WoRMS taxon details
Ptilella bellissima (Fowler, 1888)
1379632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1379632)
accepted
Species
Pennatula bayeri Castro & Medeiros, 2001 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pennatula bellissima Fowler, 1888 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pennatula bellissima Fowler, 1888) Fowler, G. H. (1888). On a new Pennatula from the Bahamas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1888: 135-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825594 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ptilella bellissima (Fowler, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379632 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pennatula bayeri Castro & Medeiros, 2001) Castro, C. B.; Medeiros, M. S. (2001). Brazilian Pennatulacea (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, Washington.</em> 10, 140-159. [details]
original description (of Pennatula bellissima Fowler, 1888) Fowler, G. H. (1888). On a new Pennatula from the Bahamas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1888: 135-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825594 [details]
new combination reference García-Cárdenas, F. J.; Drewery, J.; López-González, P. J. (2019). Resurrection of the sea pen genus <em>Ptilella</em> Gray, 1870 and description of <em>Ptilella grayi</em> n. sp. from the NE Atlantic (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 83(3): 261., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04845.26a [details]
original description (of Pennatula bellissima Fowler, 1888) Fowler, G. H. (1888). On a new Pennatula from the Bahamas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1888: 135-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825594 [details]
new combination reference García-Cárdenas, F. J.; Drewery, J.; López-González, P. J. (2019). Resurrection of the sea pen genus <em>Ptilella</em> Gray, 1870 and description of <em>Ptilella grayi</em> n. sp. from the NE Atlantic (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 83(3): 261., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04845.26a [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
