Eleutherobia somaliensis Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
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 somaliensis Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
- Name authority
- Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classOctocorallia Haeckel, 1866
- orderMalacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
- familyAlcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
- genusEleutherobia Pütter, 1900
- speciesEleutherobia somaliensis Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eleutherobia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eleutherobia imaharai Bryce, Poliseno, Alderslade & Vargas, 2015 | AlcyoniidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eleutherobia rigida (Pütter, 1900) | AlcyoniidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eleutherobia sumbawaensis Verseveldt & Bayer, 1988 | AlcyoniidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eleutherobia vinadigitaria Williams & Little, 2001 | AlcyoniidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- 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, 245:1–24131. 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:398W6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.