Marine Species Traits - Eunicea (Eunicea) succinea (Pallas, 1766)

WoRMS name details

Eunicea (Eunicea) succinea (Pallas, 1766)

AphiaID

1563584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1563584)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Accepted name

Eunicea succinea (Pallas, 1766)

Rank

Species

Parent

Eunicea (Eunicea) Bayer, 1961 represented as Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816

Original name

Gorgonia succinea Pallas, 1766

Direct children (2)

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Forma Eunicea (Eunicea) succinea f. plantaginea (Lamarck, 1815) represented as Eunicea succinea f. plantaginea (Lamarck, 1815) (subgenus assignment)
Forma Eunicea (Eunicea) succinea f. succinea (Pallas, 1766) represented as Eunicea succinea f. succinea (Pallas, 1766) (subgenus assignment)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Gorgonia succinea Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae. 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 200-201 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicea (Eunicea) succinea (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1563584 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-05-29 10:34:41Z

created

Fautin, Daphne

2022-06-25 23:36:56Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Sources (4)

Nomenclature

original description (of Gorgonia succinea Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae. 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 200-201 [details]

basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands. 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 5, 119, 333, 334 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 500, 503, 504, 505, 506 [details]