UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Briareum excavata (Nutting, 1911)

WoRMS name details

Briareum excavata (Nutting, 1911)

AphiaID

289536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289536)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Briareum stechei (Kükenthal, 1908)

Rank

Species

Parent

Briareum Blainville, 1834

Original name

Suberia excavata Nutting, 1911

Environment

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

Original description

(of Suberia excavata Nutting, 1911) Nutting, C.C. (1911). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VIII. The Scleraxonia. Siboga Expedition Monographs. 13b5: 1-62, plates 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12044618
page(s): 14-15 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Briareum excavata (Nutting, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289536 on 2025-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2016-02-08 13:44:35Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-10 03:08:11Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-06-23 03:13:08Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Suberia excavata Nutting, 1911) Nutting, C.C. (1911). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VIII. The Scleraxonia. Siboga Expedition Monographs. 13b5: 1-62, plates 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12044618
page(s): 14-15 [details]

basis of record 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]

Other

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

additional source Samimi-Namin, K.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (2016). Overview of the genus Briareum (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Briareidae) in the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys. (557): 1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.557.6298 [details]

additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society. 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 14, 20 [details]

additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 551, 552, 555 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype ZMTAU Co 28432, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 28722, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 28784, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 29194, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 29195, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 30249, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 30265, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 30283, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]