Mopsea encrinula
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: Cordeiro, Ralf
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-11
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: Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815)
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. Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287456 on 2026-08-11
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2022-06-11T05:06:21Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815)
class: Octocorallia
family: Mopseidae
genus: Mopsea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. F. Poisson, Caen. i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX.
name published in: Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1815). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent précédée d'une introduction... Tome premier, xvi + 462 pp. Paris, Verdière.
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1815
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 173328
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Lamarck, 1815)
specific epithet: encrinula
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted