Deep-Sea taxon details
Paracandidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889)
1875386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1875386)
accepted
Species
Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 57-58 [details]
page(s): 57-58 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Paracandidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1875386 on 2026-05-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Paracandidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1875386 on 2026-05-04
Date
action
by
original description
(of ) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 57-58 [details]
new combination reference Xu, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2026). Studies on Western Pacific Gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Part 4: Genera <em>Callogorgia</em>, <em>Calyptrophora</em>, <em>Paracalyptrophora</em>, and <em>Candidella</em>, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Ten New Species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 79(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/79.4.6
page(s): 586-588 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 57-58 [details]
new combination reference Xu, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2026). Studies on Western Pacific Gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Part 4: Genera <em>Callogorgia</em>, <em>Calyptrophora</em>, <em>Paracalyptrophora</em>, and <em>Candidella</em>, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Ten New Species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 79(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/79.4.6
page(s): 586-588 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Candidella gigantea) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Candidella gigantea) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889))
