UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911)

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911)

AphiaID

213047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213047)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthomuricea Hentschel, 1903

Original name

Psammogorgia pulchra J.S. Thomson, 1911

Synonymised names

Psammogorgia pulchra J.S. Thomson, 1911 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Psammogorgia pulchra J.S. Thomson, 1911) Thomson, J.S. (1911). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Gorgonacea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1911 (3-4): 870-893, plates 43-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31570626
page(s): 881-883 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213047 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-11-17 13:54:23Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2004-01-09 17:30:58Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Psammogorgia pulchra J.S. Thomson, 1911) Thomson, J.S. (1911). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Gorgonacea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1911 (3-4): 870-893, plates 43-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31570626
page(s): 881-883 [details]

basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors

[request]

Other

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

additional source van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the South African Museum. 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 214, 215, 216, 217, 288, 290, 292 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype SAfM H3610, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype SAfM H3616, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Psammogorgia pulchra J.S. Thomson, 1911)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Psammogorgia pulchra J.S. Thomson, 1911)