WoRMS taxon details
Stylatula elegans (Danielssen, 1860)
128537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128537)
accepted
Species
Dubenia abyssicola Koren & Danielssen, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dubenia borealis Koren & Danielssen, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dubenia elegans (Danielssen, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Virgularia elegans Danielssen, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Virgularia elegans Danielssen, 1860) Danielssen, D.C. (1860). Beskrivelse over en ny Art Virgularia [meeting report]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1859: 251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60474183 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Stylatula elegans (Danielssen, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128537 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dubenia abyssicola Koren & Danielssen, 1877) Koren, J. & D.C.Danielssen. (1877). Contribution to the natural history of the Pennatulidae living on the Norwegian coast. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 3: 82-102, plates 3-4, 9-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38676226
page(s): 94-96 [details]
original description (of Virgularia elegans Danielssen, 1860) Danielssen, D.C. (1860). Beskrivelse over en ny Art Virgularia [meeting report]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1859: 251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60474183 [details]
original description (of Dubenia borealis Koren & Danielssen, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 9-10 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 94-96 [details]
original description (of Virgularia elegans Danielssen, 1860) Danielssen, D.C. (1860). Beskrivelse over en ny Art Virgularia [meeting report]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1859: 251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60474183 [details]
original description (of Dubenia borealis Koren & Danielssen, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 9-10 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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): 123 [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 Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 68 [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): 41 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 308, 342 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74.
page(s): 68, 69, 73 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1930). Some Alcyonarians from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(14): 209-227, plates 1-3.
page(s): 225 [details]
additional source Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 487-602., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209642
page(s): 565-567 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 11, 254, 270-271, 272, 290 [details]
additional source Jungersen, H.F.E. (1904). Pennatulida. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 5(1): 1-95, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847516
page(s): 38-39 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 381-382 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 321-323 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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): 123 [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 Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 68 [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): 41 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 308, 342 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74.
page(s): 68, 69, 73 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1930). Some Alcyonarians from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(14): 209-227, plates 1-3.
page(s): 225 [details]
additional source Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 487-602., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209642
page(s): 565-567 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 11, 254, 270-271, 272, 290 [details]
additional source Jungersen, H.F.E. (1904). Pennatulida. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 5(1): 1-95, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16847516
page(s): 38-39 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 381-382 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 321-323 [details]
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