WoRMS taxon details
Xenia Lamarck, 1816
204396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204396)
accepted
Genus
Actinantha Lesson, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Loridella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Wardella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xaenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted (variant spelling)
- Species Xenia amparoi Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia ashworthi Kükenthal, 1902
- Species Xenia bauiana May, 1898
- Species Xenia blumi Schenk, 1896
- Species Xenia coerulea Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Xenia crassa Schenk, 1896
- Species Xenia crispitentaculata Verseveldt, 1977
- Species Xenia cylindrica Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia dayi Tixier-Durivault, 1959
- Species Xenia delicata Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia depressa Kükenthal, 1909
- Species Xenia distorta Tixier-Durivault, 1966
- Species Xenia elongata Dana, 1846
- Species Xenia felicianoi Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia fimbriata Utinomi, 1955
- Species Xenia fisheri Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia flava Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia flexibilis Halász, McFadden, Toonen & Benayahu, 2019
- Species Xenia fusca Schenk, 1896
- Species Xenia garciae Bourne, 1895
- Species Xenia grasshoffi Verseveldt, 1974
- Species Xenia hicksoni Ashworth, 1899
- Species Xenia humilis Verseveldt, 1977
- Species Xenia intermedia Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia konohana Koido, Imahara & Fukami, 2022
- Species Xenia kuekenthali Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia kusimotoensis Utinomi, 1955
- Species Xenia lepida Verseveldt, 1971
- Species Xenia lillieae Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia mayi Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia medusoides May, 1898
- Species Xenia membranacea Schenk, 1896
- Species Xenia mucosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
- Species Xenia multipinnata (Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
- Species Xenia multispiculata Kükenthal, 1909
- Species Xenia novaebritanniae Ashworth, 1900
- Species Xenia novaecaledoniae Verseveldt, 1974
- Species Xenia puertogalerae Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia quinqueserta May, 1898
- Species Xenia rubens Schenk, 1896
- Species Xenia sansibariana May, 1899
- Species Xenia schenki Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia sexseriata Verseveldt, 1977
- Species Xenia spicata Li, 1982
- Species Xenia stellifera Verseveldt, 1977
- Species Xenia ternatana Schenk, 1896
- Species Xenia tripartita Roxas, 1933
- Species Xenia tumbatuana May, 1898
- Species Xenia umbellata Lamarck, 1816
- Species Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896
- Species Xenia actuosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979 accepted as Xenia sansibariana May, 1899 (synonym)
- Species Xenia ainex Reinicke, 1997 accepted as Ovabunda ainex (Reinicke, 1997) (original combination)
- Species Xenia arabica Reinicke, 1995 accepted as Ovabunda arabica (Reinicke, 1995) (original combination)
- Species Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995 accepted as Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995) (original combination)
- Species Xenia biseriata Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 accepted as Ovabunda biseriata (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) (original combination)
- Species Xenia capensis (Hickson, 1900) accepted as Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900) (changed combination)
- Species Xenia caribaeorum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Erythropodium caribaeorum (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Xenia crenata Reinicke, 1997 accepted as Ovabunda crenata (Reinicke, 1997) (original combination)
- Species Xenia crista Reinicke, 1997 accepted as Ovabunda arabica (Reinicke, 1995) (synonym)
- Species Xenia crosslandi Kükenthal, 1914 accepted as Anthelia glauca Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
- Species Xenia desjardiniana Templeton, 1835 accepted as Clavularia desjardiniana (Templeton, 1835) (original combination)
- Species Xenia elisabethae (Kölliker, 1874) accepted as Heteroxenia elisabethae Kölliker, 1874 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Xenia esperi Schweigger, 1819 accepted as Alcyonium spongiosum Esper, 1829 (synonym)
- Species Xenia faraunensis Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 accepted as Ovabunda faraunensis (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) (original combination)
- Species Xenia florida (Lesson, 1826) accepted as Xenia danae Verrill, 1869 (synonym)
- Species Xenia florida Dana, 1846 accepted as Xenia danae Verrill, 1869 (synonym (authority incorrect))
- Species Xenia fuscescens Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834) (original combination)
- Species Xenia gohari Reinicke, 1997 accepted as Ovabunda gohari (Reinicke, 1997) (original combination)
- Species Xenia hamsina Reinicke, 1997 accepted as Ovabunda hamsina (Reinicke, 1997) (original combination)
- Species Xenia impulsatilla Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 accepted as Ovabunda impulsatilla (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) (original combination)
- Species Xenia macrospiculata Gohar, 1940 accepted as Ovabunda macrospiculata (Gohar, 1940) (original combination)
- Species Xenia miniata Reinicke, 1997 accepted as Ovabunda impulsatilla (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) (synonym)
- Species Xenia multipinnata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Cespitularia multipinnata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (changed combination)
- Species Xenia nana Hickson, 1931 accepted as Aldersladum nana (Hickson, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Xenia obscuronata Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 accepted as Ovabunda biseriata (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) (synonym)
- Species Xenia plicata Schenk, 1896 accepted as Xenia blumi Schenk, 1896 (synonym)
- Species Xenia purpurea Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Dendronephthya florida (Esper, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Xenia rigida Thomson & Henderson, 1906 accepted as Xenia crosslandi Kükenthal, 1914 accepted as Anthelia glauca Lamarck, 1816 (pre-occupied)
- Species Xenia rigida May, 1899 accepted as Heteroxenia rigida (May, 1899) (original combination)
- Species Xenia subviridis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Cespitularia subviridis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Xenia uniserta Kükenthal, 1902 accepted as Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902) (original combination)
- Species Xenia verseveldti Benayahu, 1990 accepted as Ovabunda verseveldti (Benayahu, 1990) (original combination)
