WoRMS taxon details
Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815)
287456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287456)
accepted
Species
Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Mopsea verticellata Lamouroux, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1815). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent précédée d'une introduction... </i> Tome premier, xvi + 462 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297688 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287456 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mopsea verticellata Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 467 [details]
original description (of Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1815). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent précédée d'une introduction... </i> Tome premier, xvi + 462 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297688 [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): 467 [details]
original description (of Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1815). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres présentant les caractéres généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent précédée d'une introduction... </i> Tome premier, xvi + 462 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297688 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. & J. Stefani. (1987). Isididae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie: Nouvelle clé des genres de la famille. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,.</em> 4e sér. 9(1):47-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58704441
page(s): 52, 62-67, 94-97 [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): 438 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360.
page(s): 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 23, 24-33, 39, 338, 340 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1971). Port Phillip Bay Survey 2. Octocorallia. <em>Mem. Nat. Mus. Vic.</em> 32: 7-18.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. N. (1992). Mopsea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed designation of Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 49(2): 104-108
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 940 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M. & J. Stefani. (1987). Isididae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie: Nouvelle clé des genres de la famille. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,.</em> 4e sér. 9(1):47-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58704441
page(s): 52, 62-67, 94-97 [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): 438 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360.
page(s): 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 23, 24-33, 39, 338, 340 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1971). Port Phillip Bay Survey 2. Octocorallia. <em>Mem. Nat. Mus. Vic.</em> 32: 7-18.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. N. (1992). Mopsea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed designation of Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 49(2): 104-108
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1987). New and previously known taxa of isidid octocorals (Coelenterata:Gorgonacea), partly from antarctic waters. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 100(4): 937-991.
page(s): 940 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
