Genus Thouarella Gray, 1870

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• Thouarella Gray, J.E. 1870. Catalogue of the lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 51 pp. [45].

  Type species:

   Primnoa antarctica Vallenciennes, 1846 by monotypy.
• ? Hookerella Gray, J.E. 1870. Catalogue of the lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 51 pp. [45].

  Type species:

   Hookarella pulchella Gray, 1870 by monotypy.
• Rhapalonella Roule, L. 1908. Alcyonaires. Exped. Antarct. Franc. (1903–1905). Sciences Naturelles: Documents Scientifiques 15: 1–6, pl. 1. [2-3].

  Type species:

   Rhopalonella pendulina Roule, 1908 by monotypy.
• Primnodendron Nutting, C.C. 1912. Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U.S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross", mainly in Japanese waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43: 1-104 [70].

  Type species:

   Primnodendron superbum Nutting, 1912 by monotypy.
• Thouarella (Euthouarella) Kükenthal, W. 1915. System und Stammesgeschichte der Primnoidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 46(5): 142-158 [149].

  Type species:

   Plumarella hilgendorfi Studer, 1878 by subsequent designation, see Bayer, F.M. 1956. Octocorallia, with a section on Trachypsammicea. pp. F166-F231 in Moore, R. C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Coelenterata. Kansas : University of Kansas Press. [F220].
• Thouarella (Parathouarella) Kükenthal, W. 1915. System und Stammesgeschichte der Primnoidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 46(5): 142-158 [150].

  Type species (included species):

   Primnoa antarctica Valenciennes, 1864
• Thouarella (Epithouarella) Kükenthal, W. 1915. System und Stammesgeschichte der Primnoidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 46(5): 142-158 [150].

  Type species:

   Thouarella crenelata Kükenthal, 1915 by subsequent designation, see Bayer, F.M. 1956. Octocorallia, with a section on Trachypsammicea. pp. F166-F231 in Moore, R. C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Coelenterata. Kansas : University of Kansas Press. [F220].

General References

Alderslade, P., Althaus, F., McEnnulty, F., Gowlett-Holmes, K. & Williams, A. 2014. Australia's deep-water octocoral fauna: historical account and checklist, distributions and regional affinities of recent collections. Zootaxa 3796(3): 435–452

Taylor, M.L., Cairns, S.D., Agnew, D. & Rogers, A.D. 2013. A revision of the genus Thouarella Gray, 1870 (Octocorallia: Primnoidae), including an illustrated dichotomous key, a new species description, and comments on Plumarella Gray, 1870 and Dasystenella, Versluys, 1906. Zootaxa 3602(1): 1-105

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