List of Mediterranean Octocorallia

from the book "Das Mittelmeer, Fauna, Flora, Ökologie, Band II/1, Bestimmungsführer", Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, ed: Robert Hofrichter (2003)

compiled by Stephen Weinberg, Oscar Ocaña and Manfrd Grasshoff

Class Anthozoa  

Subclass Octocorallia Haeckel, 1866

1) Order Pennatulacea Verrill, 1865

Suborder Sessilliflorae Kükenthal, 1915

Family Veretillidae Herklots, 1858  

Genus Veretillum Cuvier, 1798

-          Veretillum cynomorium (Pallas, 1766)  

 

Family Kophobelemnidae Gray, 1860  

Genus Kophobelemnon Asbjörnsen, 1856

-          Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Müller, 1776)  

Family Funiculidae Gray, 1860  

Genus Funiculina Lamarck, 1816

-          Funiculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766)

Suborder Subsessilliflorae Kükenthal, 1915

Family Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868

Genus Virgularia Lamarck, 1816

-          Virgularia mirabilis (Müller, 1776)

 

Family Pennatulidae Ehrenberg, 1828 

Genus Pennatula Linneaus, 1758

-          Pennatula phosphorea Kükenthal, 1915

-          Pennatula rubra Pallas, 1766

 

Family Pteroeididae Kölliker, 1880

Genus Pteroeides Herklots, 1858

-          Pteroeides gryseum (Pallas, 1766)

 

2) Order Alcyonacea Lamouroux, 1816

a) Soft corals

Suborder Stolonifera Hickson, 1883

Family Cornulariidae Dana, 1846  

Genus Cervera López-González, Ocaña, García-Gómez and Nuñez, 1995

-          Cervera atlantica (Johnson, 1861)  (Anthelia inermis Bérenguier. 1954)

Genus Cornularia Lamarck, 1816

-          Cornularia cornucopiae (Pallas, 1766)  

 

Family Clavulariidae  Hickson, 1894  

Genus Clavularia De Blainville, 1830

-          Clavularia crassa (Milne-Edwards, 1848)

-          Clavularia marioni (Koch, 1891)  

-          Clavularia carpediem (Weinberg, 1986)  

Genus Sarcodictyon Forbes, 1847

-          Sarcodictyon catenatum Forbes, 1847

Genus Scleranthelia Studer, 1878

-          Scleranthelia microsclera  López-Gonzáles, Ocaña and García-Gómez, 1995  

-          Scleranthelia rugosa  (Pourtalés, 1867)  (S. musiva Studer, 1878)

Genus Rolandia De Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900

-          Rolandia coralloides (De Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900 (R. rosea Weinberg, 1978)  

 Suborder Alcyoniina Lamouroux, 1816

Family Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812

Genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758

-          Alcyonium palmatum Pallas, 1766

-          Alcyonium acaule Marion, 1878

-          Alcyonium coralloides (Pallas, 1766) (Parerythropodium coralloides)

 

 Family Maasellidae Poche 1914

Genus Maasella Poche, 1914

-          Maasella edwardsii (De Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888)  

Genus Paralcyonium Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850

-          Paralcyonium spinulosum (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (P. elegans)

b) Gorgonians

 Suborder Scleraxonia Studer, 1887

Family Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1802

Genus Corallium Cuvier, 1798

-          Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

 Suborder Holaxonia Studer, 1887

Family Plexauridae Gray, 1859

Genus Paramuricea Kölliker, 1865

-           Paramuricae clavata (Risso, 1826) (P. chamaeleon)

-           Paramuricae macrospina (Koch, 1882)

Genus Spinimuricea Grasshoff, 1992

-          Spinimuricae klavereni Carpine and Grasshoff, 1975

Genus Placogorgia Wright and Studer, 1887

-           Placogorgia coronata Carpine and Grasshoff, 1975

-           Placogorgia massiliensis Carpine and Grasshoff, 1975

Genus Muriceides Wright and Studer, 1887

-           Muriceides lepida Carpine and Grasshoff, 1975

Genus Villogorgia Duchassaing and Michellotti, 1860

-           Villogorgia bebrycoides (Koch, 1887)

Genus Bebryce Philippi, 1842

-           Bebryce mollis  Philippi, 1842

Genus Swiftia Duchassaing and Michellotti, 1864

-           Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970

 

Family Acanthogorgiidae Gray, 1859

Genus Aconthogorgia Gray, 1857

-           Aconthogorgia hirsuta Gray,1857

 

Family Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812

Genus Eunicella Verrill, 1869

-          Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791) (E. stricta)  

-          Eunicella cavolinii (Koch, 1887)  

-          Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766)  

-          Eunicella filiformis Studer, 1878  

Genus Leptogorgia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857

-          Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Esper, 1789) (Lophogorgia ceratophyta)  

-          Leptogorgia viminalis (Pallas, 1766)  

 Suborder Calcaxonia Grasshoff, 1999

Family Ellisellidae Gray, 1859

Genus Ellisella Gray, 1858

-           Ellisell