Veretillum cynomorium
creator: Williams, Gary
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-28
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: Veretillum cynomorium (Pallas, 1766)
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. Veretillum cynomorium (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128536 on 2026-08-28
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2019-12-07T17:54:44Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Veretillum cynomorium (Pallas, 1766)
class: Octocorallia
family: Veretillidae
genus: Veretillum
kingdom: Animalia
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: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
name published in: Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae. 451 pp.
name published in: Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les Octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud (I. Alcyonacea). Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2. 26(1): 124-129.
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1767
name published in year: 1766
name published in year: 1954
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 128501
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Pallas, 1766)
specific epithet: cynomorium
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted