WoRMS taxon details
Nicella Gray, 1870
125299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125299)
accepted
Genus
Nicella mauritiana Gray, 1870 accepted as Nicella dichotoma (Gray, 1859) (type by monotypy)
- Species Nicella alba (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)
- Species Nicella americana Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919
- Species Nicella carinata Nutting, 1910
- Species Nicella deichmannae Cairns, 2007
- Species Nicella dichotoma (Gray, 1859)
- Species Nicella flabellata (Whitelegge, 1897)
- Species Nicella goreaui Bayer, 1973
- Species Nicella gracilis Cairns, 2007
- Species Nicella granifera (Kölliker, 1865)
- Species Nicella guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
- Species Nicella hebes Cairns, 2007
- Species Nicella lanceolata Cairns, 2007
- Species Nicella laxa Whitelegge, 1897
- Species Nicella magna Grasshoff, 1999
- Species Nicella moniliforme (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Nicella multiramosa Kükenthal, 1919
- Species Nicella obesa Deichmann, 1936
- Species Nicella robusta Cairns, 2007
- Species Nicella spicula Cairns, 2007
- Species Nicella toeplitzae Viada & Cairns, 2007
- Species Nicella coralloides Nutting, 1910 accepted as Nicella carinata Nutting, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nicella elegans Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Nicella mauritiana Gray, 1870 accepted as Nicella dichotoma (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nicella ramosa Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Nicella americana Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nicella reticulata Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Verrucella reticulata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Nicella schmitti Bayer, 1961 accepted as Ellisella schmitti (Bayer, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Nicella atlantica (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Nicella flagellum (Studer, 1901) (uncertain > unassessed, authority should be (Johnson, 1863)??)
- Species Nicella pustulosa Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Phenilia sanguinolenta Gray, 1859 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Nicella Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125299 on 2024-11-19
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 40 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bayer, F.M. (1955). Contributions to the nomenclature, systematics, and morphology of the Octocorallia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 105: 207-220, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15705299
page(s): 215 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 63, 186, 234, 236, 238-239 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]
identification resource Cairns, S.D. (2007). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Gorgonacea: Ellisellidae). Part 7: The genera Riisea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 and Nicella Gray, 1870. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 120(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x(2007)120[1:sowaog]2.0.co;2 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 40 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1955). Contributions to the nomenclature, systematics, and morphology of the Octocorallia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 105: 207-220, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15705299
page(s): 215 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 63, 186, 234, 236, 238-239 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]
identification resource Cairns, S.D. (2007). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Gorgonacea: Ellisellidae). Part 7: The genera Riisea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 and Nicella Gray, 1870. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 120(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x(2007)120[1:sowaog]2.0.co;2 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
