UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Nidaliopsis K�kenthal, 1906

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Nidaliopsis Kükenthal, 1906

AphiaID

267632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267632)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nidaliidae Gray, 1869

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Species Nidaliopsis alta (Tixier-Durivault, 1955)
Species Nidaliopsis laeve (Tixier-Durivault, 1955)
Species Nidaliopsis pygmaea Kükenthal, 1906
Species Nidaliopsis violacea (Tixier-Durivault, 1955)
Species Nidaliopsis xeranthemum Lüttschwager, 1914 (uncertain)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kükenthal, W. (1906). Alcyonacea. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 13: 1-111, plates 1-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2127878
page(s): 27-28 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Nidaliopsis Kükenthal, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267632 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

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Nomenclature

original description Kükenthal, W. (1906). Alcyonacea. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 13: 1-111, plates 1-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2127878
page(s): 27-28 [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]

Other

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

additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the South African Museum. 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 320 [details]

additional source Utinomi, H. (1957). Minabea ozakii n. gen. et n. sp., a new remarkable alcyonarian type with dimorphic polyps. Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool. 13: 139-146.
page(s): 144 [details]

additional source Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41731265
page(s): 553 [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. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville. pp. 264.
page(s): 40 [details]

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