WoRMS name details
Cereopsis Saville Kent, 1870
606873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606873)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Cereopsis bocagei Saville Kent, 1870 accepted as Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870) (type by monotypy)
- Species Cereopsis bocagei Saville Kent, 1870 accepted as Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Cereopsis studeri von Koch, 1891 accepted as Nidalia studeri (von Koch, 1891) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Saville Kent, W. (1870). On two new genera of alcyonoid corals, taken in the recent expedition of the yacht "Norma" off the coast of Spain and Portugal. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> new series, 10: 397-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13720261
page(s): 398 [details]
page(s): 398 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Cereopsis Saville Kent, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606873 on 2026-03-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Saville Kent, W. (1870). On two new genera of alcyonoid corals, taken in the recent expedition of the yacht "Norma" off the coast of Spain and Portugal. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> new series, 10: 397-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13720261
page(s): 398 [details]
basis of record López-González, P.J.; Grinyo, J.; Gili, J.-M. (2012). Rediscovery of Cereopsis studeri Koch, 1891, a forgotten Mediterranean soft coral species, and its inclusion in the genus Nidalia Gray, 1835 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 8(7): 594-604. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2011.650178 [details]
page(s): 398 [details]
basis of record López-González, P.J.; Grinyo, J.; Gili, J.-M. (2012). Rediscovery of Cereopsis studeri Koch, 1891, a forgotten Mediterranean soft coral species, and its inclusion in the genus Nidalia Gray, 1835 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 8(7): 594-604. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2011.650178 [details]
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additional source
Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
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