WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Gray, J. (1868). LVIII.—Descriptions of some new genera and species of Alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2(12): 441-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16105021 page(s): 442 [details]
original description
(of Ammothea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 page(s): 410-411 [details] 
original description
(of Verrilliana Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479 page(s): 130-131 [details]
basis of record
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Taxonomystatus 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): 52-53 [details]
Othercontext source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290 page(s): 20 [details]
additional source
Bayer, F. M. (1995). Two new species of the alcyonacean genus Protodendron (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from the Indian Ocean off Natal. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 57(2): 301-312. page(s): 301 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 5(5): 101-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2342008 page(s): 116 [details]
additional source
Utinomi, H. (1960). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). I. The genera Capnella, Scleronephthya and Chondronephthya (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 8(1): 27-40., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174705/1/fia0081_027.pdf page(s): 35 [details]
additional source
Light, S.F. (1914). Notes on Philippine Alcyonaria part 2: Lemnalioides kukenthali, a new genus and species of Alcyonaria from the Philippines and a discussion of the systematic position of the new genus. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 9D(3): 233-246. pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36117420 page(s): 242-243 [details]
additional source
Bourne, G.C. (1900). On the genus Lemnalia, Gray; with an account of the branching-systems of the order Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> Ser. 2, 7: 521-538, plates 40-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599771 [details]
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, 21, 45, 46, 51, 78, 104, 106, 120-121, 122, 124, 134 [details]
additional source
Williams, G. C. (1989). A review of recent research on the sublittoral coral reefs of northern Natal with a provisional assessment of findings regarding the distribution of octocorals on Two-Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science, 85, 140-141 page(s): 140 [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): 245 [details]
additional source
Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63. page(s): 12 [details]
additional source
Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10 page(s): 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 84 [details]
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