Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009

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RAS taxon details

Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009

AphiaID

409513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:409513)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Metafannyella lepidota (Bayer, 1998)

Parent

Primnoidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Original name

Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009

Direct children (4)

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Species Metafannyella aurora (Bayer, 1998)
Species Metafannyella lepidota (Bayer, 1998)
Species Metafannyella mawsoni (Bayer, 1998)
Species Metafannyella ventilabrum (Studer, 1878)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA). 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409513 on 2026-08-13

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Metafannyella Cairns & Bayer, 2009. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409513 on 2026-08-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-17 06:36:15Z

created

db_admin

2009-07-20 06:37:51Z

changed

db_admin

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2024-10-09 08:54:45Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA). 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2021). Primnoid octocorals (Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) — Part 3. Thouarella, and additional records of other primnoid species. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 133: 1-67. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metafannyella)
To Genbank