UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Echinogorgia spinosa (K�kenthal, 1908)

URMO name details

Echinogorgia spinosa (K�kenthal, 1908)

AphiaID

289872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289872)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Menella spinosa (K�kenthal, 1908)

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinogorgia K�lliker, 1865

Original name

Plexauroides spinosa K�kenthal, 1908

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) K�kenthal, W. (1908). Diagnosen neuer Gorgoniden aus der Familie Plexauridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(17): 495-504., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895201
page(s): 501 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Echinogorgia spinosa (K?kenthal, 1908). 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=289872 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Echinogorgia spinosa (K�kenthal, 1908). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289872 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-07-30 22:04:16Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2021-08-28 23:51:47Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-02-14 23:33:08Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (4)

original description (of ) K�kenthal, W. (1908). Diagnosen neuer Gorgoniden aus der Familie Plexauridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32(17): 495-504., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895201
page(s): 501 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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 Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 32 [details]