Anthothela grandiflora
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125414 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2021-04-16T06:22:59Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Anthothela grandiflora (Sars, 1856)
class: Octocorallia
family: Alcyoniidae
genus: Anthothela
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sars, M. (1857). Descriptions of some new Norwegian polyps. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Ser. 2, 20: 238-239.
name published in: 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. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. new series, 10: 397-399.
name published in: Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers. New Haven. pp. 32.
name published in year: 1857
name published in year: 1870
name published in year: 1879
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 125324
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Sars, 1856)
specific epithet: grandiflora
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted