UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Paracis alternans (Thomson & Russell, 1909)

WoRMS taxon details

Paracis alternans (Thomson & Russell, 1909)

AphiaID

290606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290606)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Paracis Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023

Original name

Acis alternans Thomson & Russell, 1909

Synonymised names

Acis alternans Thomson & Russell, 1909 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Acis alternans Thomson & Russell, 1909) Thomson, J.A.; Russell, E.S. (1909). Alcyonarians collected on the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Part 1, the Axifera. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, ser. 2.</em> 13(2): 139-164, plates 6-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399050
page(s): 156 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Paracis alternans (Thomson & Russell, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290606 on 2025-05-12

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

2021-06-06 23:07:38Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Sources (4)

Nomenclature

original description (of Acis alternans Thomson & Russell, 1909) Thomson, J.A.; Russell, E.S. (1909). Alcyonarians collected on the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Part 1, the Axifera. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, ser. 2.</em> 13(2): 139-164, plates 6-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399050
page(s): 156 [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]

new combination reference Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors

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