WoRMS taxon details
Primnoella Gray, 1858
125322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125322)
accepted
Genus
Callirrhabdos Philippi, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Primnoella antarctica Kükenthal, 1907
- Species Primnoella australasiae (Gray, 1849)
- Species Primnoella chilensis (Philippi, 1894)
- Species Primnoella delicatissima Kükenthal, 1909
- Species Primnoella distans Studer, 1878
- Species Primnoella divaricata (Studer, 1878)
- Species Primnoella grandisquamis Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Primnoella insularis Cairns, 2016
- Species Primnoella laevis (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911)
- Species Primnoella polita Deichmann, 1936
- Species Primnoella scotiae Thomson & Ritchie, 1906
- Species Primnoella biserialis Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Primnoella chilensis (Philippi, 1894) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoella compressa Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Primnoella scotiae Thomson & Ritchie, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoella delicata (Kinoshita, 1907) accepted as Plumarella delicata (Kinoshita, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Primnoella divergens Hickson, 1907 accepted as Convexella divergens (Hickson, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoella flagellum Studer, 1878 accepted as Convexella magelhaenica (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoella gracilis Molander, 1929 accepted as Arntzia gracilis (Molander, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoella indica Kükenthal, 1907 accepted as Callogorgia formosa Kükenthal, 1907 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Primnoella indica Verrill, 1906)
- Species Primnoella jungerseni Madsen, 1944 accepted as Convexella jungerseni (Madsen, 1944) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoella krampi Madsen, 1956 accepted as Convexella krampi (Madsen, 1956) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoella kukenthali Gravier, 1913 accepted as Ophidiogorgia kuekenthali (Gravier, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoella magelhaenica Studer, 1878 accepted as Convexella magelhaenica (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoella murrayi Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Convexella murrayi (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Primnoella philippii Aurivillius, 1931 accepted as Primnoella chilensis (Philippi, 1894) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoella vanhoeffeni Kükenthal, 1909 accepted as Convexella magelhaenica (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoella vanhoeffeni Kükenthal, 1912 accepted as Onogorgia nodosa (Molander, 1929) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Primnoella vanhoffen Kükenthal, 1909 accepted as Primnoella vanhoeffeni Kükenthal, 1909 accepted as Convexella magelhaenica (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Primnoella magellanica Studer, 1878 represented as Primnoella magelhaenica Studer, 1878 accepted as Convexella magelhaenica (Studer, 1879)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 286 [details]
page(s): 286 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Primnoella Gray, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125322 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 286 [details]
original description (of Callirrhabdos Philippi, 1894) Philippi, R.A. (1894). Callirrhabdos, ein neues Genus der gorgonienartigen Pflanzenthiere?. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 60(1): 211-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6415266 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 286 [details]
original description (of Callirrhabdos Philippi, 1894) Philippi, R.A. (1894). Callirrhabdos, ein neues Genus der gorgonienartigen Pflanzenthiere?. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 60(1): 211-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6415266 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 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 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 Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1996). New primnoid gorgonians (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from antarctic waters. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 58(2): 511-530.
page(s): 530 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Versluys, J. (1906). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Die Primnoidae. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden XIIIa (livr. xxvii): 1-187, figs. 1-178, pls. 1-10, map. (i-1906)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6296503
page(s): 48-51 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [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 van Ofwegen, L.P.; Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2006). A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1219, 47-57.
page(s): 56 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 279-281 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2005). A review of the genus Primnoa (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea: Primnoidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 77(2), 225-256.
page(s): 225 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 294 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1989). Primnoidae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.</em> (4) 10 (3):449–518, 1 fig., 42 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58722240
page(s): 452 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1982). Some new and old species of the primnoid genus Callogorgia Gray, with a revalidation of the related genus Fanellia Gray (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 95(1): 116–160.
page(s): 117, 118 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source López-González, P.J.; Gili, J.-M.; Orejas, C. (2002). A new primnoid genus (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Southern Ocean. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 66(4): 383-397.
page(s): 383, 384, 394, 395, 396 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1915). Some Alcyonaria and a Stylaster from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1915: 541-557, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31547564
page(s): 554 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1949). Chalcogorgiinae, a new subfamily of Chrysogorgiidae (Coelenterata: Alcyonaria), and a description of Chalcogorgia pellucida, new genus and new species, from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 39(7): 237-240.
page(s): 240 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 276, 288, 291 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1952). Two new species of Arthrogorgia (Gorgonacea: Primnoidae) from the Aleutian Islands region. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 65, 63-69, plate 2
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Orejas, C.; Gili, J.; López-González, P. J.; Hasemann, C.; Arntz, W. E. (2007). Reproduction patterns of four Antarctic octocorals in the Weddell Sea: an inter-specific, shape, and latitudinal comparison. Marine Biology, 150, 551-563
page(s): 558 [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 Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1996). New primnoid gorgonians (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from antarctic waters. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 58(2): 511-530.
page(s): 530 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Versluys, J. (1906). Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Die Primnoidae. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden XIIIa (livr. xxvii): 1-187, figs. 1-178, pls. 1-10, map. (i-1906)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6296503
page(s): 48-51 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS) [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 van Ofwegen, L.P.; Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2006). A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1219, 47-57.
page(s): 56 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 279-281 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2005). A review of the genus Primnoa (Octocorallia: Gorgonacea: Primnoidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 77(2), 225-256.
page(s): 225 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 294 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M.; Stefani, J. (1989). Primnoidae (Gorgonacea) de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.</em> (4) 10 (3):449–518, 1 fig., 42 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58722240
page(s): 452 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1982). Some new and old species of the primnoid genus Callogorgia Gray, with a revalidation of the related genus Fanellia Gray (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 95(1): 116–160.
page(s): 117, 118 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source López-González, P.J.; Gili, J.-M.; Orejas, C. (2002). A new primnoid genus (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Southern Ocean. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 66(4): 383-397.
page(s): 383, 384, 394, 395, 396 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1915). Some Alcyonaria and a Stylaster from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1915: 541-557, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31547564
page(s): 554 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1949). Chalcogorgiinae, a new subfamily of Chrysogorgiidae (Coelenterata: Alcyonaria), and a description of Chalcogorgia pellucida, new genus and new species, from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 39(7): 237-240.
page(s): 240 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 276, 288, 291 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1952). Two new species of Arthrogorgia (Gorgonacea: Primnoidae) from the Aleutian Islands region. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 65, 63-69, plate 2
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Orejas, C.; Gili, J.; López-González, P. J.; Hasemann, C.; Arntz, W. E. (2007). Reproduction patterns of four Antarctic octocorals in the Weddell Sea: an inter-specific, shape, and latitudinal comparison. Marine Biology, 150, 551-563
page(s): 558 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
