WoRMS taxon details
Balticina christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1848)
146535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146535)
accepted
Species
Funiculina christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1847) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Halipteris christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1848) · unaccepted
Lygomorpha sarsii Koren & Danielssen, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Norticina christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1847) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Pavonaria christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1847) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Protoptilum tortum Grieg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stichoptilum arcticum Grieg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)
Virgularia christii Koren & Danielssen, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Virgularia christii Koren & Danielssen, 1848) Koren, J.; Danielssen, D.C. (1848). Virgularia christii n. sp. <em>Nyt magazin for naturvidenskaberne.</em> 5(3): 269-271, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9273573 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Balticina christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146535 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lygomorpha sarsii Koren & Danielssen, 1877) Koren, J. & D.C.Danielssen. (1877). Contribution to the natural history of the Pennatulidae living on the Norwegian coast. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 3: 82-102, plates 3-4, 9-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38676226
page(s): 99-100 [details]
original description (of Stichoptilum arcticum Grieg, 1887) Grieg, J.A. (1887). Bidrag til de norske Alcyonarier. <em>Bergens Museums Aarsberetning for 1886.</em> 1-26, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47014306
page(s): 15-17 [details]
original description (of Virgularia christii Koren & Danielssen, 1848) Koren, J.; Danielssen, D.C. (1848). Virgularia christii n. sp. <em>Nyt magazin for naturvidenskaberne.</em> 5(3): 269-271, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9273573 [details]
original description (of Protoptilum tortum Grieg, 1887) Grieg, J.A. (1887). Bidrag til de norske Alcyonarier. <em>Bergens Museums Aarsberetning for 1886.</em> 1-26, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47014306
page(s): 13-15 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 99-100 [details]
original description (of Stichoptilum arcticum Grieg, 1887) Grieg, J.A. (1887). Bidrag til de norske Alcyonarier. <em>Bergens Museums Aarsberetning for 1886.</em> 1-26, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47014306
page(s): 15-17 [details]
original description (of Virgularia christii Koren & Danielssen, 1848) Koren, J.; Danielssen, D.C. (1848). Virgularia christii n. sp. <em>Nyt magazin for naturvidenskaberne.</em> 5(3): 269-271, plate 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9273573 [details]
original description (of Protoptilum tortum Grieg, 1887) Grieg, J.A. (1887). Bidrag til de norske Alcyonarier. <em>Bergens Museums Aarsberetning for 1886.</em> 1-26, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47014306
page(s): 13-15 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]
status source Pérez, C. D. (2021). Revised nomenclature of the sea pen genus <em>Balticina</em> Gray, 1870 (= <em>Halipteris</em> Kölliker, 1870) (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 237-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.10 [details]
status source Pérez, C. D. (2021). Revised nomenclature of the sea pen genus <em>Balticina</em> Gray, 1870 (= <em>Halipteris</em> Kölliker, 1870) (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 237-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.10 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 11, 255, 279, 280-281 [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 11, 255, 279, 280-281 [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Halipteris christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halipteris christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1848))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halipteris christii (Koren & Danielssen, 1848))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records)
To ITIS