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

Bellonella variabilis (Studer, 1891)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rhodophyton Gray, 1865

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bellonella*	Gray, 1862	accepted genus name
*Cereopsis*	Saville Kent, 1870	synonym

Literature

basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
additional source	Studer, T. (1901). Alcyonaires provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1886-1888). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco. 20: 1-64, plates 1-11.
additional source	Verseveldt, J.; Bayer, F. M. (1988). Revision of the genera Bellonella, Eleutherobia, Nidalia and Nidaliopsis (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae and Nidalliidae), with descriptions of two new genera. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 245:1-131.
additional source	Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Bellonella variabilis (Studer, 1891). 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:289519