WoRMS taxon details
Dacrygorgia modesta (Verrill, 1883)
1608978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1608978)
accepted
Species
Eunicella dubia Studer, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 39-40 [details]
page(s): 39-40 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Dacrygorgia modesta (Verrill, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1608978 on 2025-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 39-40 [details]
original description (of Eunicella dubia Studer, 1890) Studer, T. (1890). Note préliminaires sur les alcyonaires provenant des campagnes du yacht "l'Hirondelle" 1886-1887-1888. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 3(5): 551-559., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10111779
page(s): 558 [details]
new combination reference 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): 66 [details]
page(s): 39-40 [details]
original description (of Eunicella dubia Studer, 1890) Studer, T. (1890). Note préliminaires sur les alcyonaires provenant des campagnes du yacht "l'Hirondelle" 1886-1887-1888. <em>Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 3(5): 551-559., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10111779
page(s): 558 [details]
new combination reference 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): 66 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | hazy sea fan coral [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | corail douteux [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Eunicella dubia Studer, 1890)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicella modesta) (from synonym Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (138 records) (from synonym Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Eunicella dubia Studer, 1890)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicella modesta) (from synonym Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (138 records) (from synonym Eunicella modesta Verrill, 1883)