Hemicorallium

Hemicorallium
Holotype specimen of Hemicorallium meraboshi. The scale bar is 10 mm.
A unknown Hemicorallium sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Coralliidae
Genus: Hemicorallium
Gray, 1867
Diversity
26 species

Hemicorallium is a genus of octocorallid corals that belongs to the family Coralliidae. They are found in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Distribution

Members of this genus are distributed across both the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean’s. They tend to inhabit particularly deep waters. Most species seem to originate in the Pacific around Hawaii and the Sea of Japan. There is a notable lack of species from the Indian Ocean.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of genus Hemicorallium has undergone multiple resurrections and reorganisations with further need for reclassification possibly needed.

Species

There are currently 26 described species within this genus. However there may be many undescribed species due to their hard to access deep water habitats allowing for poor sampling opportunities. A list of species can be found below:

References

  1. 1 2 "Hemicorallium Gray, 1867". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 Koido, Tatsuki (2026-04-20). "A new species of Hemicorallium (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Coralliidae), along with a revised identification key to species of the genus". ZooKeys (1277): 339–354. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1277.184620. ISSN 1313-2970.
  3. 1 2 3 Hu, Xuying; Zhang, Qian; Ge, Meiling; Li, Xinlong; Wang, Zongling; Zhang, Xuelei; Xu, Qinzeng (2025-02-14). "Two new species of deep-sea Red Corals (Coralliidae, Genus Hemicorallium Gray, 1867) from the western Indian Ocean". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 101 (1): 317–339. doi:10.3897/zse.101.139350. ISSN 1860-0743.
  4. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hemicorallium Gray, 1867". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  5. ↑ Nonaka, Masanori & Takata, Kenji & Yasuda, Nina. (2025). A New Species of the Genus Hemicorallium (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Scleralcyonacea: Coralliidae) Collected from Okinawa Island. Species Diversity. 30. 193-206. 10.12782/specdiv.30.193.