WoRMS taxon details
Verrucella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Reticella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Umbracella Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Verrucella aurantia (Gray, 1869)
- Species Verrucella cerasina Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Verrucella corona Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Verrucella delicatula (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Verrucella diadema Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Verrucella flexuosa (Lamarck, 1815)
- Species Verrucella furcata (Lamarck, 1815)
- Species Verrucella granulata (Esper, 1791)
- Species Verrucella gubalensis Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Verrucella ixobola Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Verrucella klunzingeri Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Verrucella miniacea (Studer, 1878)
- Species Verrucella pallida Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Verrucella pseudoantipathes (Kölliker, 1865)
- Species Verrucella reticulata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
- Species Verrucella rigida (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Verrucella rosea Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Verrucella umbella (Esper, 1798)
- Species Verrucella umbracula (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Species Verrucella verriculata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
- Species Verrucella verseveldti Tixier-Durivault, 1972
- Species Verrucella balasubramaniani Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Verrucella bicolor Nutting, 1908 accepted as Melithaea bicolor (Nutting, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Verrucella bicolor Fernando, 2011 accepted as Verrucella dichromata Fernando, 2017 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Verrucella bicolour Nutting, 1908)
- Species Verrucella calyculata (Valenciennes, 1855) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Verrucella candida Ridley, 1882 accepted as Ellisella candida (Ridley, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Verrucella cuddalorensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Verrucella flabellata Whitelegge, 1897 accepted as Nicella flabellata (Whitelegge, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Verrucella flaviflora Nutting, 1910 accepted as Ellisella ceylonensis (Simpson, 1910) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Verrucella gemmacea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dichotella gemmacea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Verrucella grandis Verrill, 1901 accepted as Ellisella grandis (Verrill, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Verrucella granifera Kölliker, 1865 accepted as Nicella granifera (Kölliker, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Verrucella guadalupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Nicella guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Verrucella guernei Studer, 1890 accepted as Nicella granifera (Kölliker, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Verrucella ixoboloides Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Verrucella pambanensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Verrucella pinnata Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Verrucella pondicheriensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Verrucella sanguinolenta (Gray, 1859) accepted as Phenilia sanguinolenta Gray, 1859 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Verrucella stellata Nutting, 1910 accepted as Ellisella ceratophyta (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Verrucella violacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Leptogorgia violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Verrucella alba (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Verrucella cumingii (Gray, 1870) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Verrucella dichromata Fernando, 2017 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Verrucella rubra Thomson & Henderson, 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 184 [details]
page(s): 184 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Verrucella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267944 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 184 [details]
original description (of Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855) Valenciennes, A. (1855). Extrait d'une monographie de la famille des Gorgonidees de la classe des polypes. <em>C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 41:7-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213186 [details]
original description (of Reticella Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Umbracella Gray, 1859) Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 289 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 184 [details]
original description (of Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855) Valenciennes, A. (1855). Extrait d'une monographie de la famille des Gorgonidees de la classe des polypes. <em>C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 41:7-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213186 [details]
original description (of Reticella Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Umbracella Gray, 1859) Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 289 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M.& E. Deichmann. (1960). The Ellisellidae (Octocorallia) and their bearing on the zoogeography of the Eastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 73: 175-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642168
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bayer, F. M. (1959). The alcyonarian and black corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia and Antipatharia) described and figured by G.E. Rumphius. H. C. D. de Wit (eds.). Uitgeverij en Drukkerij Hollandia N.V. Baarn, pp. 225-247
page(s): 231-232 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 63, 236-237, 238 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 74, 79, 85 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M.& E. Deichmann. (1960). The Ellisellidae (Octocorallia) and their bearing on the zoogeography of the Eastern Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 73: 175-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34642168
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1959). The alcyonarian and black corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia and Antipatharia) described and figured by G.E. Rumphius. H. C. D. de Wit (eds.). Uitgeverij en Drukkerij Hollandia N.V. Baarn, pp. 225-247
page(s): 231-232 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 63, 236-237, 238 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 74, 79, 85 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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