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Paracis Kükenthal, 1919

267673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267673)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
  8. Paracis (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior homonym (of Paracis Railliet & Henry, 1916 (Nematoda))
Neoacis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
Genus
Acis orientalis Ridley, 1882 accepted as Neoacis orientalis (Ridley, 1882) (type by original designation)
Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859

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  1. Species Paracis alba (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) accepted as Euplexaura rhipidalis Studer, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Species Paracis alternans (Thomson & Russell, 1909) accepted as Neoacis alternans (Thomson & Russell, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Species Paracis bebrycoides (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Thesea acanthoides (Thomson & Russell, 1909) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Paracis caecilia Grasshoff, 1996 accepted as Neoacis caecilia (Grasshoff, 1996) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  5. Species Paracis campanulifera (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Discogorgia campanulifera (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Paracis ceylonensis (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) accepted as Neoacis ceylonensis (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Paracis chawwa Grasshoff, 2000 accepted as Neoacis chawwa (Grasshoff, 2000) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  8. Species Paracis dejecta (Thomson & Russell, 1909) accepted as Neoacis dejecta (Thomson & Russell, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Paracis horrida (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) accepted as Neoacis horrida (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Paracis ijimai (Kinoshita, 1909) accepted as Imbricacis ijimai (Kinoshita, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Paracis indica (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) accepted as Neoacis indica (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Paracis indivisa Kükenthal, 1924 accepted as Neoacis indivisa (Kükenthal, 1924) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  13. Species Paracis minor (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Parisis minor Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > misapplication, typographical error for Parisis)
  14. Species Paracis miyajimai (Kinoshita, 1909) accepted as Imbricacis miyajimae (Kinoshita, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Paracis obscura (Thomson & Russell, 1909) accepted as Neoacis obscura (Thomson & Russell, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Paracis orientalis (Ridley, 1882) accepted as Neoacis orientalis (Ridley, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Paracis pustulata (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Neoacis pustulata (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Paracis rigida (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) accepted as Neoacis rigida (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Paracis serrata (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Neoacis serrata (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Paracis solorensis (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Neoacis solorensis (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Paracis spinifera (Nutting, 1912) accepted as Pseudoparacis spinifera (Nutting, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Paracis spinosa (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) accepted as Neoacis spinosa (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Paracis squamata (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Imbricacis squamata (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Paracis ulex (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) accepted as Neoacis ulex (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 837 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Paracis Kükenthal, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267673 on 2026-08-13
Date
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2008-01-14 11:18:07Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-16 09:11:12Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-10-16 20:15:13Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2022-11-06 01:15:04Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2023-06-09 22:40:57Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2024-06-14 04:10:54Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2025-09-06 03:23:55Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 837 [details] 

replacement name source Matsumoto, A.K.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2023). Replacement name for Paracis (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Paramuriceidae) with a revision and re-description of the Japanese species and description of two new genera and species from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Taxonomy.</em> 3: 250-330., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6500/3/2/18
page(s): 252-253 [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] 

Taxonomy

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details] 

Other

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 154-155 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 108 [details] 

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 14, 60, 180, 182, 198-199 [details] 

additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1592-y
page(s): 500, 503, 505, 506, 507 [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracis) 
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