WoRMS taxon details
Mopsea Lamouroux, 1816
173328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173328)
accepted
Genus
Isis encrinula Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815) (type by typification of replaced name)
- Species Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815)
- Species Mopsea flava Nutting, 1910
- Species Mopsea squamosa Kükenthal, 1919
- Species Mopsea triacnema Alderslade, 1998
- Species Mopsea aIternata Utinomi, 1975 accepted as Zignisis alternata (Utinomi, 1975) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea alba Nutting, 1910 accepted as Iotisis alba (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea arbuscula Johnson, 1862 accepted as Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea australis Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 accepted as Sphaerokodisis australis (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea bargibanti Bayer & Stefani, 1987 accepted as Pteronisis provocatoris (Bayer & Stefani, 1987) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopsea bicolor Kölliker, 1865 accepted as Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopsea borealis G.O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Isidella lofotensis Sars, 1868 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Mopsea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Melithaea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mopsea eburnea Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Acanella eburnea (Pourtalès, 1868) accepted as Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopsea elegans Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 accepted as Plexipomisis elegans (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea elongata (Esper, 1788) accepted as Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mopsea elongata Roule, 1908 accepted as Notisis elongata (Roule, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea erythraea Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Melithaea erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea flabellum Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 accepted as Mopsea squamosa Kükenthal, 1919 (junior homonym of Mopsea (Acanthoisis) flabellum Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Mopsea flabellum (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Acanthoisis flabellum Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mopsea gracilis Gravier, 1913 accepted as Primnoisis (Delicatisis) gracilis (Gravier, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea laboutei Bayer & Stefani, 1987 accepted as Pteronisis laboutei (Bayer & Stefani, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea plumacea Briggs, 1915 accepted as Pteronisis plumacea (Briggs, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea provocatoris Bayer & Stefani, 1987 accepted as Pteronisis provocatoris (Bayer & Stefani, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea repens Briggs, 1915 accepted as Zignisis repens (Briggs, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea simplex Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Paracanthoisis simplex (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea tenuis Thomson & Rennet, 1931 accepted as Sphaerokodisis tenuis (Thomson & Rennet, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea verticellata Lamouroux, 1816 accepted as Mopsea encrinula (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mopsea whiteleggei Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911 accepted as Pteronisis whiteleggei (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mopsea arbusculum Johnson, 1862 represented as Acanella arbuscula (Johnson, 1862)
- Species Mopsea gracilis (Lamouroux, 1816) (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 465-467 [details]
page(s): 465-467 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Mopsea Lamouroux, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173328 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1816). Histoire des polypiers coralligènes flexibles, vulgairement nommés zoophytes. <em>F. Poisson, Caen.</em> i-lxxxiv, 1-558, pls. I-XIX., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11606092
page(s): 465-467 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 465-467 [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 437-438 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 247 [details]
subsequent type designation Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360. [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 437-438 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 247 [details]
subsequent type designation Alderslade, P. (1998). Revisionary systematics in the gorgonian family Isididae, with descriptions of numerous new taxa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> Supplement No. 55: 1-360. [details]
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