Cnidaria (Jellyfish, Corals, Sea Anemones etc.)
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Edwardsiidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Edwardsia ivelli |
Manuel, 1975 |
Ivell's sea anenome |
1983 |
Widewater Lagoon, West Sussex, England |
Missing |
Access |
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Dendrophylliidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Rhizopsammia wellingtoni |
Wells, 1982 |
Wellington's solitary coral |
2000 |
Galápagos Archipelago |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Montastraeidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Orbicella nancyi |
(Pandolfi, 2007) |
Organ-Pipe orbicella |
82ka |
Caribbean |
Extinct |
Access |
Family: Mussidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Scolymia cubensis |
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 |
Artichoke coral |
- |
Jamaica |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Family: Oculinidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Galaxea paucisepta |
Claereboudt, 1990 |
|
(rediscovered) |
Indo-West Pacific |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Family: Pocilloporidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Pocillopora palmata |
Palmer, 1928 |
- |
Late Pleistocene |
Caribbean |
Extinct |
Access |
Order: Zoantharia
Family: Neozoanthidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Neozoanthus tulearensis |
Herberts, 1972 |
|
(rediscovered) |
Madagascar, Ryukyu Islands, Japan & Queensland, Australia |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Nidaliidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Nidalia studeri |
G. von Koch, 1891 |
- |
- |
Mediterranean |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Class: Cubozoa
Order: Carybdeida
Family: Alatinidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Alatina grandis |
Agassiz & Mayer, 1902 |
- |
- |
Arabian Sea |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Class: Hydrozoa
Subclass: Hydroidolina
Order: Anthoathecata
Family: Acaulidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Acauloides ilonae |
(Brinckmann-Voss, 1966) |
|
? |
Meditteranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Cladonematidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Staurocladia portmanni |
Brinckmann, 1964 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Corymorphidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Branchiocerianthus italicus |
Stechow, 1921 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
| Siphonohydra adriatica |
Salvini-Plawen, 1966 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Corynidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Coryne caespes |
Allman, 1871 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing or invalid |
Access |
| Coryne fucicola |
(de Filipi, 1866) |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Family: Milleporidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Millepora boschmai |
De Weerdt & Glynn, 1991 |
Boschmai's fire coral |
1997/1998 |
Gulf of Chiriquí, Panama |
"Missing" |
Access |
Family: Pandeidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Codonorchis octaedrus |
Haeckel, 1879 |
|
(rediscovered) |
Europe |
Rediscovered |
Access |
| Merga galleri |
Brinckmann, 1962 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Ptilocodiidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Tregoubovia atentaculata |
Picard, 1958 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Rathkeidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Lizzia octostyla |
(Haeckel, 1879) |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Rosalindidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Rosalinda incrustans |
Kramp, 1947 |
- |
- |
Mediterranean |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Family: Tubulariidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Hybocodon chilensis |
Hartlaub, 1905 |
- |
- |
Chile |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Aglaopheniidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Gymnangium sibogae |
(Billard, 1913) |
- |
- |
Indonesia (including the Moluccas) |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Family: Laodiceidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Melicertissa adriatica |
Neppi, 1915 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Lovenellidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Eucheilota maasi |
Neppi & Stiasny, 1911 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
| Hydranthea aloysii |
(Zoja, 1893) |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Invalid? |
Access |
Family: Melicertidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Orchistomella graeffei |
(Neppi & Stiasny, 1911) |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Invalid? |
Access |
Family: Plumulariidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Callicarpa chazaliei |
Versluys, 1899 |
- |
- |
Brazil, Florida & Venezuela |
Rediscovered |
Access |
| Plumularia syriaca |
Billard, 1931 |
|
|
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Family: Tiaropsidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Octogonade mediterranea |
Zoja, 1896 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
| Tiaropsidium mediterraneum |
(Metschnikoff, 1886) |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Subclass: Trachylinae
Order: Limnomedusae
Family: Olindiidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Astrohydra japonica |
Hashimoto, 1981 |
- |
(rediscovered) |
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
Rediscovered |
Access |
| Craspedacusta iseanum |
(Oka & Hara, 1922) |
- |
c.1922 |
Japan |
"Missing" |
Access |
Order: Narcomedusae
Family: Cuninidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Cunina polygonia |
(Haeckel, 1879) |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Invalid? |
Access |
| Cunina proboscidea |
Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871 |
|
? |
Mediterranean |
Missing |
Access |
Class: Myxozoa
Subclass: Myxosporea
Order: Bivalvulida
Family: Sphaerosporidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Sphaerospora ranae |
Morelle, 1929 |
- |
- |
? |
Rediscovered |
Access |
Class: Scyphozoa
Subclass: Discomedusae
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Catostylidae
| Scientific Name |
Author/s |
Common Name |
Last Record |
Distribution |
Status |
Taxon Profile |
| Crambione cookii |
Mayer, 1910 |
- |
- |
Queensland, Australia |
Rediscovered |
Access |
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