WoRMS name details
Paracis Kükenthal, 1919
267673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267673)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Genus
Acis orientalis Ridley, 1882 accepted as Neoacis orientalis (Ridley, 1882) (type by original designation)
- Species Paracis alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
- Species Paracis alternans (Thomson & Russell, 1909)
- Species Paracis caecilia Grasshoff, 1996
- Species Paracis ceylonensis (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
- Species Paracis chawwa Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Paracis dejecta (Thomson & Russell, 1909)
- Species Paracis horrida (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Paracis indica (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
- Species Paracis indivisa Kükenthal, 1924
- Species Paracis obscura (Thomson & Russell, 1909)
- Species Paracis rigida (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Paracis serrata (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Paracis solorensis (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Paracis spinosa (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Paracis ulex (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Paracis bebrycoides (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Discogorgia acanthoides (Thomson & Russell, 1909) accepted as Thesea acanthoides (Thomson & Russell, 1909) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Paracis campanulifera (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Discogorgia campanulifera (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracis ijimai (Kinoshita, 1909) accepted as Imbricacis ijimai (Kinoshita, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracis minor (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Parisis minor Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > misapplication, typographical error for Parisis)
- Species Paracis miyajimai (Kinoshita, 1909) accepted as Imbricacis miyajimae (Kinoshita, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracis orientalis (Ridley, 1882) accepted as Neoacis orientalis (Ridley, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracis pustulata (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Neoacis pustulata (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracis spinifera (Nutting, 1912) accepted as Pseudoparacis spinifera (Nutting, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paracis squamata (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Imbricacis squamata (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 837 [details]
page(s): 837 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Paracis Kükenthal, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267673 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 837 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 837 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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): 60-62 [details]
page(s): 60-62 [details]
Other
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 
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 154-155 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 108 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 14, 60, 180, 182, 198-199 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 500, 503, 505, 506, 507 [details]
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 154-155 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 108 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 14, 60, 180, 182, 198-199 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 500, 503, 505, 506, 507 [details]
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