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

Bebryce mollis Philippi, 1842

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bebryce*	Philippi, 1842	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: supple sea fan 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 mou

Literature

original description	Philippi, A. (1842). Zoologische Beobachtungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 8(1): 33-45, plate 1.
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	Utinomi, H. (1976). A review of the Japanese species of Alcyonium, with descriptions of two new species and an almost forgotten rare species (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 23(3/5): 191-204.
additional source	Bayer, F. M. (1994). A new species of the gorgonacean genus Bebryce (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Papua-New Guinea. Bulletin of Marine Science. 54(2):546-553.
additional source	Ramvilas, G.; Alderslade, P.; Ranjeet, K. (2023). The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighboring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice. Zootaxa. 5236: 1-124.
additional source	Bo, M.; Tazioli, S.; Spanò, N.; Bavestrello, G. (2008). Antipathella subpinnata (Antipatharia, Myriopathidae) in Italian seas. Italian Journal of Zoology, 75(2): 185-195
additional source	Tixier-Durivault, A. (1972). Nouvel apport d'Octocoralliares de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. Tethys. Suppl. 3: 11-68.
additional source	Grasshoff, M. (1977). Die Gorgonarien des östlichen Nordatlantik und des Mittelmeeres III. Die Familie Paramuriceidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). "Meteor" Forsch.-Ergebnisse, Reihe D. 27: 5-76.
additional source	Riess, M. (1929). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 8. Die Familie Muriceidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement. 16: 377-420, plate 8.
additional source	Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
additional source	Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
additional source	Carpine, C., Grasshoff, M. (1975). Les gorgonaires de la Méditerranée. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 7(430), 140 p.
additional source	Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 53: 1-317, plates 1-37.
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	von Koch, G. (1882). Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Gorgonien (Alcyonaria axifera) von Neapel und über die Entwicklung der Gorgonia verrucosa. Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 3 (4):537-550.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Bebryce mollis Philippi, 1842. 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:125380