WoRMS taxon details
Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865)
213054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213054)
accepted
Species
Eunicella alba (Esper, 1792) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Gorgonia palma var. alba Esper, 1792 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygorgia albicans (Kölliker, 1865) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865) Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 139; note: nomen novum for Gorgonia palma var. cortice albo Esper, 1792 [details]
page(s): 139; note: nomen novum for Gorgonia palma var. cortice albo Esper, 1792 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicella albicans (Kölliker, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213054 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865) Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 139; note: nomen novum for Gorgonia palma var. cortice albo Esper, 1792 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia palma var. alba Esper, 1792) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): Taf. 40; note: original name G. palma var. cortice albo given in plate only; later described in 1796 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 139; note: nomen novum for Gorgonia palma var. cortice albo Esper, 1792 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia palma var. alba Esper, 1792) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): Taf. 40; note: original name G. palma var. cortice albo given in plate only; later described in 1796 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149.</em> Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 180, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 287, 291 [details]
additional source 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 Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149.</em> Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 180, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 287, 291 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype SAfM H3257, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3262, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3917, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eunicella alba (Esper, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicella albicans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Eunicella alba (Esper, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicella albicans)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia albicans Kölliker, 1865)