- Species Xenia viridus Schenk, 1896 accepted as Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896 (unaccepted > misspelling)
- Species Xenia wandeli (Jungersen, 1892) accepted as Ceratocaulon wandeli Jungersen, 1892 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Xenia caerulea Ehrenberg, 1834 represented as Xenia coerulea Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Xenia antarctica Kükenthal, 1902 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Xenia brunnea Saville Kent, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Xenia capitata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Xenia danae Verrill, 1869 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Xenia indivisa Sars, 1857 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Xenia ochracea Saville Kent, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Xenia pulsitans Saville Kent, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Xenia samoensis Kölliker, 1865 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. <em>Paris. Verdière.</em> Vol. 2 pp. 1-568., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 409-410 [details]
page(s): 409-410 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Xenia Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204396 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. <em>Paris. Verdière.</em> Vol. 2 pp. 1-568., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 409-410 [details]
original description (of Xaenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
original description (of Loridella 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): 126-127 [details]
original description (of Wardella 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): 127 [details]
basis of record Benayahu, Y (1993). Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean. I. Alcyonacea from Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 67. 16 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1973). Octocorallia from north-western Madagascar (Part IIIA). <em>Koninkl. Nederl. Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Proceedings Ser. C.</em> 76(1): 69-84.
page(s): 70 [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): 245 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2001). Six new genera and six new species of soft coral, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10:15-65.
page(s): 57 [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 [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 [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): 55 [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): 347, 352 [details]
additional source May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 66-80 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1931). The alcyonarian family Xeniidae, with a revision of the genera and species. <em>Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929, Scientific Reports.</em> 4(5): 137-185., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516703 [details]
additional source Shann, E.W. (1912). Observations on some Alcyonaria from Singapore, with a brief discussion on the classification of the family Nephthyidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1912 (3-4): 505-527, plates 61-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43069379
page(s): 509 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26, 40, 41, 45, 46, 54, 136, 138-139, 142, 146 [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, 141 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 239, 240, 244, 250 [details]
additional source Dullo, W.; Gektidis, M.; Golubic, S.; Heiss, G. A.; Kampmann, H.; Kiene, W.; Kroll, D. K.; Kuhrau, M. L.; Radtke, G.; Reijmer, J. G.; Reinicke, G. B.; Schlichter, D.; Schuhmacher, H.; Vogel, K. (1995). Factors controlling Holocene reef growth: an interdisciplinary approach. Facies, 32, 145-188
page(s): 162 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
page(s): 12, 47 [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): 82 [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, 75, 76, 77, 79 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 409-410 [details]
original description (of Xaenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
original description (of Loridella 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): 126-127 [details]
original description (of Wardella 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): 127 [details]
basis of record Benayahu, Y (1993). Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean. I. Alcyonacea from Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report No. 67. 16 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1973). Octocorallia from north-western Madagascar (Part IIIA). <em>Koninkl. Nederl. Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Proceedings Ser. C.</em> 76(1): 69-84.
page(s): 70 [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): 245 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2001). Six new genera and six new species of soft coral, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10:15-65.
page(s): 57 [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 [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 [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): 55 [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): 347, 352 [details]
additional source May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 66-80 [details]
additional source Hickson, S.J. (1931). The alcyonarian family Xeniidae, with a revision of the genera and species. <em>Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929, Scientific Reports.</em> 4(5): 137-185., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516703 [details]
additional source Shann, E.W. (1912). Observations on some Alcyonaria from Singapore, with a brief discussion on the classification of the family Nephthyidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1912 (3-4): 505-527, plates 61-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43069379
page(s): 509 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26, 40, 41, 45, 46, 54, 136, 138-139, 142, 146 [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, 141 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 239, 240, 244, 250 [details]
additional source Dullo, W.; Gektidis, M.; Golubic, S.; Heiss, G. A.; Kampmann, H.; Kiene, W.; Kroll, D. K.; Kuhrau, M. L.; Radtke, G.; Reijmer, J. G.; Reinicke, G. B.; Schlichter, D.; Schuhmacher, H.; Vogel, K. (1995). Factors controlling Holocene reef growth: an interdisciplinary approach. Facies, 32, 145-188
page(s): 162 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
page(s): 12, 47 [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): 82 [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, 75, 76, 77, 79 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
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