Calyptrophora
creator: Espinel, Nadjejda
creator: Martinez, Olga
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
date: 2026-08-29
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: Calyptrophora Gray, 1866
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. Calyptrophora Gray, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177833 on 2026-08-29
created: 2005-07-27T10:37:00Z
modified: 2010-09-17T08:17:46Z
replaces: 1587813
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Calyptrophora Gray, 1866
class: Octocorallia
family: Primnoidae
genus: Calyptrophora
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gray, J.E. (1866). Description of two new forms of gorgonoid corals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1866: 24-27.
name published in: Kinoshita, K. (1908). Primnoidae von Japan. The journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan. 23(12): 1-74, plates 1-6.
name published in year: 1866
name published in year: 1908
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 125278
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Gray, 1866
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted