Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Malacalcyonacea > Family Clavulariidae > Genus Clavularia

Clavularia arctica (Sars, 1860)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rhizoxenia Ehrenberg, 1834

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clavularia*	Blainville, 1830	accepted genus name
*Rhizoxenia*	Ehrenberg, 1834	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Arctic club coral sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: corail arctique

Literature

basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Weinberg, S. (1986). Mediterranean Octocorallia: description of Clavularia carpediem n. sp. and synonymy of Clavularia crassa and C. ochracea on etho-ecological grounds. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 56(2): 232-246.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium. 279-296.
additional source	Grieg, J.A. (1891). Tre nordiske Alcyonarier. Bergens Museums Aarsberetning for 1890. 2: 1-13, plate 1.
additional source	Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S. 5(13): 1-65.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Clavularia arctica (Sars, 1860). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125337