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Lituaria Valenciennes, 1850 
AphiaID: 205229

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Sessiliflorae (Suborder) > Veretillidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Veretillidae Herklots, 1858
Sources  basis of record: Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46:351-401. [details]

additional source: Williams, G.C. Index Pennatulacea : Annotated bibliography and indexes of the sea pens of the world 1469-2002 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), available online at http://research.calacademy.org/RESEARCH/izg/index_intro.htm [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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 Species Lituaria amoyensis Koo, 1935
Species Lituaria australasiae (Gray, 1860)
Species Lituaria breve Light, 1921
Species Lituaria habereri Balss, 1910
Species Lituaria hicksoni Thomson & Simpson, 1909
Species Lituaria kuekenthali Light, 1921
Species Lituaria molle Light, 1921
Species Lituaria phalloides (Pallas, 1766)
Species Lituaria philippinensis Light, 1921
Species Lituaria valenciennes D'Hondt, 1984
Species Lituaria valenciennesi d'Hondt, 1984
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205229
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-12-04 23:00:00Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2005-06-01 21:18:29Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Lituaria Valenciennes, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205229 on 2013-05-25
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