WoRMS taxon details
Primnoisis Studer & Wright, 1887
173340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173340)
accepted
Genus
Isis antarctica Studer, 1878 accepted as Primnoisis (Primnoisis) antarctica Wright & Studer, 1889 (type by monotypy)
Ceratoisis (Primnoisis) · unaccepted
- Subgenus Primnoisis (Delicatisis) Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2016
- Species Primnoisis (Delicatisis) delicatula (Hickson, 1907)
- Species Primnoisis (Delicatisis) formosa Gravier, 1913
- Species Primnoisis (Delicatisis) gracilis (Gravier, 1913)
- Species Primnoisis (Delicatisis) millerae Moore & Alderslade, 2016
- Species Primnoisis (Delicatisis) niwa Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2016
- Species Primnoisis (Delicatisis) rigida Wright & Studer, 1889
- Subgenus Primnoisis (Primnoisis) Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2016
- Species Primnoisis ambigua Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Primnoisis mimas Bayer & Stefani, 1987
- Species Primnoisis tasmani Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2016
- Species Primnoisis armata Kükenthal, 1912 accepted as Echinisis armata (Kükenthal, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoisis capensis (Studer, 1878) accepted as Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
- Species Primnoisis humilis Deichmann, 1936 accepted as Stenisis humilis (Deichmann, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoisis pulchella (Studer, 1878) accepted as Sclerisis pulchella Studer, 1878 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Primnoisis ramosa (Hickson, 1904) accepted as Chathamisis ramosa (Hickson, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Primnoisis ramosa Thomson & Ritchie, 1906 accepted as Primnoisis (Primnoisis) antarctica Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoisis sparsa Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Primnoisis (Primnoisis) antarctica Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoisis spicata (Hickson, 1907) accepted as Echinisis spicata (Hickson, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Primnoisis antarctica (Studer, 1878) represented as Primnoisis (Primnoisis) antarctica Wright & Studer, 1889 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Primnoisis delicatula (Hickson, 1907) represented as Primnoisis (Delicatisis) delicatula (Hickson, 1907) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Primnoisis formosa Gravier, 1913 represented as Primnoisis (Delicatisis) formosa Gravier, 1913 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Primnoisis fragilis Kükenthal, 1912 represented as Primnoisis (Primnoisis) fragilis Kükenthal, 1912 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Primnoisis gracilis (Gravier, 1913) represented as Primnoisis (Delicatisis) gracilis (Gravier, 1913) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Primnoisis niwa Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2016 represented as Primnoisis (Delicatisis) niwa Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2016
- Species Primnoisis rigida Wright & Studer, 1889 represented as Primnoisis (Delicatisis) rigida Wright & Studer, 1889 (subgenus assignment)
- Species Primnoisis alba Thomson & Henderson, 1905 (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Primnoisis Studer & Wright, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173340 on 2025-06-07
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
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 Bayer, F.M. & J. Stefani. (1987). Isididae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie: Nouvelle clé des genres de la famille. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,.</em> 4e sér. 9(1):47-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58704441
page(s): 57, 72, 73 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 432-433 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 34-35 [details]
additional source 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.
page(s): 7, 264 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1988). Mirostenella articulata, a remarkable new genus and species of Primnoid Octocoral (Gorgonacea) with uncalcified axial nodes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 251-256.
page(s): 256 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Bayer, F.M. & J. Stefani. (1987). Isididae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie: Nouvelle clé des genres de la famille. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris,.</em> 4e sér. 9(1):47-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58704441
page(s): 57, 72, 73 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 432-433 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 34-35 [details]
additional source 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.
page(s): 7, 264 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1988). Mirostenella articulata, a remarkable new genus and species of Primnoid Octocoral (Gorgonacea) with uncalcified axial nodes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 251-256.
page(s): 256 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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