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Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)

Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)
Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)

125365  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125365)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Eunicellidae (Family)
  8. Eunicella (Genus)
  9. Eunicella singularis (Species)
accepted
Species
Eunicella dawydoffi Stiasny, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunicella pergamentacea Ridley, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunicella stricta (Bertoloni, 1810) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunicella subtilus (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunicella verrucosa var. stricta (Bertoloni, 1910) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia bertolonii Lamouroux, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonia graminea Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonia stricta Bertoloni, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonia subtilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia villarii Barreiro, 1917 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonia viminalis var. singularis Esper, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leptogorgia viminalis var. singularis Esper, 1794 · unaccepted (incorrect combination and...)  
incorrect combination and authority date
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia viminalis var. singularis Esper, 1791) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 53, Gorg. Tab. 11A; note: name only give in plate [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125365 on 2025-03-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-06-26 03:11:39Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Eunicella dawydoffi Stiasny, 1938) Stiasny, G. (1938). Die von Dr. C. Dawydoff in Französisch Indochina gesammelten Gorgonarien. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle série. 6(3): 355-368, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59432836
page(s): 360-362 [details] 

original description (of Eunicella pergamentacea Ridley, 1882) Ridley, S.O. (1882). Contributions to the knowledge of the Alcyonaria. Part II, including descriptions of new species from Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 5, 10: 125-133, plate 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51244131
page(s): 129-130 [details] 

original description (of Gorgonia stricta Bertoloni, 1810) Bertoloni, A. (1810). Rariorum Italiae Plantarum decas tertia. Accedit specimen Zoophytorum Portus Lunae. [Gorgonia: 90-97]; Pisa (Raynerii Prosperi)., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=A0UPAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA121&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false [details] 

original description (of Leptogorgia viminalis var. singularis Esper, 1794) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660 [details] 

original description (of Gorgonia graminea Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.B. (1815). Suite des polypiers corticiferes. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 2: 76-84, 157-164., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34019412
page(s): 83 [details] 

original description (of Gorgonia bertolonii Lamouroux, 1816) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. F. Poisson, Caen. i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 414-415 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Gorgonia viminalis var. singularis Esper, 1791) Esper, E.J.C. (1794). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg): 1-303. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50841660
page(s): 53, Gorg. Tab. 11A; note: name only give in plate [details] 

original description (of Gorgonia subtilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 159 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

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

additional source Carpine, C., Grasshoff, M. (1975). Les gorgonaires de la Méditerranée. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 7(430), 140 p., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/TaP/Carpine-1975.pdf
page(s): 74-78 [details] 

additional source Weinberg, S. (1976). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral. I. Gorgonacea. Beaufortia. 24(313): 63-104., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548643
page(s): 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 92 [details] 

additional source Weinberg, S. (1977). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral II. Alcyonacea. Beaufortia. 25(326): 131-166., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505058
page(s): 148 [details] 

additional source Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149. Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
page(s): 19-20 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Weinberg, S. (1978). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral. III. Stolonifera. Beaufortia. 27(338): 139-176.
page(s): 140, 172 [details] 

additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335.
page(s): 222, 223, 310, 311 [details] 

additional source Skoufas, G. (2006). Comparative biometry of Eunicella singularis (Gorgonian) sclerites at East Mediterranean Sea (North Aegean Sea, Greece). Marine Biology, 149, 1365-1370
page(s): 1365-1369 [details] 

additional source Gori, A.; Linares, C.; Rossi, S.; Coma, R.; Gili, J. (2007). Spatial variability in reproductive cycle of the gorgonians Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella singularis (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology, 151, 1571-1584
page(s): 1572, 1573, 1574, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1580, 1581, 1582 [details] 

additional source Coma, R.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J. (1995). Sexual reproductive effort in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 117, 185-192
page(s): 191 [details] 

additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 473 [details] 

additional source Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
page(s): 77 [details] 

additional source Weinberg, S. (1978). Mediterranean octocorallian communities and the abiotic environment. Marine Biology, 49, 41-57
page(s): 42, 48 [details] 

additional source Coma, R.; Ribes, M.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J. (1995). Reproduction and cycle of gonadal development in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 117, 173-183
page(s): 173, 178, 180, 181 [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
Catalan gorgònia blanca  [details]
English white sea fanwhite horny coralMediterranean white horny coral [from synonym]  [details]
French gorgone blanche  [details]
German Weiße Mittelmeer-Hornkoralle [from synonym]Weiße HornkoralleWeiße GorgonieGestreckte Hornkoralle  [details]
Italian gorgonia bianca  [details]
Spanish gorgonia blanca  [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Gorgonia stricta Bertoloni, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eunicella stricta (Bertoloni, 1810))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eunicella pergamentacea Ridley, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicella singularis) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicella stricta) (from synonym Eunicella stricta (Bertoloni, 1810))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Eunicella stricta (Bertoloni, 1810))
To GenBank (130 nucleotides; 26 proteins) 
To GenBank (130 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Leptogorgia viminalis var. singularis Esper, 1794)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (8 records) 
From editor or global species database
Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)
Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791)