RAS name details
Ascolepis Thomson & Rennet, 1931
291493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291493)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Ascolepis spinosa Thomson & Rennet, 1931 accepted as Fannyella (Cyathogorgia) spinosa (Thomson & Rennet, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Thomson, J.A.; Rennett, N. (1931). Alcyonaria, Madreporaria and Antipatharia. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 9(3): 1-46, plates 8-14.
page(s): 20-22 [details]
page(s): 20-22 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ascolepis Thomson & Rennet, 1931. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291493 on 2026-08-30
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Ascolepis Thomson & Rennet, 1931. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291493 on 2026-08-30
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Thomson, J.A.; Rennett, N. (1931). Alcyonaria, Madreporaria and Antipatharia. <em>Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, Scientific Reports Series C - Zoology and Botany.</em> 9(3): 1-46, plates 8-14.
page(s): 20-22 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
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): 525 [details] Available for editors
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): 454 [details] Available for editors
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
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): 271 [details]
page(s): 20-22 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
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): 525 [details] Available for editors
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): 454 [details] Available for editors
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
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): 271 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
