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Echinogorgia muricelloides (Nutting, 1910)

AphiaID

889420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:889420)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865

Original name

Heterogorgia muricelloides Nutting, 1910

Synonymised names

Echinomuricea muricelloides (Nutting, 1910) · unaccepted (changed combination)

Heterogorgia muricelloides Nutting, 1910 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Heterogorgia muricelloides Nutting, 1910) Nutting, C. C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. III. The Muriceidae. <em>Siboga-Exped. Monogr.</em> 13b: 1-108, pls.1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12044221
page(s): 89-90 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia muricelloides (Nutting, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=889420 on 2026-02-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-11-14 18:29:39Z

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Cordeiro, Ralf

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Nomenclature

original description (of Heterogorgia muricelloides Nutting, 1910) Nutting, C. C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. III. The Muriceidae. <em>Siboga-Exped. Monogr.</em> 13b: 1-108, pls.1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12044221
page(s): 89-90 [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Heterogorgia muricelloides Nutting, 1910)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 1120502) (from synonym Heterogorgia muricelloides Nutting, 1910)

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