WoRMS taxon details
Umbellula spicata Kükenthal, 1902
286671 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286671)
accepted
Species
Ombellula spicata (Kükenthal, 1902) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Umbellula pendula Thomson & Henderson, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (uncertain synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Umbelluliden aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25: 593-597., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904461
page(s): 594 [details]
page(s): 594 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Umbellula spicata Kükenthal, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286671 on 2026-10-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Umbelluliden aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25: 593-597., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904461
page(s): 594 [details]
original description (of Umbellula pendula Thomson & Henderson, 1906) Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine survey ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. I. The alcyonarians of the deep sea. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, University of Aberdeen.</em> 1-128, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12037643
page(s): 99 [details]
basis of record G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 594 [details]
original description (of Umbellula pendula Thomson & Henderson, 1906) Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine survey ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. I. The alcyonarians of the deep sea. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, University of Aberdeen.</em> 1-128, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12037643
page(s): 99 [details]
basis of record G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Broch, H. (1958). Octocorals. Part I. Pennatularians. Discovery Reports, XXIX, 245-280, plates XI, XII
page(s): 257, 258, 259, 260, 271, 274, 275 [details]
additional source De Moura Neves, B.; Dove, R.; Munro, H.; Hayes, V. E.; Ólafsdóttir, S. H. (2026). The sea pen <i>Umbellula huxleyi</i> (Octocorallia: Pennatuloidea) in Davis Strait (Northwest Atlantic) and Iceland, with <i>in situ</i> evidence of bioluminescence. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 106., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/sea-pen-umbellula-huxleyi-octocorallia-pennatuloidea-in-davis-strait-northwest-atlantic-and-iceland-with-in-situ-evidence-of-bioluminescence
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 55 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 294-295 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 46 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Broch, H. (1958). Octocorals. Part I. Pennatularians. Discovery Reports, XXIX, 245-280, plates XI, XII
page(s): 257, 258, 259, 260, 271, 274, 275 [details]
additional source De Moura Neves, B.; Dove, R.; Munro, H.; Hayes, V. E.; Ólafsdóttir, S. H. (2026). The sea pen <i>Umbellula huxleyi</i> (Octocorallia: Pennatuloidea) in Davis Strait (Northwest Atlantic) and Iceland, with <i>in situ</i> evidence of bioluminescence. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 106., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/sea-pen-umbellula-huxleyi-octocorallia-pennatuloidea-in-davis-strait-northwest-atlantic-and-iceland-with-in-situ-evidence-of-bioluminescence
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 55 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 294-295 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 46 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
