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WoRMS taxon detailsSarcophyton Lesson, 1834
205483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205483)
accepted
Genus
Areocella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophytum · unaccepted (variant spelling)
marine,
Lesson, R.P. (1834). Zoophytes. <em>Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, pendant les années 1825-1829. Zoologie.</em> Arthus Bertrand, Paris. pp. 515-519, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40172001
page(s): 517-518 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205483 on 2025-04-26
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Lesson, R.P. (1834). Zoophytes. <em>Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, pendant les années 1825-1829. Zoologie.</em> Arthus Bertrand, Paris. pp. 515-519, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40172001 page(s): 517-518 [details] original description (of Areocella Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479 page(s): 125 [details] basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1976). Alcyonacea from the Seychelles (Coelenterata Octocorallia). <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 90(3): 497-513. [details] Available for editors  [request]Taxonomystatus source
McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735 page(s): 44-45 [details] Otheradditional source
Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401.
page(s): 366, 375, 381, 401 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140. page(s): 102 [details] additional source Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 74: 237-249. page(s): 242 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290 page(s): 20, 28 [details] additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75. page(s): 71, 72 [details] additional source Reinicke, G.B. (1997). Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea, with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. <em>Fauna of Saudi Arabia.</em> 16: 5-62. page(s): 20 [details] additional source Benayahu, Y. (1998). Lobe variation in Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977 (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 63(1): 229-240. page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Verseveldt, J. (1982). A revision of the genus Sarcophyton Lesson (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 192: 1-91, plates 1-24. [details] additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040 page(s): 314 [details] additional source Utinomi, H. (1957). Minabea ozakii n. gen. et n. sp., a new remarkable alcyonarian type with dimorphic polyps. <em>Jour. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI, Zool.</em> 13: 139-146. page(s): 145 [details] additional source Moser, J. (1919). Beitrage zur eine Revision der Alcyonarien, I. Die Gattungen Sarcophyton Lesson und Lobophytum Marenzeller. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 9: 219-293, plates 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12133833 [details] additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335. page(s): 36, 37, 90, 91, 283, 314, 315 [details] additional source Williams, G. C. (1989). A review of recent research on the sublittoral coral reefs of northern Natal with a provisional assessment of findings regarding the distribution of octocorals on Two-Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science, 85, 140-141 page(s): 140 [details] additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1940). Contribution a l'étude du métabolisme du calcium et du fer chez l'Alcyonium palmatum Pallas. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 20(1): 311-379, plate 1 page(s): 372 [details] additional source Reinicke, G. B.; Schuhmacher, H. (1996). Significance of different traits of soft-coral assemblages (Octocorallia, Alcyoniina) in benthic reef communities of the Red Sea. Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie Paläontologie, Sb2, 77-84 page(s): 78, 82 [details] additional source Tanaka, J.; Yoshida, T.; Benayahu, Y. (2005). Chemical diversity of Sarcophyton soft corals in Okinawa. Galaxea, 7, 1-9 page(s): 3, 6 [details] additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10 page(s): 69, 70, 71, 74, 81, 84 [details] additional source McFadden, C. S.; Alderslade, P. N.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Johnsen, H.; Rusmevichientong, A. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia). Invertebrate Biology, 125(4): 288-305 page(s): 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 304 [details] additional source Williams, G. C. (1989). A provisional annotated list of octocorallian coelenterates occurring on the sublittoral coral reefs at Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay, northern Natal, with a key to the genera. South African Journal of Science, 85, 141-144 page(s): 142 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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