WoRMS taxon details
Drifa Danielssen, 1887
146940 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146940)
accepted
Genus
- Species Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869)
- Species Drifa arbuscula (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
- Species Drifa erecta (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
- Species Drifa flavescens (Danielssen, 1887) accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Drifa gaboensis (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
- Species Drifa gronlandica (Molander, 1915) accepted as Pseudodrifa groenlandica (Molander, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination, variant spelling)
- Species Drifa hyalina Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Drifa islandica Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Drifa johnstonei (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
- Species Drifa portlandensis (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > interim unpublished, unpublished combination)
- Species Drifa racemosa (Studer, 1891) accepted as Pseudodrifa racemosa (Studer, 1891) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 59-64 [details]
page(s): 59-64 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Drifa Danielssen, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146940 on 2026-04-20
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 59-64 [details]
basis of record 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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page(s): 59-64 [details]
basis of record 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
[request]Taxonomy
status source
McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1960). Noteworthy octocorals collected off the southwest coast of Kii Peninsula, Middle Japan. Part I. Stolonifera and Alcyonacea. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 8(1): 1-26, plates 1-2., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174706/1/fia0081_001.pdf
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1960). Noteworthy octocorals collected off the southwest coast of Kii Peninsula, Middle Japan. Part I. Stolonifera and Alcyonacea. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 8(1): 1-26, plates 1-2., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174706/1/fia0081_001.pdf
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
