WoRMS taxon details
Telesto Lamouroux, 1812
177688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177688)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Telesto (Carijoa) F. Müller, 1867
- Species Telesto (Carijoa) arborea Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Telesto arborea Wright & Studer, 1889 (original combination)
- Species Telesto ambigua Nutting, 1909
- Species Telesto arborea Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Telesto californica Kükenthal, 1913
- Species Telesto flavula Deichmann, 1936
- Species Telesto fruticulosa Dana, 1846
- Species Telesto multiflora Laackmann, 1909
- Species Telesto nelleae Bayer, 1961
- Species Telesto nuttingi Kükenthal, 1913
- Species Telesto operculata Bayer, 1961
- Species Telesto prolifera (von Koch, 1882)
- Species Telesto rubra Hickson, 1903
- Species Telesto sanguinea Deichmann, 1936
- Species Telesto setoutiana Utinomi, 1973
- Species Telesto smithii (Gray, 1869)
- Species Telesto trichostemma (Dana, 1846)
- Species Telesto tubulosa Kinoshita, 1909
- Species Telesto africana Verrill, 1870 accepted as Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
- Species Telesto corallina Duchassaing, 1870 accepted as Stereotelesto corallina (Duchassaing, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Telesto fructiculosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Telesto fruticulosa Dana, 1846 (spelling error)
- Species Telesto humilis Thomson, 1927 accepted as Pseudotelestula humilis (Thomson, 1927) (original combination)
- Species Telesto rigida Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Bathytelesto rigida (Wright & Studer, 1889) (original combination)
- Species Telesto riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Telesto rosea Kinoshita, 1909 accepted as Paratelesto rosea (Kinoshita, 1909) (original combination)
- Species Telesto rupicola (F. Müller, 1867) accepted as Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Telesto rusei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (changed combination, amended spelling)
- Species Telesto septentrionalis Madsen, 1944 accepted as Telestula septentrionalis Madsen, 1944 (spelling error)
- Species Telesto alburnum (Pallas, 1766) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Telesto arthuri Hickson & Hiles, 1900 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Telesto aurantiaca Lamouroux, 1812 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Telesto lutea Lamouroux, 1812 (uncertain)
- Species Telesto pelasgica Lamouroux, 1812 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Telesto ramiculosa Verrill, 1865 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Telesto sagamina Kinoshita, 1909 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31775884
page(s): 185 [details]
page(s): 185 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Telesto Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177688 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31775884
page(s): 185 [details]
basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details]
page(s): 185 [details]
basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 36-37 [details]
page(s): 36-37 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 1-73, plates 1-15. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M., Muzik, K.M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 90: 975–984., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/975/Bayer-072-1977-pg-975-984.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
page(s): 975 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P.; Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2006). A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1219, 47-57.
page(s): 57 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 350 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H.; Harada, E. (1973). Rediscovery of an enigmatic octocoral, Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker, from southern Australia and a discussion on its systematic position. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 112, 125, 126 [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1990). A redescription of the specimens of "Telesto humilis" (Octocorallia) collected by Prince Albert Ier of Monaco, with the descriptions of four new species. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 41(28): 205-218., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/504759
page(s): 206, 208, 209 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1894). A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several new species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13(9): 325-347, plates 45-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31083754
page(s): 331, 333, 334 [details]
additional source Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 70 [details]
additional source Laackmann, H. (1909). Zur Kenntnis der Alcyonarien-Gattung Telesto Lmx. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> Suppl. 11(1): 41-104, plates 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14178295 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 241, 242 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 1-73, plates 1-15. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M., Muzik, K.M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 90: 975–984., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/975/Bayer-072-1977-pg-975-984.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
page(s): 975 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van Ofwegen, L.P.; Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2006). A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1219, 47-57.
page(s): 57 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 350 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H.; Harada, E. (1973). Rediscovery of an enigmatic octocoral, Pseudogorgia godeffroyi Kolliker, from southern Australia and a discussion on its systematic position. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 20: 111-132., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175785/1/fia020_111.pdf
page(s): 112, 125, 126 [details]
additional source Weinberg, S. (1990). A redescription of the specimens of "Telesto humilis" (Octocorallia) collected by Prince Albert Ier of Monaco, with the descriptions of four new species. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 41(28): 205-218., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/504759
page(s): 206, 208, 209 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1894). A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several new species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13(9): 325-347, plates 45-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31083754
page(s): 331, 333, 334 [details]
additional source Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 70 [details]
additional source Laackmann, H. (1909). Zur Kenntnis der Alcyonarien-Gattung Telesto Lmx. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> Suppl. 11(1): 41-104, plates 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14178295 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 241, 242 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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