WoRMS taxon details
Eunicea laciniata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
283250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283250)
accepted
Species
Eunicea (Euniceopsis) laciniata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Eunicea lugubris Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 299 [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicea laciniata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283250 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 299 [details]
original description (of Eunicea lugubris Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 301 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
original description (of Eunicea lugubris Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 301 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors
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additional source García-Parrado, P.; Alcolado, P. M. (1996). Nueva especie de Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) encontrada en Cuba. [A new species of Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) found in Cuba]. <em>Avicennia.</em> 4/5: 46-50.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2001). Systematics of the southwestern Caribbean Muriceopsis Aurivillius (Cnidaria: Octocorallia), with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 10, 160-180
page(s): 175 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 516, 518 [details]
additional source Sarmiento, A.; Calixto-Botía, I.; Julio-Rodríguez, T.; Quattrini, A. M.; Sánchez, J. A. (2025). Uncovering the Evolutionary History in Lineage of Caribbean Octocorals: Phylogenomics Reveals Unrecognized Diversity in Eunicea. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(3): 173., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/173 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source García-Parrado, P.; Alcolado, P. M. (1996). Nueva especie de Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) encontrada en Cuba. [A new species of Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) found in Cuba]. <em>Avicennia.</em> 4/5: 46-50.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2001). Systematics of the southwestern Caribbean Muriceopsis Aurivillius (Cnidaria: Octocorallia), with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 10, 160-180
page(s): 175 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 516, 518 [details]
additional source Sarmiento, A.; Calixto-Botía, I.; Julio-Rodríguez, T.; Quattrini, A. M.; Sánchez, J. A. (2025). Uncovering the Evolutionary History in Lineage of Caribbean Octocorals: Phylogenomics Reveals Unrecognized Diversity in Eunicea. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(3): 173., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/173 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Eunicea lugubris Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicea laciniata)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (50 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Eunicea lugubris Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicea laciniata)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (50 records)
To ITIS
