Deep-Sea taxon details
Gersemia fruticosa (Sars, 1860)
156101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156101)
accepted
Species
Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Sars, M. (1861). Bemaerkninger, over følgende norske Coelenterater. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1860: 140-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473718
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 140 [details]
Distribution off Newfoundland, Baffin Bay, Davis sound, extending southward to off the coast of Delaware
Distribution off Newfoundland, Baffin Bay, Davis sound, extending southward to off the coast of Delaware [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Gersemia fruticosa (Sars, 1860). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156101 on 2026-06-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gersemia fruticosa (Sars, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156101 on 2026-06-30
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(of Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of ) Sars, M. (1861). Bemaerkninger, over følgende norske Coelenterater. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1860: 140-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473718
page(s): 140 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
page(s): 10, 72 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1961). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). II. The boreal genera Gersemia, Duva, Drifa and Pseudodrifa (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> IX(1): 229-246, pl. XI., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174655/1/fia0091_229.pdf
page(s): 230-232 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1967). The Octocorallia collected by R/V "Vema" in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2282: 1-19.
page(s): 13-15 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 5(5): 101-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2342008
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Molander, A.R. (1914). Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum (Rijksmuseum). 7. Alcyonacea. <em>Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar.</em> 51(11): 1-94, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41851056
page(s): 60-67 [details]
additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52, available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175960
page(s): 50, 51 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Alcyonaria of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, with a revision of some other Canadian genera and species. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, G3-G87, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351360
page(s): 8, 23, 25, 27, 28, 39, 48, 49, 54 [details]
additional source Hecker, B., G. Blechschmidt and P. Gibson. 1980. Epifaunal zonation and community structure in three Mid- and North Atlantic Canyons. Canyon assessment study. Final report, Bureau of Land Management, p. 139., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4836 [details]
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of ) Sars, M. (1861). Bemaerkninger, over følgende norske Coelenterater. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1860: 140-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473718
page(s): 140 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
page(s): 10, 72 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1961). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). II. The boreal genera Gersemia, Duva, Drifa and Pseudodrifa (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> IX(1): 229-246, pl. XI., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174655/1/fia0091_229.pdf
page(s): 230-232 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1967). The Octocorallia collected by R/V "Vema" in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2282: 1-19.
page(s): 13-15 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 5(5): 101-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2342008
page(s): 112 [details]
additional source Molander, A.R. (1914). Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum (Rijksmuseum). 7. Alcyonacea. <em>Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar.</em> 51(11): 1-94, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41851056
page(s): 60-67 [details]
additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52, available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175960
page(s): 50, 51 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Alcyonaria of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, with a revision of some other Canadian genera and species. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, G3-G87, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351360
page(s): 8, 23, 25, 27, 28, 39, 48, 49, 54 [details]
additional source Hecker, B., G. Blechschmidt and P. Gibson. 1980. Epifaunal zonation and community structure in three Mid- and North Atlantic Canyons. Canyon assessment study. Final report, Bureau of Land Management, p. 139., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4836 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype AMNH, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution off Newfoundland, Baffin Bay, Davis sound, extending southward to off the coast of Delaware [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | hedge carnation coral | [details] |
| French | corail frutescent | [details] |
| Russian | Герсемия заросшая | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gersemia fruticosa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (233 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 42686) (from synonym Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 029407)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079258) (from synonym Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gersemia fruticosa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (233 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 42686) (from synonym Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 029407)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079258) (from synonym Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
