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Renilla Lamarck, 1816

267800  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267800)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Scleralcyonacea (Order)
  7. Pennatuloidea (Superfamily)
  8. Renillidae (Family)
  9. Renilla (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Herklotsia Gray, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym)
Herklotzia Gray, 1860 · unaccepted (variant spelling)

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  1. Species Renilla amethystina Verrill, 1864
  2. Species Renilla edwardsii Herklots, 1858
  3. Species Renilla koellikeri Pfeffer, 1886
  4. Species Renilla muelleri Kölliker, 1872
  5. Species Renilla octodentata Zamponi & Pérez, 1995
  6. Species Renilla reniformis (Pallas, 1766)
  7. Species Renilla americana Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Renilla reniformis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Renilla chilensis Philippi, 1893 accepted as Renilla chilensis Philippi, 1892 (incorrect authority)
  9. Species Renilla sinuata Gray, 1860 accepted as Renillina sinuata (Gray, 1860) (changed combination)
  10. Species Renilla koellickeri Pfeffer, 1886 represented as Renilla koellikeri Pfeffer, 1886
  11. Species Renilla africana Kölliker, 1872 (uncertain, possible synonym of Renilla muelleri)
  12. Species Renilla australasica Gray, 1870 (uncertain)
  13. Species Renilla chilensis Philippi, 1892 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  14. Species Renilla danae Verrill, 1864 (uncertain)
  15. Species Renilla deshayesii Kölliker, 1872 (uncertain)
  16. Species Renilla inermis Pfeffer, 1886 (uncertain)
  17. Species Renilla mollis Kölliker, 1872 (uncertain)
  18. Species Renilla musaica Zamponi & Pérez, 1995 (uncertain, Possible synonym of Renilla muelleri)
  19. Species Renilla patula Verrill, 1864 (uncertain)
  20. Species Renilla peltata Verrill, 1864 (uncertain)
  21. Species Renilla tentaculata Zamponi, Pérez & Capitoli, 1997 (uncertain, possible synonym of Renilla reniformis)
  22. Species Renilla violacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 428-429 [details] OpenAccess publication
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Renilla Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267800 on 2025-05-03
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2008-01-14 11:18:07Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-06-25 05:41:35Z
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Williams, Gary
2019-12-07 16:54:44Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description 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): 428-429 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Herklotsia Gray, 1860) Gray, J.E. (1860). II. Revision of the family Pennatulidae, with descriptions of some new species in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany and Geology, Series 3.</em> 5(25-30): 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658338
page(s): 25 [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

additional source 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): 108 [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source López-González, P. J.; Williams, G. C. (2002). A new genus and species of sea pen (Octocorallia : Pennatulacea : Stachyptilidae) from the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 16(6): 919-929., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it01027
page(s): 927 [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 34 [details] 

additional source Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 85-97 [details] 

additional source Zamponi, M.O.; Pérez, C.D. (1995). Revision of the genus Renilla Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea), with descriptions of two new species from the sub-Antarctic region. <em>Misc. Zool.</em> 18: 21-32. [details] 

additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 205-207 [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
English sea pansies  [details]
German Seestiefmütterchen  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Renilla) 
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
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Unreviewed
Renilla reniformis
Renilla reniformis
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