WoRMS taxon details
Primnocapsa Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2012
743678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743678)
accepted
Genus
marine, terrestrial
Zapata-Guardiola, R.; López-González, P.J. (2012). Revision and redescription of the species previously included in the genus Amphilaphis Studer and Wright in Studer, 1887 (Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Scientia Marina, 76(2), 357-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03278.18B [details]
Etymology The generic name combines primno– a common prefix in reference to the gorgonian family, and –capsa, a Latin word...
Etymology The generic name combines primno– a common prefix in reference to the gorgonian family, and –capsa, a Latin word meaning box, in reference to the perfect closed operculum like the capsule fruits of some herbaceous plant groups. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Primnocapsa Zapata-Guardiola & López-González, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743678 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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Zapata-Guardiola, R.; López-González, P.J. (2012). Revision and redescription of the species previously included in the genus Amphilaphis Studer and Wright in Studer, 1887 (Octocorallia: Primnoidae). Scientia Marina, 76(2), 357-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03278.18B [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The generic name combines primno– a common prefix in reference to the gorgonian family, and –capsa, a Latin word meaning box, in reference to the perfect closed operculum like the capsule fruits of some herbaceous plant groups. [details]
