WoRMS taxon details
Ellisella ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758)
520720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520720)
accepted
Species
Ctenocella (Ellisella) ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ctenocella (Ellisella) regia Nutting, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ctenocella (Ellisella) sasappo (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Gorgonia sasappo Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scirpearella regia Nutting, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 801 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 801 [details] Available for editors
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Ellisella ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520720 on 2026-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 801 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910) Nutting, C.C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VI. The Gorgonellidae. <em>Siboga expeditie monographs.</em> 13b3: 1-39, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191944
page(s): 13-14 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia sasappo Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 188-189 [details]
original description (of Scirpearella regia Nutting, 1910) Nutting, C.C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VI. The Gorgonellidae. <em>Siboga expeditie monographs.</em> 13b3: 1-39, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191944
page(s): 26-27 [details]
page(s): 801 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910) Nutting, C.C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VI. The Gorgonellidae. <em>Siboga expeditie monographs.</em> 13b3: 1-39, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191944
page(s): 13-14 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia sasappo Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 188-189 [details]
original description (of Scirpearella regia Nutting, 1910) Nutting, C.C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VI. The Gorgonellidae. <em>Siboga expeditie monographs.</em> 13b3: 1-39, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191944
page(s): 26-27 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335., available online at https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers07-09/010025716.pdf
page(s): 30, 52, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 300, 318, 319 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
page(s): 76-77, Pl. 8 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335., available online at https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers07-09/010025716.pdf
page(s): 30, 52, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 300, 318, 319 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
page(s): 76-77, Pl. 8 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gorgonia sasappo Pallas, 1766)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ellisella ceratophyta)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079532) (from synonym Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Gorgonia sasappo Pallas, 1766)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ellisella ceratophyta)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 29 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia ceratophyta Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079532) (from synonym Leptogorgia boryana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
