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WoRMS taxon details

Gersemia fruticosa (Sars, 1860)

AphiaID

156101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156101)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878

Original name

Alcyonium fruticosum Sars, 1860

Synonymised names

Alcyonium fruticosum Sars, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Barathrobius digitatus Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Barathrobius palmatus Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bellonella arctica (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eunephthya fructicosa (Sars, 1860) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Eunephthya fruticosa (Sars, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Fulla schiertzi Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Gersemia arctica (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Krystallofanes polaris Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nidalia arctica Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Organidus nordenskjoldi Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paraspongodes abyssicola (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paraspongodes digitata (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paraspongodes fruticosa (Sars, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Paraspongodes palmata (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paraspongodes polaris (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paraspongodes schierzi (Danielssen, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Voeringia abyssicola Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Voeringia dryopsis Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Voeringia fruticosa (Sars, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Voeringia jan-mayeni Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Voeringia polaris Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Voeringia pygmaea Danielssen, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (5)

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Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Alcyonium fruticosum Sars, 1860) Sars, M. (1860). Bemaerkninger, over følgende norske Coelenterater. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania. 1860: 140-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473718
page(s): 140 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution off Newfoundland, Baffin Bay, Davis sound, extending southward to off the coast of Delaware

Distribution off Newfoundland, Baffin Bay, Davis sound, extending southward to off the coast of Delaware [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Gersemia fruticosa (Sars, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156101 on 2024-11-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-06 07:51:46Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-05-08 21:39:16Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Gersemia longiflora Verrill, 1883) Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard. 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 44 [details]

original description (of Nidalia arctica Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 119-123 [details]

original description (of Alcyonium fruticosum Sars, 1860) Sars, M. (1860). Bemaerkninger, over følgende norske Coelenterater. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania. 1860: 140-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60473718
page(s): 140 [details]

original description (of Voeringia polaris Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 13-17 [details]

original description (of Voeringia jan-mayeni Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 24-28 [details]

original description (of Voeringia dryopsis Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 20-24 [details]

original description (of Voeringia pygmaea Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 17-20 [details]

original description (of Voeringia abyssicola Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 10-13 [details]

original description (of Fulla schiertzi Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 74-81 [details]

original description (of Barathrobius digitatus Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 104-110 [details]

original description (of Barathrobius palmatus Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 110-113 [details]

original description (of Krystallofanes polaris Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 124-130 [details]

original description (of Organidus nordenskjoldi Danielssen, 1887) Danielssen, D.C. (1887). Alcyoniiden. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878. Zoology. 5: 1-169, 23 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2113060
page(s): 130-138 [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 Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
page(s): 10, 72 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Volume III: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part G: Alcyonaria and Actiniaria. F. A. Acland, Ottawa, Canada, 165 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351362 [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.). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 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): 230-232 [details]

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1967). The Octocorallia collected by R/V "Vema" in the Atlantic Ocean. American Museum Novitates. 2282: 1-19.
page(s): 13-15 [details]

additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 5(5): 101-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2342008
page(s): 112 [details]

additional source Molander, A.R. (1914). Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum (Rijksmuseum). 7. Alcyonacea. Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar. 51(11): 1-94, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41851056
page(s): 60-67 [details]

additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52
page(s): 50, 51 [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): 8, 23, 25, 27, 28, 39, 48, 49, 54 [details]

additional source Hecker, B., G. Blechschmidt and P. Gibson. 1980. Epifaunal zonation and community structure in three Mid- and North Atlantic Canyons. Canyon assessment study. Final report, Bureau of Land Management, p. 139., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4836 [details]