Published June 9, 2026 | Version v1

Antipathes radians Lamarck 1816

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
  • 2. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands & Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX 1 3 SZ, UK & Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK

Description

Antipathes radians Lamarck, 1816

Antipathes radians Lamarck, 1816: 308.

Possible syntypes.

• colony (dry preserved); no locality data; label “ Mus. de Paris ”; RMNH.COEL.4929 • colony (dry preserved); no locality data; label “ Mus. de Paris ”; RMNH.COEL.4930 • colony (dry preserved); no locality data; label “ Mus. de Paris ”; RMNH.COEL.49665.

Remarks.

Lamarck (1816) cited the type locality as “ la Méditerranée? ”, indicating uncertainty. The specimens listed here lack collecting locality, but bear historical labels “ Mus. de Paris ”, consistent with material originating from the Paris collections. They may represent original material, although their status cannot be confirmed. One specimen (RMNH.COEL.4929) was observed by Silvia Vicario during a visit in August 2025 and identified as an octocoral species. All specimens were observed by the second author (May 2026) and identified as gorgonian species.

Notes

Published as part of Bakker, Piet Arie Johannes & Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, 2026, Collections Unravelled: an annotated catalogue of Antipatharia (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) type material in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, pp. 817-828 in Zoosystematics and Evolution 102 (3) on pages 817-828, DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.192821

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lamarck
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Order
Antipatharia
Family
Antipathidae
Genus
Antipathes
Species
radians
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Antipathes radians Lamarck, 1816 sec. Bakker & Samimi-Namin, 2026

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