UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Mopsea arbuscula Johnson, 1862

URMO name details

Mopsea arbuscula Johnson, 1862

AphiaID

291922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291922)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Accepted name

Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mopsea Lamouroux, 1816

Original name

Mopsea arbuscula Johnson, 1862

Environment

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

Original description

Johnson, J. Y. (1862). Descriptions of two corals from Madeira, belonging to the genera Primnoa and Mopsea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1862, p. 244-246., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577289 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Mopsea arbuscula Johnson, 1862. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291922 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Mopsea arbuscula Johnson, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291922 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-21 13:45:25Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-06-07 03:24:03Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (2)

original description Johnson, J. Y. (1862). Descriptions of two corals from Madeira, belonging to the genera Primnoa and Mopsea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1862, p. 244-246., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577289 [details]

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]