UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Parasphaerasclera McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013

URMO taxon details

Parasphaerasclera McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013

AphiaID

743777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743777)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Alcyonium rotiferum J.S. Thomson, 1910 accepted as Parasphaerasclera rotifera (Thomson, 1910) (type by original designation)

Parent

Parasphaerascleridae McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013

Direct children (7)

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Species Parasphaerasclera albiflora (Utinomi, 1957)
Species Parasphaerasclera aurea (Benayahu & Schleyer, 1995)
Species Parasphaerasclera grayi (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
Species Parasphaerasclera morifera (Tixier-Durivault, 1954)
Species Parasphaerasclera rotifera (Thomson, 1910)
Species Parasphaerasclera valdiviae (Kukenthal, 1906)
Species Parasphaerasclera zanahoria (Williams, 2000)

Environment

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

Original description

McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2013). Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports a new family of octocorals and a new genus of Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zookeys.</em> 346: 59-83. [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Parasphaerasclera McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743777 on 2025-05-28

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Parasphaerasclera McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743777 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-11-05 14:55:22Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-30 02:52:37Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

[taxonomic tree]

original description McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2013). Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports a new family of octocorals and a new genus of Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zookeys.</em> 346: 59-83. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parasphaerasclera)
To Genbank