Genus Cladiella Gray, 1869

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Genus Cladiella Gray, 1869

Cladiella Gray, J.E. 1869. Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 3: 117-131 [125].
Type species:
Lobularia sphaerophora Ehrenberg, 1834 by subsequent designation, see Utinomi, H. 1959. Fleshy alcyonarians from southern Formosa. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 7(3): 303-312, figs 1-4 [310-311].
Sphaerella Gray, J.E. 1869. Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 3: 117-131 [122].
Type species:
Alcyonium tuberculosum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 by monotypy.
Microspicularia MacFadyen, L.M. 1936. Alcyonaria (Stolonifera, Alcyonacea, Telestacea and Gorgonacea). Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(2): 19-72 [28-29].
Type species:
Alcyonium pachyclados Klunzinger, 1877 by original designation.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Lobularia sensu Ehrenberg, 1834 [Lobularia was applied in the sense of its use by Ehrenberg 1834; the genus was established by Lamarck for several genera that did not include any species of what we now call Cladiella; Ehernberg's use of the genus did contain species now assigned to Cladiella].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west pacific; widespread from Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific islands. *** check.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Mozambique

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast
- Norfolk Island
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast, Torres Strait Islands
- Western Australia: Central W coast

Oriental Region

Andaman Islands
Ryukyu Islands (= Nansei Shoto)
Taiwan
Vietnam

Taxonomic note

Phil, do you have reference for the "Taxonomic decision for synonymy"?

General References

Bayer, F.M. 1955. Contributions to the nomenclature, systematics, and morphology of the Octocorallia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 105: 207-220 [207-208] (This paper discusses the synonyms Lobularia, Sphaerella and Microspicularia but not Cladiella)

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)
05-Aug-2022	OCTOCORALLIA Haeckel, 1866	06-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Phil Alderslade
05-Aug-2022	OCTOCORALLIA Haeckel, 1866	13-Aug-2013	MOVED	Dr Phil Alderslade
05-Aug-2022		24-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		14-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-May-2010	MODIFIED

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