WoRMS taxon details
Antipathes gracilis Gray, 1860
283901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283901)
accepted
Species
Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Antipathella gracilis (Gray, 1860) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J. E. (1860). Notice of some new corals from Madeira discovered by JY Johnson, Esq. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser.3, 6:311., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22218723 [details]
(of Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J. Y. (1899). Notes on the antipatharian corals of Madeira, with descriptions of a new species and a new variety, and remarks on a specimen from the West Indies in the British Museum. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 68(1): 813-824.
note: new name for Antipathella gracilis after Brook, 1889 [details]
(of Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J. Y. (1899). Notes on the antipatharian corals of Madeira, with descriptions of a new species and a new variety, and remarks on a specimen from the West Indies in the British Museum. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 68(1): 813-824.
note: new name for Antipathella gracilis after Brook, 1889 [details]
Type locality contained in Madeira
type locality contained in Madeira [details]
Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Antipathes gracilis Gray, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283901 on 2025-04-04
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Gray, J. E. (1860). Notice of some new corals from Madeira discovered by JY Johnson, Esq. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser.3, 6:311., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22218723 [details]
original description (of Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J. Y. (1899). Notes on the antipatharian corals of Madeira, with descriptions of a new species and a new variety, and remarks on a specimen from the West Indies in the British Museum. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 68(1): 813-824.
note: new name for Antipathella gracilis after Brook, 1889 [details]
basis of record D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899) Johnson, J. Y. (1899). Notes on the antipatharian corals of Madeira, with descriptions of a new species and a new variety, and remarks on a specimen from the West Indies in the British Museum. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 68(1): 813-824.
note: new name for Antipathella gracilis after Brook, 1889 [details]
basis of record D.M.Opresko and J. van der Land (eds), update 10-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Molodtsova T.N. 2006. Black corals (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) of North-East Atlantic. pp. 141-151 In: Mironov A.N., A.V. Gebruk and A.J. Southward (eds.) Biogeography of the North Atlantic seamounts. Moscow. KMK Press 201 p.
page(s): 148 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Roule L. (1902). Notice preliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince de Monaco. <em>Roule, L. (1902). Notice préliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince du Monaco. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 228-239.
page(s): 232, 234 [details]
additional source Roule, L. (1905). Description des antipathaires et cérianthaires recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco dans l'Atlantique nord (1886-1902). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert I Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> XXX: 1-96.
page(s): 68, 69 [details]
additional source van Pesch, A. J. 1914. The Antipatharia of the Siboga Expedition.Siboga-Expeditie Monographes. 17: 1-258
page(s): 3, 5, 7, 53, 69, 72, 73, 76 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cooper, F.C. (1909). Antipatharia. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society (London). Ser.2.</em> 12: 301-321.
page(s): 314, 303, 320 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M., and J. A. Sánchez. 1997. A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria : Anthozoa) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Caribbean Journal of Science 33: 75-81
page(s): 79, 80 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
page(s): 965 [details]
additional source Summers, S. L. M. (1910). VIII.-Antipatharians from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 30(3): 273-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1910.tb01715.x
page(s): 274, 279 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
page(s): 15, 17, 21-23, 26, 46, 47, 50, 64-65 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1889). Coelenterata. Zoological Record, 26, 1-24
page(s): 16 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). New species of black coral (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 12(2): 93-97.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., D.M. Opresko, T.S. Hopkins & W.W. Schroeder. (1993). New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 13(1): 1-11.
page(s): 2-3, 5-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Padilla, C.; Lara, M. (2003). Banco Chinchorro: the last shelter for black coral in the Mexican Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 73(1): 197-202
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. (2008). Crustaceans associated with Cnidaria, Bivalvia, Echinoidea and Pisces at São Tomé and Príncipe islands. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 25, 63-69
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Warner, G.F. (1981). Species descriptions and ecological observations of black corals (Antipatharia) from Trinidad. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 31(1):147-163.
page(s): 147, 152-155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Opresko, D. M. 2009. Antipatharia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 359–363 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Molodtsova T.N. 2006. Black corals (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) of North-East Atlantic. pp. 141-151 In: Mironov A.N., A.V. Gebruk and A.J. Southward (eds.) Biogeography of the North Atlantic seamounts. Moscow. KMK Press 201 p.
page(s): 148 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Roule L. (1902). Notice preliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince de Monaco. <em>Roule, L. (1902). Notice préliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince du Monaco. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 228-239.
page(s): 232, 234 [details]
additional source Roule, L. (1905). Description des antipathaires et cérianthaires recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco dans l'Atlantique nord (1886-1902). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert I Prince Souverain de Monaco.</em> XXX: 1-96.
page(s): 68, 69 [details]
additional source van Pesch, A. J. 1914. The Antipatharia of the Siboga Expedition.Siboga-Expeditie Monographes. 17: 1-258
page(s): 3, 5, 7, 53, 69, 72, 73, 76 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cooper, F.C. (1909). Antipatharia. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society (London). Ser.2.</em> 12: 301-321.
page(s): 314, 303, 320 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M., and J. A. Sánchez. 1997. A new species of antipatharian coral (Cnidaria : Anthozoa) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Caribbean Journal of Science 33: 75-81
page(s): 79, 80 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. (1972). Redescriptions and reevaluations of the antipatharians described by L.D. de Pourtalès. <i>Bull. Mar. Sci.</i>. 22(4):950-1017.
page(s): 965 [details]
additional source Summers, S. L. M. (1910). VIII.-Antipatharians from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 30(3): 273-281., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.1910.tb01715.x
page(s): 274, 279 [details]
additional source Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
page(s): 15, 17, 21-23, 26, 46, 47, 50, 64-65 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1889). Coelenterata. Zoological Record, 26, 1-24
page(s): 16 [details]
additional source Opresko, D.M. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). New species of black coral (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 12(2): 93-97.
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., D.M. Opresko, T.S. Hopkins & W.W. Schroeder. (1993). New records of deep-water Cnidaria (Scleractinia & Antipatharia) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 13(1): 1-11.
page(s): 2-3, 5-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Padilla, C.; Lara, M. (2003). Banco Chinchorro: the last shelter for black coral in the Mexican Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 73(1): 197-202
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. (2008). Crustaceans associated with Cnidaria, Bivalvia, Echinoidea and Pisces at São Tomé and Príncipe islands. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 25, 63-69
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Warner, G.F. (1981). Species descriptions and ecological observations of black corals (Antipatharia) from Trinidad. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 31(1):147-163.
page(s): 147, 152-155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 74833, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 88349, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | orange sea fan black coral | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (75 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 100388)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Antipathella brooki Johnson, 1899)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (75 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 100388)
To ITIS
