WoRMS taxon details
Hemicorallium Gray, 1867
718773 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718773)
accepted
Genus
Corallium johnsoni Gray, 1860 accepted as Pleurocorallium johnsoni (Gray, 1860) (type by original designation)
- Species Hemicorallium abyssale (Bayer, 1956)
- Species Hemicorallium aurantiacum Tu, Dai & Jeng, 2016
- Species Hemicorallium bathyrubrum (Simpson & Watling, 2011)
- Species Hemicorallium bayeri (Simpson & Watling, 2011)
- Species Hemicorallium boshuense (Kishinouye, 1903)
- Species Hemicorallium ducale (Bayer, 1955)
- Species Hemicorallium guttatum Tu, Dai & Jeng, 2016
- Species Hemicorallium halmaheirense (Hickson, 1907)
- Species Hemicorallium imperiale (Bayer, 1955)
- Species Hemicorallium indicodensum Hu, Zhang & Xu, 2025
- Species Hemicorallium jiaolongensis Hu, Zhang & Xu, 2025
- Species Hemicorallium kaiyo Nonaka & Hayashibara, 2021
- Species Hemicorallium laauense (Bayer, 1956)
- Species Hemicorallium maderense (Johnson, 1898)
- Species Hemicorallium meraboshi Nonaka, Hanahara & Kakui, 2023
- Species Hemicorallium muzikae Nonaka & Hayashibara, 2021
- Species Hemicorallium niobe (Bayer, 1964)
- Species Hemicorallium regale (Bayer, 1956)
- Species Hemicorallium reginae (Hickson, 1905)
- Species Hemicorallium sulcatum (Kishinouye, 1903)
- Species Hemicorallium taiwanicum (Tu, Dai & Jeng, 2012)
- Species Hemicorallium tokiyasui Nonaka & Hayashibara, 2021
- Species Hemicorallium tricolor (Johnson, 1899)
- Species Hemicorallium variabile (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Hemicorallium johnsoni (Gray, 1860) accepted as Pleurocorallium johnsoni (Gray, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Hemicorallium reginae (Hickson & Versluys, 1907) accepted as Hemicorallium reginae (Hickson, 1905) (incorrect authority)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1867). Additional note on Corallium johnsoni. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867: 125-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533565 [details]
Note There is disagreement about the type species...
Type species There is disagreement about the type species of Hemicorallium. Gray (1867) established Hemicorallium and designated Corallium johnsoni Gray, 1860 as the type species. Johnson (1899) later noted that the specimen illustrated by Gray in the genus description was not C. johnsoni but a different species that he described as Pleurocorallium tricolor. Tu et al (2015) argue that P. tricolor should therefore be considered the type species of Hemicorallium. C. johnsoni has subsequently been moved to Pleurocorallium which would synonymize Hemicorallium with Pleurocorallium if C. johnsoni is considered the type species of Hemicorallium. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Hemicorallium Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718773 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1867). Additional note on Corallium johnsoni. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867: 125-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533565 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2015). Phylogeny and systematics of deep-sea precious corals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Coralliidae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 84: 173-184., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790315000044 [details]
Other
additional source
Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 1-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 12(10): 1003-1038., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2016.1241411 [details]
additional source Figueroa, D. F.; Baco, A. R. (2014). Complete mitochondrial genomes elucidate phylogenetic relationships of the deep-sea octocoral families Coralliidae and Paragorgiidae. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 99: 83-91., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064513002312 [details]
[request]additional source Tu, T.-H.; Dai, C.-F.; Jeng, M.-S. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Coralliidae with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Archipelago. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 12(10): 1003-1038., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17451000.2016.1241411 [details]
additional source Figueroa, D. F.; Baco, A. R. (2014). Complete mitochondrial genomes elucidate phylogenetic relationships of the deep-sea octocoral families Coralliidae and Paragorgiidae. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 99: 83-91., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064513002312 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species There is disagreement about the type species of Hemicorallium. Gray (1867) established Hemicorallium and designated Corallium johnsoni Gray, 1860 as the type species. Johnson (1899) later noted that the specimen illustrated by Gray in the genus description was not C. johnsoni but a different species that he described as Pleurocorallium tricolor. Tu et al (2015) argue that P. tricolor should therefore be considered the type species of Hemicorallium. C. johnsoni has subsequently been moved to Pleurocorallium which would synonymize Hemicorallium with Pleurocorallium if C. johnsoni is considered the type species of Hemicorallium. [details]
