WoRMS name details

Wrightella furcata J.S. Thomson, 1916

291942  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291942)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Melithaeidae (Family)
  8. Melithaeinae (Subfamily)
  9. Wrightella (Genus)
  10. Wrightella furcata (Species)
 unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Thomson, J.S. (1916). I. South African Gorgonacea. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 61(1): 1-56, plates 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10265508
page(s): 17-19 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Wrightella furcata J.S. Thomson, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291942 on 2025-04-01
Date
action
by
2008-01-21 13:45:25Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2014-01-10 09:03:38Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-04-10 20:51:48Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Thomson, J.S. (1916). I. South African Gorgonacea. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 61(1): 1-56, plates 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10265508
page(s): 17-19 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 203, 290 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) 

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