WoRMS taxon details
Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869)
146941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146941)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium luetkeni (von Marenzeller, 1878) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ammothea luetkeni von Marenzeller, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Briareum grandiflorum Möbius, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Capnella glomerata (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drifa flavescens (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Drifa hyalina Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Drifa islandica Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunephthya flavescens (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunephthya glomerata Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Eunephthya glomerata var. flavescens (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunephthya glomerata var. islandica (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunephthya glomerata var. rosea (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunephthya hyalina (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunephthya luetkeni (von Marenzeller, 1878) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gersemia glomerata (Verrill, 1869) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gersemiopsis arctica Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nephthya flavescens Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nephthya polaris Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nephthya rosea Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes arctica (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes flavescens (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes hyalina (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes islandica (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes luetkeni (von Marenzeller, 1878) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraspongodes sarsi May, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eunephthya glomerata Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps (3). <em>Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts (2).</em> 47:282-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36442721
page(s): 284 [details]
page(s): 284 [details]
Distribution Cape Hatteras to Bay of Fundy; also found in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, and off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
Distribution Cape Hatteras to Bay of Fundy; also found in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, and off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Drifa glomerata (Verrill, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146941 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Eunephthya glomerata Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A. E. (1869). Critical remarks on halcyonoid polyps (3). <em>Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts (2).</em> 47:282-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36442721
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Drifa hyalina Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 59-64 [details]
original description (of Gersemiopsis arctica Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 99-104 [details]
original description (of Drifa islandica Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 65-69 [details]
original description (of Nephthya flavescens Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 81-87 [details]
original description (of Nephthya rosea Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 87-91 [details]
original description (of Nephthya polaris Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 92-94 [details]
original description (of Paraspongodes sarsi May, 1900) May, W. (1900). Die arktische, subarktische und subantarktische Alcyonaceenfauna. <em>Fauna arctica.</em> 1: 381-408, plates 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6933435
page(s): 398-399; note: nomen novum for Nephthya rosea Danielsson, 1887 to avoid secondary homonymy with Paraspongodes rosea (Koren & Danielsson, 1883) [details]
original description (of Ammothea luetkeni von Marenzeller, 1878) Marenzeller, E. von. (1878). Die Coelenteraten, Echinodermen und Würmer der K.K. Österreichisch-Ungarischen Nordpol-Expedition. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 35: 357-398, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7125068
page(s): 372-374 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362
page(s): 31-33 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1961). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). II. The boreal genera Gersemia, Duva, Drifa and Pseudodrifa (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> IX(1): 229-246, pl. XI., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174655/1/fia0091_229.pdf
page(s): 239-241 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1967). The Octocorallia collected by R/V "Vema" in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2282: 1-19.
page(s): 15-16 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Alcyonaria of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, with a revision of some other Canadian genera and species. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, G3-G87, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351360
page(s): 30, 31, 34, 46, 47, 58, 76, 78, 84 [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046 [details]
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Drifa hyalina Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 59-64 [details]
original description (of Gersemiopsis arctica Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 99-104 [details]
original description (of Drifa islandica Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 65-69 [details]
original description (of Nephthya flavescens Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 81-87 [details]
original description (of Nephthya rosea Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 87-91 [details]
original description (of Nephthya polaris Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology.</em> 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 92-94 [details]
original description (of Paraspongodes sarsi May, 1900) May, W. (1900). Die arktische, subarktische und subantarktische Alcyonaceenfauna. <em>Fauna arctica.</em> 1: 381-408, plates 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6933435
page(s): 398-399; note: nomen novum for Nephthya rosea Danielsson, 1887 to avoid secondary homonymy with Paraspongodes rosea (Koren & Danielsson, 1883) [details]
original description (of Ammothea luetkeni von Marenzeller, 1878) Marenzeller, E. von. (1878). Die Coelenteraten, Echinodermen und Würmer der K.K. Österreichisch-Ungarischen Nordpol-Expedition. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien.</em> 35: 357-398, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7125068
page(s): 372-374 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. <em>Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria.</em> F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362
page(s): 31-33 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1961). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). II. The boreal genera Gersemia, Duva, Drifa and Pseudodrifa (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> IX(1): 229-246, pl. XI., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174655/1/fia0091_229.pdf
page(s): 239-241 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1967). The Octocorallia collected by R/V "Vema" in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2282: 1-19.
page(s): 15-16 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Alcyonaria of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, with a revision of some other Canadian genera and species. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, G3-G87, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351360
page(s): 30, 31, 34, 46, 47, 58, 76, 78, 84 [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype AMNH, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AMNH, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AMNH, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AMNH, geounit Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Diet Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that crawl or swim into their grasp. [details]Distribution Cape Hatteras to Bay of Fundy; also found in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, and off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia [details]
Habitat sandy, muddy, or rocky habitats; also may attached themselves to hard parts or products of other organisms (shells) [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate, but protogynous hermaphroditism also occurs (female gametes are matured before male elements in the same individual) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | orb carnation coraldense carnation coral [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | corail orbiculairecorail dense [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Briareum grandiflorum Möbius, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Capnella glomerata (Verrill, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI (from synonym Capnella glomerata (Verrill, 1869))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (66 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079326) (from synonym Eunephthya glomerata Verrill, 1869)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Briareum grandiflorum Möbius, 1874)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Capnella glomerata (Verrill, 1869))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI (from synonym Capnella glomerata (Verrill, 1869))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (66 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 079326) (from synonym Eunephthya glomerata Verrill, 1869)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
