Synonyms (3)

• Acanella simplex Verrill, 1883 (original combination)
• Ceratoisis simplex (Verrill, 1883) (synonym, speelling variation of Keratoisis)
• Keratoisis simplex (Verrill, 1883) (synonym)

• Hypotype YPM IZ 078709; Gulf of Mexico; Yucatan Bank; N of Yucatan Bank, 804-804 fm

Primary references

• Verrill, A.E. 1883. Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 11: 1-72, plates I-VIII. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Deichmann, E. 1936. The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 53: 1–308, 37 pls. BHL Reference page.  p.248