Paracis orientalis
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
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: Paracis orientalis (Ridley, 1882)
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. Paracis orientalis (Ridley, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290618 on 2026-08-29
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
is replaced by: 1665602
modified: 2023-06-10T00:40:57Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Paracis orientalis (Ridley, 1882)
accepted name usage ID: 1665602
class: Octocorallia
family: Acanthogorgiidae
genus: Paracis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Ridley, S.O. (1882). Contributions to the knowledge of the Alcyonaria. Part II, including descriptions of new species from Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 5, 10: 125-133, plate 5.
name published in year: 1882
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 267673
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Ridley, 1882)
specific epithet: orientalis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: superseded combination