UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Helicogorgia ramifera (Williams, 1992)

Octocorallia taxon details

Helicogorgia ramifera (Williams, 1992)

AphiaID

520692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520692)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Helicogorgia Bayer, 1981

Original name

Simpsonella ramifera Williams, 1992

Synonymised names

Simpsonella ramifera Williams, 1992 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Simpsonella ramifera Williams, 1992) Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the gorgonian genus Simpsonella (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) from the western margin of the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species from south-eastern Africa. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 105: 377-405.
page(s): 386-391 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Helicogorgia ramifera (Williams, 1992). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520692 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-16 13:29:41Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-18 14:47:01Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2024-06-17 22:36:52Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Simpsonella ramifera Williams, 1992) Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the gorgonian genus Simpsonella (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) from the western margin of the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species from south-eastern Africa. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 105: 377-405.
page(s): 386-391 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Simpsonella ramifera Williams, 1992)