WoRMS name details
Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902)
287960 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287960)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (possibly a synonym of Malalacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900))
Species
Xenia uniserta Kükenthal, 1902 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xenia uniserta Kükenthal, 1902) Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Alcyonarien aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25(688): 299-303., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904161
page(s): 299 [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287960 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Xenia uniserta Kükenthal, 1902) Kükenthal, W. (1902). Diagnosen neuer Alcyonarien aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefseeexpedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25(688): 299-303., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9904161
page(s): 299 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Williams, G.C. (1987). The aberrant and monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) endemic to southern Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21: 1337-1346.
page(s): 1344 [details]
page(s): 1344 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7.
page(s): 33, 51 [details]
additional source Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7.
page(s): 33, 51 [details]
