WoRMS name details
Ammothea Lamarck, 1816
1342604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1342604)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Ammothea africana May, 1898 accepted as Lemnalia africana (May, 1898) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea arborea (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775 (changed combination)
- Species Ammothea brassica May, 1898 accepted as Lithophytum brassicum (May, 1898) accepted as Lemnalia brassica (May, 1899) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea carnosa Kükenthal, 1895 accepted as Lithophytum carnosum (Kükenthal, 1895) accepted as Litophyton carnosum (Kükenthal, 1895) accepted as Lemnalia carnosa (Kükenthal, 1895) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea cervicornis May, 1898 accepted as Lemnalia cervicornis (May, 1898) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea digitata May, 1898 accepted as Lemnalia digitata (May, 1898) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea elegans May, 1898 accepted as Lithophytum elegans (May, 1898) accepted as Lemnalia elegans (May, 1898) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea flava May, 1898 accepted as Lemnalia flava (May, 1898) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea graeffei Kükenthal, 1896 accepted as Lithophytum graeffei (Kükenthal, 1896) accepted as Umbellulifera graeffei (Kükenthal, 1896) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea imbricata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Capnella imbricata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (changed combination)
- Species Ammothea luetkeni von Marenzeller, 1878 accepted as Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ammothea nitida Verrill, 1864 accepted as Lemnalia nitida (Verrill, 1864) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea nitida Verrill, 1869 accepted as Lemnalia nitida (Verrill, 1864) (incorrect authority)
- Species Ammothea parasitica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Nephthya parasitica (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea polyanthes Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Briareum asbestinum (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ammothea ramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Lithophytum ramosum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Litophyton ramosum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (changed combination)
- Species Ammothea sanderi May, 1899 accepted as Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (synonym)
- Species Ammothea spicata May, 1899 accepted as Capnella spicata (May, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Ammothea stuhlmanni May, 1898 accepted as Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (synonym)
- Species Ammothea thyrsoides Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Lithophytum thyrsoides (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Paralemnalia thyrsoides (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Ammothea virescens Savigny, 1816 accepted as Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ammothea viridis May, 1898 accepted as Lithophytum viridis (May, 1898) accepted as Litophyton viridis (May, 1898) (original combination)
- Species Ammothea amicorum (Blainville) (uncertain)
- Species Ammothea bauiana May, 1898 (uncertain)
- Species Ammothea phalloides Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain)
- Species Ammothea rubriflora Pütter, 1900 (uncertain)
- Species Ammothea tumbatuana May, 1898 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 410-411 [details]
page(s): 410-411 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ammothea Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342604 on 2025-04-04
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Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 410-411 [details]
page(s): 410-411 [details]