WoRMS taxon details
Tubipora Linnaeus, 1758
205676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205676)
accepted
Genus
Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Tubipora chamissonis Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Tubipora fimbriata Dana, 1846
- Species Tubipora hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Tubipora reptans Carter, 1880
- Species Tubipora rubeola Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Species Tubipora syringa Dana, 1846
- Species Tubipora infundibuliformis Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Tubipora verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain)
- Species Tubipora arenosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sabellaria alveolata (Linnaeus, 1767) (subjective synonym)
- Species Tubipora catenularia Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Ptychophloeolopas catenularia (Linnaeus, 1767) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Tubipora filogranum (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1835 (subjective synonym)
- Species Tubipora flabellaris Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Tubulipora flabellaris (O. Fabricius, 1780) (basionym)
- Species Tubipora purpurea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tubipora musica Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tubipora ramosa Gmelin in Linnaeus, 1788 accepted as Filograna implexa Berkeley, 1835 (subjective synonym)
- Species Tubipora repens Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tubipora urceus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Brachionus urceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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page(s): 789 [details] Available for editors
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Tubipora Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205676 on 2026-06-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 789 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
page(s): 789 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1875.0068
page(s): 549, 563 [details]
additional source Delage, Y.; Hérouard, E. (1901). Traité de zoologie concrète. Tome II – Deuxième partie. Les coelentérés. <em>Paris: Schleicher Frères.</em> 848 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52123450
page(s): 387-391 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 265 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1972). Nouvel apport d'Octocoralliares de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Tethys.</em> Suppl. 3: 11-68., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/REF/som/T-pdf/1972_s3-11.pdf
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 59-63 [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 Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1875.0068
page(s): 549, 563 [details]
additional source Delage, Y.; Hérouard, E. (1901). Traité de zoologie concrète. Tome II – Deuxième partie. Les coelentérés. <em>Paris: Schleicher Frères.</em> 848 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52123450
page(s): 387-391 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 265 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1972). Nouvel apport d'Octocoralliares de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Tethys.</em> Suppl. 3: 11-68., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/REF/som/T-pdf/1972_s3-11.pdf
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 59-63 [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]
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