UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Helicogorgia squamifera (K�kenthal, 1919)

WoRMS taxon details

Helicogorgia squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919)

AphiaID

520694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520694)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Helicogorgia Bayer, 1981

Original name

Radicipes squamiferus Kükenthal, 1919

Synonymised names

Radicipes squamiferus Kükenthal, 1919 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

(of Radicipes squamiferus Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 545-547 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Helicogorgia squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520694 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-16 13:29:41Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2024-06-17 22:36:52Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Radicipes squamiferus Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 545-547 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype (of Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919)) SAfM H3886, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919)) SAfM H3888, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919)) SAfM H3933, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Radicipes squamiferus Kükenthal, 1919)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)