Junceella juncea
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-24
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: Junceella juncea (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. Junceella juncea (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212767 on 2026-08-24
created: 1997-10-30T11:47:35Z
modified: 2020-11-07T00:09:00Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Junceella juncea (Pallas, 1766)
class: Octocorallia
family: Ellisellidae
genus: Junceella
kingdom: Animalia
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: 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: Toeplitz, C. M. (1929). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 7, die Famile Gorgonellidae, zugleich eine Revision. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 16 (2): 235-376, plates 6-7.
name published in year: 1766
name published in year: 1905
name published in year: 1929
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 206594
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Pallas, 1766)
specific epithet: juncea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted