World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ellisella Gray, 1858

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Ellisella Gray, 1858

AphiaID

125298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125298)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ellisellidae Gray, 1859

Synonymised names

Ctenocella (Ellisella) Gray, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Scirpearia Cuvier, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Ellisella acacesia Grasshoff, 1999
Species Ellisella andamanensis (Simpson, 1910)
Species Ellisella atlantica (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)
Species Ellisella aurantiaca (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
Species Ellisella azilia Grasshoff, 1999
Species Ellisella candida (Ridley, 1882)
Species Ellisella ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ellisella cercidia Grasshoff, 1999
Species Ellisella ceylonensis (Simpson, 1910)
Species Ellisella cylindrica (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)
Species Ellisella divisa (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
Species Ellisella dollfusi (Stiasny, 1938)
Species Ellisella elongata (Pallas, 1766)
Species Ellisella eustala Grasshoff, 1999
Species Ellisella filiformis (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)
Species Ellisella flava Nutting, 1910
Species Ellisella funiculina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Species Ellisella gracilis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Species Ellisella grandiflora (Deichmann, 1936)
Species Ellisella grandis (Verrill, 1901)
Species Ellisella laevis (Verrill, 1865)
Species Ellisella limbaughi Bayer, 1960
Species Ellisella maculata Studer, 1878
Species Ellisella marisrubri (Stiasny, 1938)
Species Ellisella moniliformis (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Ellisella nivea (Bayer & Grasshoff, 1995)
Species Ellisella nuctenea Grasshoff, 1999
Species Ellisella paraplexauroides Stiasny, 1936
Species Ellisella plexauroides Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919
Species Ellisella quadrilineata (Simpson, 1910)
Species Ellisella rigida (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)
Species Ellisella rosea (Bayer & Grasshoff, 1995)
Species Ellisella rossafila Grasshoff, 1999
Species Ellisella rubra (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Species Ellisella schmitti (Bayer, 1961)
Species Ellisella thomsoni (Simpson, 1910)
Species Ellisella vaughani Stiasny, 1940
Species Ellisella alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) accepted as Viminella alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella anomala (Simpson, 1910) accepted as Viminella anomala (Simpson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella barbadensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Ellisella elongata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ellisella bayeri Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Species Ellisella calamus Studer, 1878 accepted as Ellisella laevis (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ellisella erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913) accepted as Viminella erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella flagellum (Johnson, 1863) accepted as Viminella flagellum (Johnson, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella gemmacea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Dichotella gemmacea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella grasshoffi Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Species Ellisella gruveli Stiasny, 1936 accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ellisella juncea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Junceella juncea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella junceelloides Stiasny, 1938 accepted as Viminella juncelloides (Stiasny, 1938) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Ellisella pectinata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Ctenocella pectinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella ramosa (Simpson, 1910) accepted as Ctenocella ramosa (Simpson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella rigida (Toeplitz, 1910) accepted as Ellisella rigida (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) (incorrect authority)
Species Ellisella vermeuleni Stiasny, 1936 accepted as Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Ellisella verrucosa (Simpson, 1910) accepted as Viminella verrucosa (Simpson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ellisella coccinea Gray, 1858 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 287 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ellisella Gray, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125298 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Ofwegen, Leen

2010-09-14 07:16:49Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 287 [details]

original description (of Scirpearia Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, C. (1817). Le règne animal. Tome IV. Les Zoophytes. A. Belin, Paris, 255 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1681192
page(s): 85; note: as 'Les Scirpéaires' [details]

original description (of Ctenocella (Ellisella) Gray, 1858) Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 287 [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
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additional source Bayer, F. M. (1995). A new genus of alcyonacean coral (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Caribbean waters. Bulletin of marine science. 56(2): 620-624., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1995/00000056/00000002/art00018?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bulletin_of_Marine_Science_TrendMD_0
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additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). Auckland: Magnolia Press.
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additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1988). A new species of Chrysogorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of some other species from the Western Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101: 257-279.
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additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
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additional source Bayer, F. M. (1973). A new gorgonacean octocoral from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23(2): 387-398
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additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
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