WoRMS taxon details
Veretillum australis (Gray, 1870)
286685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286685)
accepted
Species
Lituaria australis Gray, 1862 · unaccepted
Policella australis (Gray, 1862) · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lituaria australis Gray, 1862) Gray, J.E. (1862). Notes on some specimens of claviform Pennatulidae (Veretilleae) in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 73-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22162241
page(s): 75-76 [details]
page(s): 75-76 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Veretillum australis (Gray, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286685 on 2026-01-28
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Nomenclature
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(of Lituaria australis Gray, 1862) Gray, J.E. (1862). Notes on some specimens of claviform Pennatulidae (Veretilleae) in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 73-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22162241
page(s): 75-76 [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): 75-76 [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]
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]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Quelques Octocoralliaires Australiens. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 37(4): 705-716., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55113050
page(s): 705, 712 [details]
additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 105 [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]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Quelques Octocoralliaires Australiens. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 37(4): 705-716., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55113050
page(s): 705, 712 [details]
additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 105 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
