WoRMS name details
Scirpearia elongata (Pallas, 1766)
1487968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1487968)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Scirpearia Cuvier, 1817 accepted as Ellisella Gray, 1858
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia elongata Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 179-180 [details]
page(s): 179-180 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Scirpearia elongata (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1487968 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gorgonia elongata Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 179-180 [details]
basis of record Bayer, F. M. (1959). Octocorals from Surinam and adjacent coasts of South America. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas.</em> 3 (1):1-43., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/881
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 179-180 [details]
basis of record Bayer, F. M. (1959). Octocorals from Surinam and adjacent coasts of South America. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas.</em> 3 (1):1-43., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/881
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 212-214 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 212-214 [details]
