WoRMS taxon details
Pseudothesea Kükenthal, 1919
291538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291538)
accepted
Genus
Thesea placoderma Nutting, 1910 accepted as Pseudothesea placoderma (Nutting, 1910) (type by original designation)
- Species Pseudothesea flava (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Pseudothesea flexilis (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Pseudothesea immersa (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Pseudothesea pallida (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Pseudothesea placoderma (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Pseudothesea satumaensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
- Species Pseudothesea simplex (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Pseudothesea tokaraensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2023
- Species Pseudothesea crosslandi (Hickson, 1928) accepted as Muricea fruticosa Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pseudothesea foliata Aurivillius, 1931 accepted as Pseudoparacis japonica (Nutting, 1912) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pseudothesea sanguinea (Nutting, 1910) accepted as Echinogorgia sanguinea (Nutting, 1910) (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 superseded combination)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): 843 [details]
page(s): 843 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Pseudothesea Kükenthal, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291538 on 2024-04-24
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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): 843 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 227-228 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1938). The Gorgonacea from Torres Straits collected by Prof. A.C. Haddon, F.R.S., 1888-1889, with notes on the genera Hicksonella and Pseudothesea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1938 (B), 585-610., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08533.x
page(s): 608 [details]
redescription 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): 316-317 [details]
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): 67-68 [details]
status 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
note: Bayer (1959) synonymizes Pseudothesea with Placogorgia; in 1981 he separated them again [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 843 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 227-228 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Grigg, R. W. & F.M. Bayer. (1976). Present knowledge of the systematics and zoogeography of the order Gorgonacea in Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 30(2): 167-175.
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hickson, S.J. (1938). The Gorgonacea from Torres Straits collected by Prof. A.C. Haddon, F.R.S., 1888-1889, with notes on the genera Hicksonella and Pseudothesea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1938 (B), 585-610., available online at https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1938.tb08533.x
page(s): 608 [details]
redescription 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): 316-317 [details]
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): 67-68 [details]
status 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
note: Bayer (1959) synonymizes Pseudothesea with Placogorgia; in 1981 he separated them again [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
