African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Acanthomuricea Hentschel, 1903

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthomuricea Hentschel, 1903

AphiaID

204750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204750)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Astrogorgiidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024

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Species Acanthomuricea biserialis Hentschel, 1903
Species Acanthomuricea dina Grasshoff, 2000
Species Acanthomuricea mberea Grasshoff, 1999
Species Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911)
Species Acanthomuricea purpurea (Whitelegge, 1897)
Species Acanthomuricea silpa Grasshoff, 2000
Species Acanthomuricea uimea Grasshoff, 1999
Species Acanthomuricea arborea (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) accepted as Astrogorgia arborea (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acanthomuricea nagapatinamensis Fernando, 2011 accepted as Astrogorgia nagaiensis Ramvilas, Alderslade & Ranjeet, 2023 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Astrogorgia nagapatinamensis Fernando, 2011)
Species Acanthomuricea ramosa Thomson & Henderson, 1906 accepted as Lepidomuricea ramosa (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Acanthomuricea rubra (Thomson, 1905) accepted as Astrogorgia rubra (Thomson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acanthomuricea spicata Thomson & Henderson, 1906 accepted as Lepidomuricea spicata (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Acanthomuricea tuticorinensis Fernando, 2011 accepted as Astrogorgia tuticorinensis (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)

Environment

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

Original description

Hentschel, E. (1903). Gorgonacea von Amboina und Thursday Island. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 8: 643-652, plates 52-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292444
page(s): 650-651 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthomuricea Hentschel, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204750 on 2024-10-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-11-19 14:34:27Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2004-01-09 17:30:58Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-04 06:53:11Z

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Martinez, Olga

2006-12-18 14:33:13Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-11-05 21:48:31Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2024-04-30 22:32:43Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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original description Hentschel, E. (1903). Gorgonacea von Amboina und Thursday Island. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 8: 643-652, plates 52-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292444
page(s): 650-651 [details]

basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 54-55 [details]

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