Octocorallia name details
Paracorallium tortuosum (Bayer, 1956)
290641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290641)
unaccepted (changed combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Corallium tortuosum Bayer, 1956) Bayer, F. M. (1956). Descriptions and redescriptions of the Hawaiian octocorals collected by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" (2. Gorgonacea: Scleraxonia). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 10: 67-95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54298526
page(s): 82-84 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 82-84 [details] Available for editors

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Paracorallium tortuosum (Bayer, 1956). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290641 on 2025-06-12
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(of Corallium tortuosum Bayer, 1956) Bayer, F. M. (1956). Descriptions and redescriptions of the Hawaiian octocorals collected by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" (2. Gorgonacea: Scleraxonia). <em>Pacific Science.</em> 10: 67-95., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54298526
page(s): 82-84 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Bayer, F.M. & S.D. Cairns. (2003). A new genus of the scleraxonian family Coralliidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 118: 222-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34565090 [details] Available for editors
status source Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 12(10): 1003-1038., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2016.1241411 [details]
page(s): 82-84 [details] Available for editors

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Bayer, F.M. & S.D. Cairns. (2003). A new genus of the scleraxonian family Coralliidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 118: 222-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34565090 [details] Available for editors

status source Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 12(10): 1003-1038., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2016.1241411 [details]




Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (35 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (56 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 49331)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To GenBank (56 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (35 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (56 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 49331)
To ITIS