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Ellisellidae Gray, 1859

125274  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125274)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Scleralcyonacea (Order)
  7. Ellisellidae (Family)
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Family
Gorgonellidae Valenciennes, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Ctenocella Valenciennes, 1855
  2. Genus Dichotella Gray, 1870
  3. Genus Ellisella Gray, 1858
  4. Genus Heliania Gray, 1859
  5. Genus Junceella Valenciennes, 1855
  6. Genus Nicella Gray, 1870
  7. Genus Phenilia Gray, 1859
  8. Genus Riisea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
  9. Genus Verrucella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
  10. Genus Viminella Gray, 1870
  11. Genus Gorgonella Valenciennes, 1855 accepted as Verrucella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Genus Jucella Valenciennes, 1855 accepted as Junceella Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  13. Genus Juncella Valenciennes, 1855 accepted as Junceella Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  14. Genus Reticella Gray, 1870 accepted as Verrucella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Genus Rusea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Riisea Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  16. Genus Scirpearella Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Viminella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Genus Scirpearia Cuvier, 1817 accepted as Ellisella Gray, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Genus Toeplitzella Deichmann, 1936 accepted as Viminella Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Genus Umbracella Gray, 1859 accepted as Verrucella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 181 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ellisellidae Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125274 on 2025-04-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2009-08-12 11:48:18Z
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2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2022-11-02 02:55:04Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 181 [details] 

original description (of Gorgonellidae Valenciennes, 1855) Deichmann, E (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic ocean. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoӧlogy, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633#page/11/mode/1up [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the South African Museum. 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 251, 291 [details] 

 
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Japanese ムチヤギ科  [details]
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