WoRMS name details
Ptilella borealis (Sars, 1846)
158293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158293)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Beschreibung der Pennatula borealis, ein neuen Seefeder. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation, Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben.</em> 1: 17-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526525 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ptilella borealis (Sars, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158293 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Beschreibung der Pennatula borealis, ein neuen Seefeder. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation, Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben.</em> 1: 17-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526525 [details]
basis of record Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1870). Catalogue of sea-pens or Pennatulariidae in the collection of the British Museum / by J.E. Gray. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18487479
page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1870). Catalogue of sea-pens or Pennatulariidae in the collection of the British Museum / by J.E. Gray. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18487479
page(s): 21 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]
Other
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 82 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 82 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia [details]
