WoRMS taxon details

Plumarella nuttingi Cairns, 2011

574238  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574238)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Scleralcyonacea (Order)
  7. Primnoidae (Family)
  8. Plumarella (Genus)
  9. Plumarella nuttingi (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (2011). A Revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (634), 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.634 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Aleutian Islands  
type locality contained in Aleutian Islands [details]
Etymology Named in honor of Charles C. Nutting, specifically in recognition of his revision of the North Pacific deep-water...  
Etymology Named in honor of Charles C. Nutting, specifically in recognition of his revision of the North Pacific deep-water octocorals (Nutting, 1912). [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Plumarella nuttingi Cairns, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574238 on 2026-01-31
Date
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2011-06-17 14:12:48Z
created
van Ofwegen, Leen

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Nomenclature

original description Cairns, S.D. (2011). A Revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (634), 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.634 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Etymology Named in honor of Charles C. Nutting, specifically in recognition of his revision of the North Pacific deep-water octocorals (Nutting, 1912). [details]
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Plumarella nuttingi Holotype USNM 1006317 view10a) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plumarella nuttingi Holotype USNM 1006317 view10b) 
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