UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Ctenocella elongata (Pallas, 1766)

URMO name details

Ctenocella elongata (Pallas, 1766)

AphiaID

287600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287600)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Ellisella elongata (Pallas, 1766)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ctenocella Valenciennes, 1855

Original name

Gorgonia elongata Pallas, 1766

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) 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.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 179-180 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ctenocella elongata (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287600 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Ctenocella elongata (Pallas, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287600 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-16 13:29:41Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2017-01-18 14:52:37Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-04-03 23:07:12Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) 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.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361
page(s): 179-180 [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., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321�331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
English	sea whip	[details]