African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Annella Gray, 1858

AphiaID

517547 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517547)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Gorgonia reticulata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Anelladae Gray, 1859

Parent

Subergorgiidae Gray, 1859

Direct children (3)

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Species Annella mollis (Nutting, 1910)
Species Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Annella ornata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) accepted as Subergorgia reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 287 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Annella Gray, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517547 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-13 12:04:01Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-25 21:54:48Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 287 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2005). A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Zool. Meded. Leiden. 79-4, 30-xi.2005: 1-236, figs 1-177, tabs 1-3.
page(s): 212 [details] Available for editors

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additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J.-M. (2001). Rosgorgia inexspectata , new genus and species of Subergorgiidae (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from off the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology. 24(2): 122-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000176
page(s): 122, 123, 125 [details]

additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 74, 79 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Annella)
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