Deep-Sea taxon details
Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907
286539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286539)
accepted
Species
Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907 · alternative representation
- Variety Primnoa pacifica var. willeyi (Hickson, 1915)
- Variety Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907 represented as Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kinoshita, K. (1907). Vorläufige Mitteilung über einige neue japanische Primnoid-Korallen. <em>Annotationes zoologicae japonenses.</em> 6(3): 229-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44258411
page(s): 232 [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907. 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=286539 on 2026-07-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Primnoa pacifica Kinoshita, 1907. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286539 on 2026-07-10
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Kinoshita, K. (1907). Vorläufige Mitteilung über einige neue japanische Primnoid-Korallen. <em>Annotationes zoologicae japonenses.</em> 6(3): 229-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44258411
page(s): 232 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (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 Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1915). Some Alcyonaria and a Stylaster from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1915: 541-557, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31547564
page(s): 551, 552, 553 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 183-306., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34317/ [details]
additional source Kinoshita, K. (1908). Primnoidae von Japan. <em>The journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan.</em> 23(12): 1-74, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7079340
page(s): 42-45 [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (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 Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1915). Some Alcyonaria and a Stylaster from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1915: 541-557, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31547564
page(s): 551, 552, 553 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part III: Suborder Holaxonia continued, and suborder Calcaxonia. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 183-306., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34317/ [details]
additional source Kinoshita, K. (1908). Primnoidae von Japan. <em>The journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan.</em> 23(12): 1-74, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7079340
page(s): 42-45 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1004617, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1004659, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1006140, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1011028, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1011074, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1016354, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 1024425 [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 51283 [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 56993, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 57980 [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 58396 [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 58397 [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 84870, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 85281 [details]
Unknown type (of Primnoa pacifica var. pacifica Kinoshita, 1907) USNM 57557, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Red tree coral Pacific red tree coral | [details] |
| French | corail orangé du Pacifique | [details] |
| Russian | Примноя тихоокеанская | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (165 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Primnoa pacifica)
To GenBank (385 nucleotides; 697 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1004659 photo 26)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (132 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Primnoa pacifica)
To GenBank (385 nucleotides; 697 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1004659 photo 26)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (132 records)
To ITIS
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