Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Malacalcyonacea > Family Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis > Genus Thesea

Thesea talismani Grasshoff, 1986

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thesea*	Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Grasshoff, M. (1986). Die Gorgonaria der Expeditionen von « Travailleur » 1880-1882 und « Talisman » 1883 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, 4(8), 9-38.
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Thesea talismani Grasshoff, 1986. 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:125403