UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Echinoptilidae Hubrecht, 1885

WoRMS taxon details

Echinoptilidae Hubrecht, 1885

AphiaID

196247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196247)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

Direct children (3)

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Genus Actinoptilum Kükenthal, 1911
Genus Echinoptilum Hubrecht, 1885
Genus Actinoptilon Kükenthal, 1910 accepted as Actinoptilum Kükenthal, 1911 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Hubrecht, A.A.W. (1885). On a new Pennatulid from the Japanese Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885: 512-518, plates 30-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697513
page(s): 517 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Echinoptilidae Hubrecht, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196247 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-30 14:07:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-06-25 05:41:35Z

changed

Williams, Gary

2020-12-12 01:19:41Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-11-02 02:55:04Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Hubrecht, A.A.W. (1885). On a new Pennatulid from the Japanese Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1885: 512-518, plates 30-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697513
page(s): 517 [details]

Other

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	トゲウミサボテン科	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinoptilidae)
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