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Eleutherobia rigida (Pütter, 1900)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eleutherobia rigida (Pütter, 1900)
Name authority
(Pütter, 1900)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Octocorallia
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Family
Alcyoniidae
Genus
Eleutherobia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classOctocorallia Haeckel, 1866
  5. orderMalacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
  6. familyAlcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
  7. genusEleutherobia Pütter, 1900
  8. speciesEleutherobia rigida (Pütter, 1900)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eleutherobia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eleutherobia imaharai Bryce, Poliseno, Alderslade & Vargas, 2015AlcyoniidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleutherobia somaliensis Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988AlcyoniidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleutherobia sumbawaensis Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988AlcyoniidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Eleutherobia vinadigitaria Williams & Little, 2001AlcyoniidaeCnidariaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 13 records assigned to Alcyoniidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Eleutherobia japonica Pütter, 1900 Pütter, 1900synonym
Bellonella (Eleutherobia) rigida Pütter, 1900 Pütter, 1900synonym
Nidalia gracilis Nutting, 1912 Nutting, 1912synonym
Bellonella rigida Pütter, 1900 Pütter, 1900synonym
Nidalia pellucida Kükenthal, 1906 Kükenthal, 1906synonym
Nidalia rigida (Pütter, 1900) (Pütter, 1900)ambiguous synonym
Bellonella pellucida (Kükenthal, 1906) (Kükenthal, 1906)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287764 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:398W3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.