WoRMS taxon details
Virgularia gustaviana (Herklots, 1863)
213071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213071)
accepted
Species
Halisceptrum gustavianum Herklots, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Halisceptrum gustavianum var. magnifolia Kölliker, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Halisceptrum gustavianum var. parvifolia Kölliker, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Halisceptrum magnifolium Kölliker, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Halisceptrum parvifolium Kölliker, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Halisceptrum periyense Thomson & Henderson, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sceptonidium mosambicanum Richiardi, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Virgularia gustaviana parvifolia Kölliker (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Halisceptrum gustavianum Herklots, 1863) Herklots, J.A. (1863). Description de deux espèces nouvelles de pennatulides des Mers de la Chine. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> 1: 31-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49105298
page(s): 33-34 [details]
page(s): 33-34 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Virgularia gustaviana (Herklots, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213071 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halisceptrum gustavianum Herklots, 1863) Herklots, J.A. (1863). Description de deux espèces nouvelles de pennatulides des Mers de la Chine. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> 1: 31-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49105298
page(s): 33-34 [details]
original description (of Sceptonidium mosambicanum Richiardi, 1869) Richiardi, S. (1869). Monografia della famiglia dei Pennatularii. <em>Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia (Turin).</em> (2) 1: 1-150, plates 1-14., available online at https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/Vta2/bsb10306574/bsb:4319620?page=11
page(s): 63-66 [details]
original description (of Halisceptrum periyense Thomson & Henderson, 1905) Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1905). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In:. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> Part 3, supplementary report 20:269-328., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1865786
page(s): 322 [details]
original description (of Halisceptrum gustavianum var. parvifolia Kölliker, 1870) Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 487-602., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209642
page(s): 512-515 [details]
original description (of Halisceptrum gustavianum var. magnifolia Kölliker, 1870) Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 487-602., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209642
page(s): 515-516 [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): 33-34 [details]
original description (of Sceptonidium mosambicanum Richiardi, 1869) Richiardi, S. (1869). Monografia della famiglia dei Pennatularii. <em>Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia (Turin).</em> (2) 1: 1-150, plates 1-14., available online at https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/Vta2/bsb10306574/bsb:4319620?page=11
page(s): 63-66 [details]
original description (of Halisceptrum periyense Thomson & Henderson, 1905) Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1905). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In:. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> Part 3, supplementary report 20:269-328., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1865786
page(s): 322 [details]
original description (of Halisceptrum gustavianum var. parvifolia Kölliker, 1870) Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 487-602., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209642
page(s): 512-515 [details]
original description (of Halisceptrum gustavianum var. magnifolia Kölliker, 1870) Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 487-602., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209642
page(s): 515-516 [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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additional source
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): 125 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 46 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1995). Revision of the pennatulacean genus Sarcoptilus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with descriptions of three new species from southern Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 28(1), 13-32.
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 38, 40, 91, 92, 93, 94, 111 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Quelques Octocoralliaires Australiens. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 37(4): 705-716., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55113050
page(s): 706, 715 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1960). Les Octocoralliaires de l'Ile Inhaca. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 32(4): 359-367., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54887333
page(s): 366 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
page(s): 336 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud (II. Gorgonacea; III. Pennatulacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(5): 624-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823425
page(s): 630 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1916). The Pennatulacea of the Siboga Expedition with a general survey of the order. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 14: 1-265, plates 1-10., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822010548360&view=1up&seq=7
page(s): 175-177 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 250 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y.; Ogawa, K. (2006). Rediscovery of Virgularia juncea (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea) from a tidal marsh in Okinawa, with a short note on its peculiar behavior. Proceedings of the Tenth International Coral Reef Symposium, 9-13
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Rho, B. J.; Song, J. I. (1976). A study on the classification of the Korean Anthozoa 1. Gorgonacea and Pennatulacea. Journal of Korean Research Institute for Better Living, 17, 71-92
page(s): 73, 80, 83, 86, Pl. 5 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (2006). Preliminary report on the alcyonacean and pennatulacean octocorals collected by the natural history research of the Sagami Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) [Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan], 40, 91-101
page(s): 101 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 334-336 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 46 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1995). Revision of the pennatulacean genus Sarcoptilus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with descriptions of three new species from southern Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 28(1), 13-32.
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 38, 40, 91, 92, 93, 94, 111 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Quelques Octocoralliaires Australiens. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 37(4): 705-716., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55113050
page(s): 706, 715 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1960). Les Octocoralliaires de l'Ile Inhaca. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 32(4): 359-367., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54887333
page(s): 366 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
page(s): 336 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud (II. Gorgonacea; III. Pennatulacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(5): 624-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823425
page(s): 630 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1916). The Pennatulacea of the Siboga Expedition with a general survey of the order. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 14: 1-265, plates 1-10., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822010548360&view=1up&seq=7
page(s): 175-177 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 250 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y.; Ogawa, K. (2006). Rediscovery of Virgularia juncea (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea) from a tidal marsh in Okinawa, with a short note on its peculiar behavior. Proceedings of the Tenth International Coral Reef Symposium, 9-13
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Rho, B. J.; Song, J. I. (1976). A study on the classification of the Korean Anthozoa 1. Gorgonacea and Pennatulacea. Journal of Korean Research Institute for Better Living, 17, 71-92
page(s): 73, 80, 83, 86, Pl. 5 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (2006). Preliminary report on the alcyonacean and pennatulacean octocorals collected by the natural history research of the Sagami Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) [Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan], 40, 91-101
page(s): 101 [details]
additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 334-336 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype SAfM H1193, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H1199, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H1509, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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| Japanese | ヤナギウミエラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Virgularia gustaviana)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Halisceptrum gustavianum Herklots, 1863)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Virgularia gustaviana)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Halisceptrum gustavianum Herklots, 1863)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
