Pteronisis whiteleggei
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
date: 2026-08-04
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: Pteronisis whiteleggei (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911)
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. Pteronisis whiteleggei (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290942 on 2026-08-04
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2010-09-17T08:17:46Z
replaces: 291935
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pteronisis whiteleggei (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911)
class: Octocorallia
family: Mopseidae
genus: Pteronisis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Thomson, J.A.; Mackinnon, D.L. (1911). Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. “Thetis,” off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898, the Alcyonarians of the “Thetis” Expedition. Australian Museum Memoir. 4(13): 661-695, plates 61-82.
name published in year: 1911
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 267791
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911)
specific epithet: whiteleggei
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted