WoRMS taxon details
Acanthoptilum gracile (Gabb, 1864)
289324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289324)
accepted
Species
Stylatula gracilis (Gabb, 1864) · unaccepted (changed combination)
Virgularia gracilis Gabb, 1864 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Virgularia gracilis Gabb, 1864) Gabb, W. M. (1864). Description of a new species of Virgularia from the coast of California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 3(2): 120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3147894 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Acanthoptilum gracile (Gabb, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289324 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Virgularia gracilis Gabb, 1864) Gabb, W. M. (1864). Description of a new species of Virgularia from the coast of California. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 3(2): 120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3147894 [details]
basis of record G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Nutting, C.C. (1909). Alcyonaria of the Californian coast. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 35: 681-727, plates 84-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7495540
page(s): 700-701 [details]
basis of record G.C. Williams and J. van der Land (eds), update 2004-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Nutting, C.C. (1909). Alcyonaria of the Californian coast. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 35: 681-727, plates 84-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7495540
page(s): 700-701 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 64 [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>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 33 [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): 121, 123, 133 [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 Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 64 [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>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 33 [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): 121, 123, 133 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to upper slope [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | frail sea pendelicate sea pen [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | pennatule gracieuse [from synonym]pennatule frêle | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Stylatula gracilis (Gabb, 1864))
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Stylatula gracilis (Gabb, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthoptilum gracile)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Stylatula gracilis (Gabb, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (36 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Stylatula gracilis (Gabb, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthoptilum gracile)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Stylatula gracilis (Gabb, 1864))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (36 records)
To ITIS
