WoRMS taxon details
Nicella americana Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919
286164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286164)
accepted
Species
Nicella ramosa Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 925 [details]
page(s): 925 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Nicella americana Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286164 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 925 [details]
original description (of Nicella ramosa Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 925 [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]
page(s): 925 [details]
original description (of Nicella ramosa Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 925 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (2007). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Gorgonacea: Ellisellidae). Part 7: The genera Riisea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 and Nicella Gray, 1870. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 120(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x(2007)120[1:sowaog]2.0.co;2
page(s): 14-15 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 14-15 [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 378 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Toeplitz, C. M. (1929). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 7, die Famile Gorgonellidae, zugleich eine Revision. <em>Zool. Jahrb. Suppl.</em> 16 (2): 235-376, plates 6-7.
page(s): 354-357 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1973). A new gorgonacean octocoral from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23(2): 387-398
page(s): 387 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 378 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Toeplitz, C. M. (1929). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 7, die Famile Gorgonellidae, zugleich eine Revision. <em>Zool. Jahrb. Suppl.</em> 16 (2): 235-376, plates 6-7.
page(s): 354-357 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1973). A new gorgonacean octocoral from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23(2): 387-398
page(s): 387 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nicella ramosa Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nicella americana)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nicella ramosa Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nicella americana)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
