WoRMS name details
Ctenocella (Viminella) Gray, 1870
1875402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1875402)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Subgenus
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) accepted as Viminella alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) anomala (Simpson, 1910) accepted as Viminella anomala (Simpson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913) accepted as Viminella erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) flagellum (Johnson, 1863) accepted as Viminella flagellum (Johnson, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) furcata (Hickson, 1905) accepted as Ellisella maculata Studer, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) hicksoni (Simpson, 1910) accepted as Viminella hicksoni (Simpson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) hystrix (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Viminella hystrix (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) profunda (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Viminella profunda (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) sanctaecrucis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Viminella sanctaecrucis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ctenocella (Viminella) verrucosa (Simpson, 1910) accepted as Viminella verrucosa (Simpson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Ctenocella (Viminella) Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1875402 on 2026-07-21
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Nomenclature
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(of Viminella Gray, 1870) 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): 28-29 [details]
basis of record Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1994). The genus group taxa of the family Ellisellidae, with clarification of the genera established by J. E. Gray (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 74(1/2):21-45.
page(s): 30-31 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 28-29 [details]
basis of record Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1994). The genus group taxa of the family Ellisellidae, with clarification of the genera established by J. E. Gray (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 74(1/2):21-45.
page(s): 30-31 [details] Available for editors
[request]