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

Clavularia borealis Koren & Danielssen, 1883

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Anthelia borealis*	(Koren & Danielssen, 1883)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Northern 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 boréal

Literature

original description	Koren, J.; Danielssen, D.C. (1883). Nye Alcyonider, Gorgonider og Pennatulider tilhorende Norges Fauna. Bergens Museum Skrifter. 2: 1-38, plates 1-13.
basis of record	Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S. 5(13): 1-65.
additional source	Hickson, S.J. (1915). Some Alcyonaria and a Stylaster from the west coast of North America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1915: 541-557, plate 1.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Clavularia borealis Koren & Danielssen, 1883. 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:520680