Genus Cavernularia Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

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• Cavernularia Valenciennes, A. in Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1850. A monograph of the British fossil corals. Part 1: Intoduction; corals from the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations. London : Palaeontological Society pp. i-lxxxv + 1-71. [84].

  Type species:

   Cavernularia obesa Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 by monotypy.
• Sarcobelemnon Herklots, J.A. 1858. Notices pour servir a l'étude des polypiers nageurs ou pennatulides. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 7: 1-31 [25].

  Type species:

   Sarcobelemnon elegans Herklots, 1858 by monotypy.
• Stylobelemnon Kolliker, R.A. 1872. Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 7/8: 1-458 [336].

  Type species:

   Stylobelemnon pusillum Kölliker, 1872 by monotypy.
• Cavernulina Kükenthal, W. & Broch, H. 1911. Pennatulacea. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 13(1)(2): 113-576 [172].

  Type species:

   Cavernulina cylindrica Kükenthal & Broch, 1911 by monotypy.
• ?Fusticularia Simpson, J.J. 1905. A new cavernularid from Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 15: 561-565 [561].

  Type species:

   Fusticularia herdmani Simpson, 1905 by monotypy.
• ?Parabelemnon Thomson, J.A., In Thomson J.A & Simpson, J.J 1909. An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Survey Ship Investigator in the Indian Ocean; with a report on the species of Dendronephthya by W.D. Henderson. 2. The Alcyonarians of the littoral area. Calcutta : The Indian Museum pp. i-xviii + 1-319, pls 1-9 [8-15]. [307].

  Type species:

   Parabelemnon indicum Thomson & Simpson, 1909 by monotypy.
• ?Stylobelemnoides Thomson, J.A. & Henderson, W.D. 1905. Report on the Alcyonaria collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. Part 3, Supplementary Report 20. pp. 269-328 [325].

  Type species:

   Stylobelemnoides herdmani 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 [105-106]

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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