WoRMS taxon details
Isis Linnaeus, 1758
267517 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267517)
accepted
Genus
- Species Isis elongata Gray, 1857
- Species Isis hippuris Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Isis minorbrachyblasta Zou, Huang & Wang, 1991
- Species Isis reticulata Nutting, 1910
- Species Isis coralloides Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain)
- Species Isis gracilis Lamouroux, 1816 (uncertain)
- Species Isis moniliformis Steenstrup, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Isis polyacantha Steenstrup, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Isis antarctica Studer, 1878 accepted as Primnoisis (Primnoisis) antarctica Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis asteria Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Cenocrinus asterius (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Isis aurantia Esper, 1798 accepted as Melithaea aurantia (Esper, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis coccinea Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (original combination)
- Species Isis dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melithaea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis elongata Esper, 1788 accepted as Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis encrinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Umbellula encrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Isis erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Melithaea erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Isis flexibilis Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Keratoisis flexibilis (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis gregorii Gray, 1868 accepted as Acanella gregori (Gray, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis neapolitana Koch, 1878 accepted as Isis elongata Esper, 1788 accepted as Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Isis nobilis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Isis ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Isis ocracea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Isis ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) (incorrect original spelling)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [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. Isis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267517 on 2026-02-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 938, 939, 940 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 443 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1894). A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several new species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13(9): 325-347, plates 45-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31083754
page(s): 326 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 247 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 938, 939, 940 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 443 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hickson, S.J. (1894). A revision of the genera of the Alcyonaria Stolonifera, with a description of one new genus and several new species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13(9): 325-347, plates 45-50., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31083754
page(s): 326 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 247 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | セキコクヤギ属 | [details] |
