Original genusVirgularia Lamarck, 1816Relationships towards this taxonGenus group namesLiteraturebasis of record | Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - 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. 105-106. | additional source | Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. | additional source | Jungersen, H.F.E. (1904). Pennatulida. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(1): 1-95, plates 1-3. | additional source | Kükenthal, W. (1915). Pennatularia. Das Tierreich. 43: 1-132. | additional source | Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140. | 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 | Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 47(11): 379-390. | additional source | Hickson, S.J. (1930). Some Alcyonarians from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1930(14): 209-227, plates 1-3. | additional source | López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. Scientia Marina. 65(1), 59-74. | additional source | Kölliker, A. von. (1870). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 7: 487-602. | additional source | Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 51(2): 19-103. | additional source | Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands. 12:1-373, pls. 1-23. | additional source | Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. | additional source | Kükenthal, W.; Broch, H. (1911). Pennatulacea. Wissensch. Ergebn. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition "Valdivia". 13(1), 2: i-iv + 113-576, plates 13-29. |
 
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CitationMcFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Stylatula elegans (Danielssen, 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:128537ImageOccurrence
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marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial
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Red List status LC 2009
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