Deep-Sea name details
Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003
267678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267678)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Corallium tortuosum Bayer, 1956 (type by original designation)
- Species Paracorallium tortuosum (Bayer, 1956) accepted as Corallium tortuosum Bayer, 1956 (changed combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bayer, F.M. & S.D. Cairns. (2003). A new genus of the scleraxonian family Coralliidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 118: 222-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34565090 [details] Available for editors 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003. 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=267678 on 2026-05-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267678 on 2026-05-04
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original description
Bayer, F.M. & S.D. Cairns. (2003). A new genus of the scleraxonian family Coralliidae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 118: 222-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34565090 [details] Available for editors
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]
status source Figueroa, D. F.; Baco, A. R. (2014). Complete mitochondrial genomes elucidate phylogenetic relationships of the deep-sea octocoral families Coralliidae and Paragorgiidae. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 99: 83-91., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064513002312 [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]
status source Figueroa, D. F.; Baco, A. R. (2014). Complete mitochondrial genomes elucidate phylogenetic relationships of the deep-sea octocoral families Coralliidae and Paragorgiidae. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 99: 83-91., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064513002312 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカサンゴ属 | [details] |
