Ellisella quadrilineata (Simpson, 1910)
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
- Ellisella quadrilineata (Simpson, 1910)
- Name authority
- (Simpson, 1910)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Octocorallia
- Order
- Scleralcyonacea
- Family
- Ellisellidae
- Genus
- Ellisella
- 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
- orderScleralcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022
- familyEllisellidae Gray, 1859
- genusEllisella Gray, 1858
- speciesEllisella quadrilineata (Simpson, 1910)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ellisella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ellisella acacesia Grasshoff, 1999 | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella andamanensis (Simpson, 1910) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sea whipEllisella atlantica (Toeplitz in Kükenthal, 1919) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella aurantiaca (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella ceylonensis (Simpson, 1910) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella divisa (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella eustala Grasshoff, 1999 | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella funiculina (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella limbaughi Bayer, 1960 | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella marisrubri (Stiasny, 1938) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella nivea (Bayer & Grasshoff, 1995) | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ellisella paraplexauroides Stiasny, 1936 | EllisellidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ctenocella (Ellisella) quadrilineata (Simpson, 1910) (Simpson, 1910) | synonym |
| Scirpearia quadrilineata Simpson, 1910 Simpson, 1910 | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291878 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:39BQP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.