WoRMS taxon details
Pleurocorallium Gray, 1867
1248796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248796)
accepted
Genus
Corallium secundum Dana, 1846 accepted as Pleurocorallium secundum (Dana, 1846) (type by monotypy)
- Species Pleurocorallium bonsaiarborum Tu, Dai & Jeng, 2016
- Species Pleurocorallium borneense (Bayer, 1950)
- Species Pleurocorallium carusrubrum (Tu, Dai & Jeng, 2012)
- Species Pleurocorallium clavatum Tu, Dai & Jeng, 2016
- Species Pleurocorallium elatius (Ridley, 1882)
- Species Pleurocorallium gotoense (Nonaka, Muzik & Iwasaki, 2012)
- Species Pleurocorallium inutile (Kishinouye, 1903)
- Species Pleurocorallium johnsoni (Gray, 1860)
- Species Pleurocorallium konojoi (Kishinouye, 1903)
- Species Pleurocorallium niveum (Bayer, 1956)
- Species Pleurocorallium norfolkicum Tu, Dai & Jeng, 2016
- Species Pleurocorallium occultum (Tu, Altuna & Jeng, 2015)
- Species Pleurocorallium porcellanum (Pasternak, 1981)
- Species Pleurocorallium pusillum (Kishinouye, 1903)
- Species Pleurocorallium secundum (Dana, 1846)
- Species Pleurocorallium thrinax (Bayer & Stefani in Bayer, 1996)
- Species Pleurocorallium uchidai (Nonaka, Muzik & Iwasaki, 2012)
- Species Pleurocorallium confusum Moroff, 1902 accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurocorallium maderense Johnson, 1899 accepted as Hemicorallium maderense (Johnson, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Pleurocorallium secundum Dana, 1846 accepted as Pleurocorallium secundum (Dana, 1846) (authority rendered incorrectly)
- Species Pleurocorallium tricolor Johnson, 1899 accepted as Corallium tricolor (Johnson, 1899) accepted as Hemicorallium tricolor (Johnson, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Pleurocorallium variabile Thomson & Henderson, 1906 accepted as Hemicorallium variabile (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1867). Additional note on Corallium johnsoni. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867: 125-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533565 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Pleurocorallium Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1248796 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1867). Additional note on Corallium johnsoni. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867: 125-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533565 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.</em> 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
status source Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 12(10): 1003-1038., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2016.1241411 [details]
status source Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 12(10): 1003-1038., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2016.1241411 [details]
Other
additional source
Figueroa, D. F.; Baco, A. R. (2014). Complete mitochondrial genomes elucidate phylogenetic relationships of the deep-sea octocoral families Coralliidae and Paragorgiidae. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 99: 83-91., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064513002312 [details]
