WoRMS name details
Mopsea squamosa Kükenthal, 1915
287459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287459)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym (superseded replacement name for junior homonym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1916). System und Stammesgeschichte der Isididae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 46: 116-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29985624
page(s): 124; note: nomen novum for Mopsea flabellum Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 [details]
page(s): 124; note: nomen novum for Mopsea flabellum Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Mopsea squamosa Kükenthal, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287459 on 2026-02-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Kükenthal, W. (1916). System und Stammesgeschichte der Isididae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 46: 116-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29985624
page(s): 124; note: nomen novum for Mopsea flabellum Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 [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): 124; note: nomen novum for Mopsea flabellum Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 [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. & J. Stefani. (1987). Isididae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie: Nouvelle clé des genres de la famille. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,.</em> 4e sér. 9(1):47-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58704441
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 441 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 625; note: nomen novum for Mopsea flabellum Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 [details]
page(s): 441 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 625; note: nomen novum for Mopsea flabellum Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 [details]
