Octocorallia taxon details
Mopseidae Gray, 1870
1544107 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1544107)
accepted
Family
Mopsea Lamouroux, 1816 (type by original designation)
Circinisidinae Grant, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mopseadae Gray, 1870 · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Mopseinae Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Peltastisidinae Grant, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Acanthoisis Wright & Studer, 1887
- Genus Annisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Australisis Bayer & Stefani, 1987
- Genus Caribisis Bayer & Stefani, 1987
- Genus Chathamisis Grant, 1976
- Genus Circinisis Grant, 1976
- Genus Echinisis Thomson & Rennet, 1931
- Genus Florectisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Gorgonisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Iotisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Jasminisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Ktenosquamisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Lissopholidisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Minuisis Grant, 1976
- Genus Mopsea Lamouroux, 1816
- Genus Myriozotisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Notisis Gravier, 1913
- Genus Oparinisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Pangolinisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Paracanthoisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Peltastisis Nutting, 1910
- Genus Plexipomisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Primnoisis Studer & Wright, 1887
- Genus Pteronisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Sclerisis Studer, 1878
- Genus Sphaerokodisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Stenisis Bayer & Stefani, 1987
- Genus Tenuisis Bayer & Stefani, 1987
- Genus Tethrisis Alderslade, 1998
- Genus Zignisis Alderslade, 1998
- Subfamily Circinisidinae Grant, 1976 accepted as Mopseidae Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Mopseinae Gray, 1870 accepted as Mopseidae Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Peltastisidinae Grant, 1976 accepted as Mopseidae Gray, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mopseadae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Mopseidae Gray, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544107 on 2025-06-07
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original description
(of Circinisidinae Grant, 1976) Grant, R. B. (1976). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isididae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Zealand and the Antarctic. <em>Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington.</em> 66: 1-56.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Peltastisidinae Grant, 1976) Grant, R. B. (1976). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isididae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Zealand and the Antarctic. <em>Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington.</em> 66: 1-56.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Mopseadae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 13 [details]
redescription Heestand Saucier, E.; France, S.C.; Watling, L. (2021). Toward a revision of the bamboo corals: Part 3, deconstructing the Family Isididae. <em>Zootaxa 5047(3): 247-272.</em> , available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5047.3.2
page(s): 267 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Peltastisidinae Grant, 1976) Grant, R. B. (1976). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isididae (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea) from New Zealand and the Antarctic. <em>Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington.</em> 66: 1-56.
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Mopseadae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 13 [details]
redescription Heestand Saucier, E.; France, S.C.; Watling, L. (2021). Toward a revision of the bamboo corals: Part 3, deconstructing the Family Isididae. <em>Zootaxa 5047(3): 247-272.</em> , available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5047.3.2
page(s): 267 [details] Available for editors
