UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Chunellidae K�kenthal, 1902

WoRMS taxon details

Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902

AphiaID

196246 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196246)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

Direct children (4)

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Genus Amphiacme Kükenthal, 1903
Genus Chunella Kükenthal, 1902
Genus Porcupinella López-González & Williams, 2011
Genus Amphianthus Kükenthal, 1902 accepted as Amphiacme Kükenthal, 1903 (pre-occupied)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Alcyonarien aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 25(688): 299-303., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904161
page(s): 302 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196246 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-30 14:07:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-25 05:39:42Z

changed

Williams, Gary

2020-12-12 01:19:41Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-11-02 02:55:04Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Alcyonarien aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 25(688): 299-303., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904161
page(s): 302 [details]

basis of record 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): 115-118 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia". 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 270-271 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Remark Genus not in NODC Taxonomic Codes [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	フタゴウミサボテン科	[details]

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