Cavernularia
creator: Williams, Gary
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: Cavernularia Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
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. Cavernularia Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128500 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2021-03-14T02:00:01Z
replaces: 1391935
replaces: 1391936
replaces: 1391938
replaces: 1391941
replaces: 1391940
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Cavernularia Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
class: Octocorallia
family: Veretillidae
genus: Cavernularia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72.
name published in: Herklots, J.A. (1858). Notices pour servir à l'étude des polypiers nageurs ou pennatulides. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 7: 1-31, plates 1-7.
name published in: Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 8: 85-275, plates 18-24.
name published in: Simpson, J.J. (1905). A new cavernularid from Ceylon. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. (7) 15: 561-565, plate 17.
name published in: Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1905). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In:. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Part 3, supplementary report 20:269-328.
name published in: Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 2: 1-319, 9 plates.
name published in year: 1850-1854
name published in year: 1858
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1905
name published in year: 1909
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 128487
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted