.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 135(3/4): 75-88.
page(s): 87-88 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
