WoRMS taxon details
Clavularia crassa (Milne Edwards, 1848)
125338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125338)
accepted
Species
Anthelia crassa (Milne Edwards, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Anthelia petricola (Kowalevsky & Marion, 1883) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia inordinata Tixier-Durivault & Lafargue, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia petricola Kowalevsky & Marion, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavularia steveninoae d'Hondt & Tixier-Durivault, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cornularia crassa Milne Edwards, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cornularia crassa Milne Edwards, 1848) Milne Edwards, H. (1836-1849). Les Zoophytes. In: G. Cuvier, ed., Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, Ed. 3, Tome 11 [Atlas]: 97 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42719158
page(s): plate 65 [details]
page(s): plate 65 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Clavularia crassa (Milne Edwards, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125338 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clavularia inordinata Tixier-Durivault & Lafargue, 1968) Tixier-Durivault, A.; Lafargue, F. (1968). Quelques Octocoralliaires des cotes Francaises. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 40(3): 621-629., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55343788
page(s): 622 [details]
original description (of Clavularia steveninoae d'Hondt & Tixier-Durivault, 1975) d'Hondt, M-J.; Tixier-Dirivault, A. (1975). Clavularia steveninoae n. sp., nouvel octocoralliaire stolonifera de Méditerranée. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 26: 585-592., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/downloadpdf.htm?execution=e5s1 [details]
original description (of Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878) Koch, G. von. (1879). Bemerkungen über das Skelet der Korallen. <em>Morphologisches Jahrbuch.</em> 5: 316-323, plate 20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12631300
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Clavularia petricola Kowalevsky & Marion, 1882) Kowalevsky, A.; Marion, A.F. (1882). Sur le developpement des Alcyonaires. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 95: 562-565., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36331694
page(s): 564 [details]
original description (of Cornularia crassa Milne Edwards, 1848) Milne Edwards, H. (1836-1849). Les Zoophytes. In: G. Cuvier, ed., Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, Ed. 3, Tome 11 [Atlas]: 97 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42719158
page(s): plate 65 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 622 [details]
original description (of Clavularia steveninoae d'Hondt & Tixier-Durivault, 1975) d'Hondt, M-J.; Tixier-Dirivault, A. (1975). Clavularia steveninoae n. sp., nouvel octocoralliaire stolonifera de Méditerranée. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 26: 585-592., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/downloadpdf.htm?execution=e5s1 [details]
original description (of Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878) Koch, G. von. (1879). Bemerkungen über das Skelet der Korallen. <em>Morphologisches Jahrbuch.</em> 5: 316-323, plate 20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12631300
page(s): 320 [details]
original description (of Clavularia petricola Kowalevsky & Marion, 1882) Kowalevsky, A.; Marion, A.F. (1882). Sur le developpement des Alcyonaires. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 95: 562-565., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36331694
page(s): 564 [details]
original description (of Cornularia crassa Milne Edwards, 1848) Milne Edwards, H. (1836-1849). Les Zoophytes. In: G. Cuvier, ed., Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, Ed. 3, Tome 11 [Atlas]: 97 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42719158
page(s): plate 65 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Weinberg, S. (1978). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral. III. Stolonifera. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 27(338): 139-176.
page(s): 144-147 [details]
page(s): 144-147 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1986). Mediterranean Octocorallia: description of Clavularia carpediem n. sp. and synonymy of Clavularia crassa and C. ochracea on etho-ecological grounds. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 56(2): 232-246.
page(s): 232, 233, 236, 244-245 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Achituv, Y.; Berner, T. (1988). Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Marine Biology, 100, 93-101
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1983). Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Biological Bulletin, 165, 353-369
page(s): 367 [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1986). Mediterranean Octocorallia: description of Clavularia carpediem n. sp. and synonymy of Clavularia crassa and C. ochracea on etho-ecological grounds. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 56(2): 232-246.
page(s): 232, 233, 236, 244-245 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Achituv, Y.; Berner, T. (1988). Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Marine Biology, 100, 93-101
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1983). Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Biological Bulletin, 165, 353-369
page(s): 367 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clavularia steveninoae d'Hondt & Tixier-Durivault, 1975)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Clavularia petricola Kowalevsky & Marion, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clavularia crassa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Cornularia crassa Milne Edwards, 1848)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clavularia steveninoae d'Hondt & Tixier-Durivault, 1975)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Clavularia petricola Kowalevsky & Marion, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clavularia crassa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Cornularia crassa Milne Edwards, 1848)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Clavularia ochracea von Koch, 1878)
