UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

URMO name details

Nicaule Bayer, 1981

AphiaID

291531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291531)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Bebryce Philippi, 1842

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Nicaule crucifera Bayer, 1981 accepted as Bebryce crucifera (Bayer, 1981) (type by original designation)

Parent

Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859

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Species Nicaule crucifera Bayer, 1981 accepted as Bebryce crucifera (Bayer, 1981) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Nicaule Bayer, 1981. 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=291531 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Nicaule Bayer, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291531 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2008-01-18 06:52:52Z

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Decock, Wim

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

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van Ofwegen, Leen

2020-08-31 23:12:34Z

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Cordeiro, Ralf

2022-03-27 03:35:49Z

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McFadden, Cathy

2022-11-05 21:48:31Z

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McFadden, Cathy

2024-06-14 04:10:54Z

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McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (5)

original description Bayer, F.M. (1981). Key to the genera of Octocorallia exclusive of Pennatulacea (Coelenterata: Anthozoa), with diagnoses of new taxa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 94(3): 902-947. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

additional source Bayer, F.M.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The type specimens of Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae)�re-examined, with emphasis on the sclerites. Zootaxa. 4083(3): 301-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4083.3.1 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Bayer, F. M. (1994). A new species of the gorgonacean genus Bebryce (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Papua-New Guinea. Bulletin of Marine Science. 54(2):546-553., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1994/00000054/00000002/art00009#
page(s): 547 [details] Available for editors