Genus Briareum Blainville, 1830
- Briareum Blainville, H.M.D. de 1830. Zoophytes. In, Levrault, F.G. (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Paris : Le Normat Tome 60 546 pp, 68 pls (+ pp. 547-631). [484].
Type species:
Briareum gorgonoideum Blainville, 1830 (= Alcyonium asbestina Pallas, 1766) by monotypy. - Pachyclavularia Roule, L. 1908. Alcyonaires d'Amboine. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 16: 161-194 [165-167].
Type species:
Pachyclavularia recta Roule, 1908 (= Clavularia violacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) by monotypy. - Solenopodium Kükenthal, W. 1916. System und Stammesgeschichte der Scleraxonier und der Ursprung der Holaxonier. Zoologischer Anzeiger 47(6): 170-183 [172].
Type species:
Erythropodium stechei Kükenthal, 1908 by subsequent designation, see Kukenthal, W. 1916. Die Gorgonarien Westindiens Kap. 1, Die Scleraxonier; 2, Uber den Venusfacher; 3, die Gattung Xiphigorgia H.M. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Supplement 11(4): 443-504 [468]. - Asbestia Nardo, G.D. 1845. Distribuzione naturale in ordine, famiglie e generi della classe dei zoofiti (Blainville. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Bologna 2 3: 104-109 [106].
Type species:
Alcyonium asbestinum Pallas, 1766 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bayer, F.M. in Wagenaar Hummelinck, P. (ed.) 1961. Studies of the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. The Hague : Martnus Nijhoff Vol. XII edn 1, pp. 1-373, plates I-XXVII. [61]
- Fabricius, K. & Alderslade, P. 2001. Soft Corals and Sea Fans. A comprehensive guide to the shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Townsville, Queensland, Australia : Australian Institute of Marine Science pp. i-viii + 1-264. [156]
Notes
General References
Benayahu, Y. 1997. A review of three alcyonacean families (Octocorallia) from Guam. Micronesica 30: 207-244
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Aug-2022 | OCTOCORALLIA Haeckel, 1866 | 06-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Phil Alderslade |
05-Aug-2022 | OCTOCORALLIA Haeckel, 1866 | 13-Aug-2013 | MOVED | Dr Phil Alderslade |
05-Aug-2022 | 14-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Aug-2022 | 29-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
16-Mar-2010 | (import) |