WoRMS taxon details
Narella Gray, 1870
125319 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125319)
accepted
Genus
Calypterinus Wright & Studer, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stachyodes Wright & Studer, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Narella abyssalis Cairns & Baco, 2007
- Species Narella alaskensis Cairns & Baco, 2007
- Species Narella alata Cairns & Bayer, 2008
- Species Narella allmani (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Narella alvinae Cairns & Bayer, 2003
- Species Narella ambigua (Studer, 1894)
- Species Narella arbuscula Cairns & Baco, 2007
- Species Narella aurantiaca Cairns, 2018
- Species Narella bayeri Cairns & Baco, 2007
- Species Narella bellissima (Kükenthal, 1915)
- Species Narella biannulata (Kinoshita, 1907)
- Species Narella bowersi (Nutting, 1908)
- Species Narella calamus Cairns, 2018
- Species Narella candidae Taylor & Rogers, 2017
- Species Narella clavata (Versluys, 1906)
- Species Narella compressa (Kinoshita, 1908)
- Species Narella cristata Cairns & Baco, 2007
- Species Narella dampieri Cairns, 2012
- Species Narella dichotoma (Versluys, 1906)
- Species Narella ferula Cairns, 2018
- Species Narella fordi Cairns, 2018
- Species Narella gaussi (Kükenthal, 1912)
- Species Narella gigas Cairns & Bayer, 2008
- Species Narella gilchristi (J.S. Thomson, 1911)
- Species Narella grandiflora (Kükenthal, 1907)
- Species Narella hawaiiensis Cairns & Bayer, 2008
- Species Narella horrida (Versluys, 1906)
- Species Narella hypsocalyx Cairns, 2012
- Species Narella japonensis (Aurivillius, 1931)
- Species Narella laxa Deichmann, 1936
- Species Narella leilae Bayer, 1951
- Species Narella macrocalyx Cairns & Bayer, 2008
- Species Narella megalepis (Kinoshita, 1908)
- Species Narella merga Cairns, 2018
- Species Narella mesolepis Cairns, 2012
- Species Narella mosaica Cairns, 2012
- Species Narella muzikae Cairns & Bayer, 2008
- Species Narella obscura (Versluys, 1906)
- Species Narella orientalis (Versluys, 1906)
- Species Narella ornata Bayer, 1995
- Species Narella parva (Versluys, 1906)
- Species Narella pauciflora Deichmann, 1936
- Species Narella regularis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
- Species Narella spectabilis Cairns & Bayer, 2003
- Species Narella speighti Taylor & Rogers, 2017
- Species Narella studeri (Versluys, 1906)
- Species Narella valentine Taylor & Rogers, 2017
- Species Narella vermifera Cairns & Bayer, 2008
- Species Narella versluysi (Hickson, 1909)
- Species Narella virgosa Cairns, 2018
- Species Narella vulgaris Cairns, 2012
- Species Narella angularis (Nutting, 1908) accepted as Calyptrophora angularis (Nutting, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Narella divaricata Studer, 1878 accepted as Primnoella divaricata (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Narella elegans Tixier-Durivault & Lafargue, 1968 accepted as Narella versluysi (Hickson, 1909) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Narella hawaiinensis Cairns & Bayer, 2007 [2008] accepted as Narella hawaiiensis Cairns & Bayer, 2008 (wrong authority year)
- Species Narella hawaiinensis Cairns & Bayer, 2008 accepted as Narella hawaiiensis Cairns & Bayer, 2008 (amended spelling)
- Species Narella imbricata (Johnson, 1862) accepted as Candidella imbricata (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Narella irregularis (Kinoshita, 1907) accepted as Narella horrida (Versluys, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Narella modesta Studer, 1878 accepted as Callogorgia modesta (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Narella nuttingi Bayer, 1997 accepted as Narella dichotoma (Versluys, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Narella trilepis (Pourtalès, 1868) accepted as Calyptrophora trilepis (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Narella Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125319 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Stachyodes Wright & Studer, 1887) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Calypterinus Wright & Studer, 1887) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 53-54 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Stachyodes Wright & Studer, 1887) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Calypterinus Wright & Studer, 1887) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 53-54 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Bayer, F. M. (1996). New primnoid gorgonians (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from antarctic waters. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 58(2): 511-530.
page(s): 530 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 295 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1989). Primnoidae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.</em> (4) 10 (3):449–518, 1 fig., 42 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58722240
page(s): 449, 453, 455, 459 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bayer, F. M. (1982). Some new and old species of the primnoid genus Callogorgia Gray, with a revalidation of the related genus Fanellia Gray (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 95(1): 116–160.
page(s): 117, 118 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 183-306., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34317/ [details]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170-172 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 530 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 295 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1989). Primnoidae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.</em> (4) 10 (3):449–518, 1 fig., 42 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58722240
page(s): 449, 453, 455, 459 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1982). Some new and old species of the primnoid genus Callogorgia Gray, with a revalidation of the related genus Fanellia Gray (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 95(1): 116–160.
page(s): 117, 118 [details] Available for editors

additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 183-306., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34317/ [details]
additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170-172 [details] Available for editors





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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]