Genus Anthoptilum Kölliker, 1880

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• Anthoptilum Kolliker, R.A. 1880. Report on the Pennatulida, dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 1: 1-41 [13].

  Type species:

   Virgularia grandiflora Verrill, 1879 by subsequent designation, see Verrill, A.E. 1879. Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America, No 3. Brief contributions to zoology from the Museum of Yale College. XL. American Journal of Science and Arts 3 17: 239-243 [239].
• Benthoptilum Verrill, A.E. 1885. Results of the explorations made by the steamer Albatross off the northern coast of the United States in 1883. Annual Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries 1883: 503-699 [510].

  Type species:

   Benthoptilum sertum Verrill, 1885 by monotypy.
• Stephanoptilum Roule, L. 1905. Notice preliminaire sur les pennatulides recueillis par le Travailleur et le Talisman, dans l'Ocean Atlantique, au large du Maroc. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11: 454-458 [455].

  Type species:

   Stephanoptilum intermedium Roule, 1905 by monotypy.
• Thesiodes Thomson, J.A. & Henderson, W.D. 1906. An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean. Part 1. The alcyonarians of the deep sea. Calcutta : Trustees of the Indian Museum 132 pp. [91].

  Type species:

   Thesiodes inermis Thomson & Henderson, 1906 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, G.C. 1995. Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 93-140 [119] (The reference for the designation of the type species of Anthoptilum is incorrectly give as Kölliker 1880. Kükenthal & Broch 1911: 233 and Kükenthal 1915: 32 also cite that reference as including A. grandiflorum, but Kölliker did not mention the species in that paper)

Taxonomic note

genus in Oz - museum samples. Named specimens west norfolk ridge

General References

Williams, G.C. 1995. Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 93-140

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