WoRMS taxon details
Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848
267825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267825)
accepted
Genus
Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848 (type by monotypy)
Sarcophyllum Kölliker, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Sarcoptilus bollonsi (Benham, 1906)
- Species Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848
- Species Sarcoptilus nullispiculatus Williams, 1995
- Species Sarcoptilus rigidis Williams, 1995
- Species Sarcoptilus shaneparkeri Williams, 1995
- Species Sarcoptilus gurneyi Gray, 1860 accepted as Ptilosarcus gurneyi (Gray, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Sarcoptilus roseum (Broch, 1910) (uncertain)
- Species Sarcoptilus sinuosus Gray, 1860 accepted as Ptilosarcus sinuosus (Gray, 1860) (uncertain > nomen dubium, original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1848). Description of Sarcoptilus, a new genus of Pennatulidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861889 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267825 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1848). Description of Sarcoptilus, a new genus of Pennatulidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861889 [details]
original description (of Sarcophyllum Kölliker, 1869) Kölliker, A. von. (1869). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 111-255, plates 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209260
page(s): 224-229 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
original description (of Sarcophyllum Kölliker, 1869) Kölliker, A. von. (1869). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 111-255, plates 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209260
page(s): 224-229 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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): 128 [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 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): 106 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1997). Preliminary assessment of the phylogeny of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), with a reevaluation of Ediacaran frond-like fossils, and a synopsis of the history of evolutionary thought regarding the sea pens. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 497-509
page(s): 498, 503, 505 [details]
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): 128 [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 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): 106 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1997). Preliminary assessment of the phylogeny of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), with a reevaluation of Ediacaran frond-like fossils, and a synopsis of the history of evolutionary thought regarding the sea pens. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 497-509
page(s): 498, 503, 505 [details]
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