WoRMS name details
Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
287763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287763)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nidalia grayi Thomson & Dean, 1931) Thomson, J.A.; Dean, L.M.I. (1931). The Alcyonacea of the Siboga expedition with an addendum to the Gorgonacea. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> XIIId: 1-227, plates 1-28.
page(s): 37 [details]
page(s): 37 [details]
Lectotype UAZM Coel. 2976, geounit Indonesian Exclusive...
Lectotype UAZM Coel. 2976, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson & Dean, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287763 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nidalia grayi Thomson & Dean, 1931) Thomson, J.A.; Dean, L.M.I. (1931). The Alcyonacea of the Siboga expedition with an addendum to the Gorgonacea. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> XIIId: 1-227, plates 1-28.
page(s): 37 [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): 37 [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
Williams, G.C. (2001). First record of a bioluminescent soft coral: description of a disjunct population of Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson & Dean, 1921) from the Solomon Islands, with a review of bioluminescence in the Octocorallia. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(17): 209-225. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dautova, T.N.; Savinkin, O.V. (2009). New data on soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Nha Trang Bay, South China Sea. Zootaxa, 2027: 1-27. [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
page(s): 33-34 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 13, 15 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (2000). A new species of the soft coral genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (Coelenterata: Alcyoniidae) from the Tonga Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(13): 159-169.
page(s): 163-164 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 550, 553, 558 [details]
additional source Dautova, T.N.; Savinkin, O.V. (2009). New data on soft corals (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Nha Trang Bay, South China Sea. Zootaxa, 2027: 1-27. [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 245:1-131., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/149141
page(s): 33-34 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 13, 15 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (2000). A new species of the soft coral genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (Coelenterata: Alcyoniidae) from the Tonga Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(13): 159-169.
page(s): 163-164 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 550, 553, 558 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype UAZM Coel. 2976, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 75589, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 30271, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 30569, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype UAZM Coel. 2976, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
