Marine Species Traits - Scleracis Riess in Kükenthal, 1919

WoRMS taxon details

Scleracis Riess in Kükenthal, 1919

AphiaID

267830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267830)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Acis guadaloupensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Scleracis guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024
Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022

Parent

Scleracidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024

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Species Scleracis guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Species Scleracis petrosa Deichmann, 1936
Species Scleracis macquariana Bayer & Stefani, 1987 accepted as Sclerisis macquariana Bayer & Stefani, 1987 accepted as Echinisis macquariana (Bayer & Stefani, 1987) (Database artefact - genus error)
Species Scleracis pulchella Studer, 1879 accepted as Sclerisis pulchella Studer, 1878 (Database artefact - genus error)
Species Scleracis pumila Riess in Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Scleracis guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Scleracis pumila Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Scleracis pumila Riess in Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Scleracis guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, incorrect authority)

Environment

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

Original description

Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 161 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Scleracis Riess in Kükenthal, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267830 on 2025-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-16 09:11:12Z

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van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-14 18:04:29Z

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Cordeiro, Ralf

2021-07-12 03:33:08Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-11-06 01:15:04Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2024-04-30 22:32:43Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 161 [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]

Taxonomy

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 66 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 161 [details] Available for editors

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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 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Riess, M. (1929). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 8. Die Familie Muriceidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement. 16: 377-420, plate 8.
page(s): 404-405 [details]

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): 497, 500, 502, 503, 505, 506, 507 [details]