WoRMS name details
Policella australis (Gray, 1862)
1391994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1391994)
unaccepted (changed combination)
Species
Policella Gray, 1870 accepted as Veretillum Cuvier, 1798
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lituaria australis Gray, 1862) Gray, J.E. (1862). Notes on some specimens of claviform Pennatulidae (Veretilleae) in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 73-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22162241
page(s): 75-76 [details]
page(s): 75-76 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Policella australis (Gray, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391994 on 2025-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lituaria australis Gray, 1862) Gray, J.E. (1862). Notes on some specimens of claviform Pennatulidae (Veretilleae) in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 10: 73-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22162241
page(s): 75-76 [details]
basis of record Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 105 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1870). Catalogue of sea-pens or Pennatulariidae in the collection of the British Museum / by J.E. Gray. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18487479
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 75-76 [details]
basis of record Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 105 [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1870). Catalogue of sea-pens or Pennatulariidae in the collection of the British Museum / by J.E. Gray. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18487479
page(s): 33 [details]
Other
additional source
Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 2: 1-319, 9 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8350460
page(s): 312 [details]
additional source Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 143-144 [details]
page(s): 312 [details]
additional source Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 143-144 [details]
