WoRMS taxon details
Maasella edwardsii (de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888)
125420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125420)
accepted
Species
Fascicularia Edwardsi (de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Fascicularia radicans Viguier, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paralcyonium Edwardsii de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888 · unaccepted (original combination)
Viguieriotes edwardsii (de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Paralcyonium Edwardsii de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888) Lacaze-Duthiers, H. (1888). Les progrès du laboratoire de Roscoff et du laboratoire Arago. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 106: 1770-1777., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4818765
page(s): 1774 [details]
page(s): 1774 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Maasella edwardsii (de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125420 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paralcyonium Edwardsii de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888) Lacaze-Duthiers, H. (1888). Les progrès du laboratoire de Roscoff et du laboratoire Arago. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 106: 1770-1777., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4818765
page(s): 1774 [details]
original description (of Fascicularia radicans Viguier, 1888) Viguier, C. (1888). Études sur les animaux inférieurs de la baie d'Alger. III. Un nouveau type d'anthozoaire (Fascicularia Edwardsi, de Lac. Duth.). <em>Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> Ser. 2, 6: 351-373, plates 19-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44183278 [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): 1774 [details]
original description (of Fascicularia radicans Viguier, 1888) Viguier, C. (1888). Études sur les animaux inférieurs de la baie d'Alger. III. Un nouveau type d'anthozoaire (Fascicularia Edwardsi, de Lac. Duth.). <em>Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> Ser. 2, 6: 351-373, plates 19-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44183278 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1977). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral II. Alcyonacea. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 25(326): 131-166., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505058
page(s): 148-155 [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1978). Mediterranean octocorallian communities and the abiotic environment. Marine Biology, 49, 41-57
page(s): 42, 48 [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1978). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral. III. Stolonifera. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 27(338): 139-176. [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1977). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral II. Alcyonacea. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 25(326): 131-166., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505058
page(s): 148-155 [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1978). Mediterranean octocorallian communities and the abiotic environment. Marine Biology, 49, 41-57
page(s): 42, 48 [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1978). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral. III. Stolonifera. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 27(338): 139-176. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type UAZM Coel. 7766, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UAZM Coel. 7767, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UAZM Coel. 7768, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UAZM Coel. 7793, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UAZM Coel. 7794, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UAZM Coel. 7795, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
