WoRMS taxon details
Kophobelemnon Asbjörnsen, 1856
128492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128492)
accepted
Genus
Pennatula stellifera Müller, 1776 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (type by monotypy)
Bathyptilum Kölliker, 1872 · unaccepted
Gunneria Danielssen & Koren, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon affine Studer, 1894
- Species Kophobelemnon biflorum Pasternak, 1960
- Species Kophobelemnon heterospinosum Kükenthal, 1910
- Species Kophobelemnon irregulatus Keller, Pasternak & Naumov, 1975
- Species Kophobelemnon macrospinosum Thomson, 1927
- Species Kophobelemnon molanderi Pasternak, 1975
- Species Kophobelemnon pauciflorum Hickson, 1916
- Species Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776)
- Species Kophobelemnon abyssorum Danielssen & Koren, 1884 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon bathyptiloides Roule, 1905 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon burgeri Herklots, 1858 accepted as Sclerobelemnon burgeri (Herklots, 1858) (original combination)
- Species Kophobelemnon ferrugineum Kölliker, 1880 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon leucharti Cecchini, 1917 accepted as Kophobelemnon leukartii Kölliker, 1872 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling, incorrect authority)
- Species Kophobelemnon leuckarti Kölliker, 1872 accepted as Kophobelemnon leukartii Kölliker, 1872 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
- Species Kophobelemnon leukartii Kölliker, 1872 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon moebii Koren & Danielssen, 1883 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon mulleri Asbjörnsen, 1856 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon pauciflorum Molander, 1929 accepted as Kophobelemnon molanderi Pasternak, 1975 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Kophobelemnon pauciflorum Hickson, 1916)
- Species Kophobelemnon scabrum Verrill, 1883 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon schmeltzii (Kölliker, 1872) accepted as Sclerobelemnon schmeltzii Kölliker, 1872
- Species Kophobelemnon tenue Verrill, 1884 accepted as Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Kophobelemnon clavatum (Stimpson, 1855) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Kophobelemnon hispidum Nutting, 1912 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Kophobelemnon indicum (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Kophobelemnon intermedium Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Mesobelemnon intermedium (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) accepted as Sclerobelemnon intermedium (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Asbjörnsen, P.C. (1856). Beskrivelse over Kophobelemnon mülleri, en ny Söfjaersloegt. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 2: 81-85, plate 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41477057 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Kophobelemnon Asbjörnsen, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128492 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Asbjörnsen, P.C. (1856). Beskrivelse over Kophobelemnon mülleri, en ny Söfjaersloegt. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 2: 81-85, plate 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41477057 [details]
original description (of Bathyptilum Kölliker, 1872) Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 200 [details]
original description (of Gunneria Danielssen & Koren, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 58-61 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Bathyptilum Kölliker, 1872) Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 200 [details]
original description (of Gunneria Danielssen & Koren, 1884) Danielssen, D.C.; Koren, J. (1884). Pennatulida. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876-1878. Zoologi.</em> 12: 1-84, plates 1-12.
page(s): 58-61 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [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 Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 108-109 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 29 [details]
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): 302, 304, 306 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Williams, G. C. (2002). A new genus and species of sea pen (Octocorallia : Pennatulacea : Stachyptilidae) from the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 16(6): 919-929., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it01027
page(s): 920, 927 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 37, 39, 68, 110 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1916). The Pennatulacea of the Siboga Expedition with a general survey of the order. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 14: 1-265, plates 1-10., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822010548360&view=1up&seq=7
page(s): 71-72 [details]
additional source Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 118-126 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1997). Preliminary assessment of the phylogeny of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), with a reevaluation of Ediacaran frond-like fossils, and a synopsis of the history of evolutionary thought regarding the sea pens. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 497-509
page(s): 497, 503 [details]
additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52
page(s): 51 [details]
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): 560 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 219-220 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [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 Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 108-109 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/900948
page(s): 29 [details]
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): 302, 304, 306 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source López-González, P. J.; Williams, G. C. (2002). A new genus and species of sea pen (Octocorallia : Pennatulacea : Stachyptilidae) from the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 16(6): 919-929., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it01027
page(s): 920, 927 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 37, 39, 68, 110 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1916). The Pennatulacea of the Siboga Expedition with a general survey of the order. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 14: 1-265, plates 1-10., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822010548360&view=1up&seq=7
page(s): 71-72 [details]
additional source Kölliker, A. von. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien, Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 8: 85-275, plates 18-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187018
page(s): 118-126 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1997). Preliminary assessment of the phylogeny of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), with a reevaluation of Ediacaran frond-like fossils, and a synopsis of the history of evolutionary thought regarding the sea pens. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 497-509
page(s): 497, 503 [details]
additional source Belcik, F. P. (1977). A distribution study of the Octocorallia of Oregon. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 24(1-3): 49-52
page(s): 51 [details]
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): 560 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. <em>Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia".</em> 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29.
page(s): 219-220 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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