URMO taxon details
Bellonella Gray, 1862
267263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267263)
accepted
Genus
Belonella Gray, 1862 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Bellonella capitata (Pfeffer, 1889)
- Species Bellonella cinerea (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974)
- Species Bellonella clavata (Pfeffer, 1889)
- Species Bellonella conspicua Tixier-Durivault, 1961
- Species Bellonella epedana Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
- Species Bellonella granulata Gray, 1862
- Species Bellonella molokaiensis Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
- Species Bellonella petila Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
- Species Bellonella rubistella (Deichmann, 1936)
- Species Bellonella tenuis Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974
- Species Bellonella variabilis (Studer, 1891)
- Species Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870) accepted as Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870) (changed combination)
- Species Bellonella dofleini (Kukenthal, 1906) accepted as Eleutherobia dofleini (Kükenthal, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bellonella indica Thomson & Henderson, 1905 accepted as Paraminabea indica (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Bellonella rigida Pütter, 1900 accepted as Nidalia rigida (Pütter, 1900) accepted as Eleutherobia rigida (Pütter, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Bellonella rubra Brundin, 1896 accepted as Eleutherobia rubra (Brundin, 1896) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Bellonella sibogae Utinomi, 1957 accepted as Nidalia macrospina Kükenthal, 1906 (synonym)
- Species Bellonella unilobata (J.S. Thomson, 1921) accepted as Pieterfaurea unilobata (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1862). Description of two new genera of zoophytes (Solenocaulon and Bellonella) discovered on the north coast of Australia by Mr. Rayner. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1862: 34-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28626912
page(s): 36-37 [details]
page(s): 36-37 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Bellonella Gray, 1862. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267263 on 2025-05-21
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Bellonella Gray, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267263 on 2025-05-21
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Gray, J.E. (1862). Description of two new genera of zoophytes (Solenocaulon and Bellonella) discovered on the north coast of Australia by Mr. Rayner. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1862: 34-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28626912
page(s): 36-37 [details]
original description (of Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889) Pfeffer, G. (1889). Zur Fauna von S�d-Georgien. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 6 (2): 37-55.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7673735
page(s): 49 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source L�pez-Gonz�lez, P. J.; Gili, J. M. (2000). A new octocoral genus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 23: 452-458.
page(s): 454 [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 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): 320 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1976). A review of the Japanese species of Alcyonium, with descriptions of two new species and an almost forgotten rare species (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 23(3/5): 191-204., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175942/1/fia0233-5_191.pdf
page(s): 191 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1957). Minabea ozakii n. gen. et n. sp., a new remarkable alcyonarian type with dimorphic polyps. <em>Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool.</em> 13: 139-146.
page(s): 139, 145 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H.; Imahara, Y. (1976). A new second species of dimorphic alcyonacean octocoral Minabea from the bays of Sagami and Suruga, with the emendation of the generic diagnosis. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 23(3/5): 205-212, plate 1., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/175941
page(s): 210, 211 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) with new taxa from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 48(1): 1-26.
page(s): 17 [details]
additional source Uchida, T. (1969). On a northern alcyonarian, Alcyonium pacificum Yamada. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, 17, 6, 397-399
page(s): 397 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (2006). Preliminary report on the alcyonacean and pennatulacean octocorals collected by the natural history research of the Sagami Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) [Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan], 40, 91-101
page(s): 96 [details]
page(s): 36-37 [details]
original description (of Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889) Pfeffer, G. (1889). Zur Fauna von S�d-Georgien. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 6 (2): 37-55.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7673735
page(s): 49 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source L�pez-Gonz�lez, P. J.; Gili, J. M. (2000). A new octocoral genus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Antarctic waters. <em>Polar Biology.</em> 23: 452-458.
page(s): 454 [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 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): 320 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1976). A review of the Japanese species of Alcyonium, with descriptions of two new species and an almost forgotten rare species (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 23(3/5): 191-204., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175942/1/fia0233-5_191.pdf
page(s): 191 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1957). Minabea ozakii n. gen. et n. sp., a new remarkable alcyonarian type with dimorphic polyps. <em>Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool.</em> 13: 139-146.
page(s): 139, 145 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H.; Imahara, Y. (1976). A new second species of dimorphic alcyonacean octocoral Minabea from the bays of Sagami and Suruga, with the emendation of the generic diagnosis. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 23(3/5): 205-212, plate 1., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/175941
page(s): 210, 211 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) with new taxa from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 48(1): 1-26.
page(s): 17 [details]
additional source Uchida, T. (1969). On a northern alcyonarian, Alcyonium pacificum Yamada. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, 17, 6, 397-399
page(s): 397 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (2006). Preliminary report on the alcyonacean and pennatulacean octocorals collected by the natural history research of the Sagami Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) [Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan], 40, 91-101
page(s): 96 [details]
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