Deep-Sea name details
Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919)
213060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213060)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940 accepted as Helicogorgia Bayer, 1981
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Radicipes squamiferus Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 545-547 [details]
page(s): 545-547 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919). 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=213060 on 2026-05-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Simpsonella squamifera (Kükenthal, 1919). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213060 on 2026-05-28
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(of Radicipes squamiferus Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 545-547 [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 Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 289, 291 [details]
new combination reference Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the gorgonian genus Simpsonella (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) from the western margin of the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species from south-eastern Africa. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 105: 377-405., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1992.tb01234.x
page(s): 399-402 [details]
page(s): 545-547 [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 Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 289, 291 [details]
new combination reference Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the gorgonian genus Simpsonella (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) from the western margin of the Indo-Pacific, with the description of a new species from south-eastern Africa. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 105: 377-405., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1992.tb01234.x
page(s): 399-402 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype SAfM H3886, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3888, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3933, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to bathyal [details]
