Species Viminella gracilis (Wright & Studer, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scirpearella gracilis Wright, E.P. & Studer, Th. 1889. Report on the Alcyonaria collected 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 31: 1-314 [156].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1889.5.27.93 specimen in alcohol.
• Scirpearia flagellum Thomson, J.A. & Russell, E.S. 1910. Alcyonarians collected on the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Part 1. the Axifera. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 13(2): 139-164 [163].
• Scirpearia profunda Simpson, J.J. 1910. A revision of the Gorgonellidae:1, the Juncellid group. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 28 B(7): 247-386 [312].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Utinomi, H. 1975. Octocorallia collected by trawling in the western Australia. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 22(5): 237-266 [253]

Generic Combinations

• Viminella gracilis (Wright & Studer, 1889). —
  Utinomi, H. 1975. Octocorallia collected by trawling in the western Australia. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 22(5): 237-266 [253]

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

History of changes