WoRMS taxon details
Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848
291016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291016)
accepted
Species
Sarcophyllum australe Kölliker, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophyllum grande (Gray, 1860) · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1848). Description of Sarcoptilus, a new genus of Pennatulidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861889 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291016 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1848). Description of Sarcoptilus, a new genus of Pennatulidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861889 [details]
original description (of Sarcophyllum australe Kölliker, 1869) Kölliker, A. von. (1869). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 111-255, plates 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209260
page(s): 229-230 [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]
original description (of Sarcophyllum australe Kölliker, 1869) Kölliker, A. von. (1869). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 7: 111-255, plates 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16209260
page(s): 229-230 [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]
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): 117 [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): 41 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1995). Revision of the pennatulacean genus Sarcoptilus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with descriptions of three new species from southern Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 28(1), 13-32.
page(s): 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 31 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Quelques Octocoralliaires Australiens. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 37(4): 705-716., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55113050
page(s): 706, 716 [details]
additional source Gray, J.E. (1860). II. Revision of the family Pennatulidae, with descriptions of some new species in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany and Geology, Series 3.</em> 5(25-30): 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658338
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1995). The enigmatic sea pen genus Gyrophyllum - a phylogenetic reassessment and description of G. sibogae from Tasmanian waters (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 48(15): 315-327
page(s): 315, 316, 321 [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): 127, 129, 135 [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): 117 [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): 41 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1995). Revision of the pennatulacean genus Sarcoptilus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with descriptions of three new species from southern Australia. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 28(1), 13-32.
page(s): 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 31 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Quelques Octocoralliaires Australiens. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 37(4): 705-716., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55113050
page(s): 706, 716 [details]
additional source Gray, J.E. (1860). II. Revision of the family Pennatulidae, with descriptions of some new species in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany and Geology, Series 3.</em> 5(25-30): 20-25., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658338
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1995). The enigmatic sea pen genus Gyrophyllum - a phylogenetic reassessment and description of G. sibogae from Tasmanian waters (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 48(15): 315-327
page(s): 315, 316, 321 [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): 127, 129, 135 [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
Nontype CAS 88073, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 88074 [details]
Nontype CAS 91432 [details]
Nontype SAMA 10931, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAMA H11919, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAMA H11920, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAMA H11921, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAMA H11922 [details]
Nontype SAMA H13071, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAMA H13072, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 517-88 [details]
Nontype WAM 65-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 67-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 68-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 706-91, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 707-91, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
