WoRMS taxon details
Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
210004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210004)
accepted
Species
Xenia fuscescens Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xenia fuscescens Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 277 [details]
page(s): 277 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210004 on 2024-08-16
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(of Xenia fuscescens Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 277 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 1-73, plates 1-15.
page(s): 4, 62 [details]
additional source 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]
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): 54-55 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1990). Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea, with the description of a new species. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 64(9): 113-120.
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 344, 352 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie.</em> 6: 1-193.
page(s): 54-55 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1972). Nouvel apport d'Octocoralliares de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Tethys.</em> Suppl. 3: 11-68., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/REF/som/T-pdf/1972_s3-11.pdf
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Octocoralliaires de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 21: 1-456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60030792
page(s): 370-371 [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): 102-104 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1904). Uber einige Korallentiere des Roten Meeres. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 11(1): 31-58, plates 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39299864
page(s): 34-38 [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): 140 [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): 165, 168 [details]
additional source Ben-David-Zaslow, R.; Benayahu, Y. (1996). Longevity, competence and energetic content in planulae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 206, 55-68
page(s): 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 [details]
additional source Achituv, Y.; Benayahu, Y.; Hanania, J. (1992). Planulae brooding and acquisition of zooxanthellae in Xenia macrospiculata (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 46, 301-310
page(s): 302, 308, 309 [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, 83 [details]
additional source Rossi, S.; Gili, J.; Coma, R.; Linares, C.; Gori, A.; Vert, N. (2006). Temporal variation in protein, carbohydrate, and lipid concentrations in Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Octocorallia): evidence for summer-autumn feeding constraints. Marine Biology, 149, 643-651
page(s): 648 [details]
additional source Kruger, A.; Schleyer, M. H.; Benayahu, Y. (1998). Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia: Xeniidae). I. Gametogenesis and larval brooding. Marine Biology, 131, 423-432
page(s): 423, 429, 430, 431 [details]
additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 477 [details]
additional source Gohar, H. A. F. (1940). The development of some Xeniidae (Alcyonaria) (with some ecological aspects). Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al Ghardaqa (Red Sea), 3, 27-78, plates I-V
page(s): 29, 32, 33, 34, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 54, 57, 61, 64, 78 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Yosief, T.; Schleyer, M. H. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) of the southern Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 48, 273-283
page(s): 279 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 57 [details]
additional source Ben-David-Zaslow, R.; Henning, G.; Hofmann, D. K.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). Reproduction in the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: seasonality and long-term record (1991 to 1997). Marine Biology, 133, 553-559
page(s): 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1986). Sexual reproduction of a soft coral: synchronous and brief annual spawning of Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Biological Bulletin, 170, 32-42
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Hwang, S. J.; Song, J. I. (2007). Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae). Marine Biology, 152, 273-284
page(s): 282, 283 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Berner, T.; Achituv, Y. (1989). Development of planulae within a mesogleal coat in the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. Marine Biology, 100, 203-210
page(s): 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Achituv, Y.; Berner, T. (1988). Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Marine Biology, 100, 93-101
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Schleyer, M. H. (1998). Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia: Xeniidae). II. Transmission of algal symbionts during planular brooding. Marine Biology, 131, 433-442
page(s): 433, 434 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1991). Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Hydrobiologia, 216/217, 125-130
page(s): 125, 126, 127, 128, 129 [details]
additional source Cordes, E. E.; Nybakken, J. W.; VanDykhuizen, G. (2001). Reproduction and growth of Anthomastus ritteri (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Monterey Bay, California, USA. Marine Biology, 138, 491-501
page(s): 497 [details]
additional source Yacobovitch, T.; Weis, V. M.; Benayahu, Y. (2003). Development and survivorship of zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate primary polyps of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: laboratory and field comparisons. Marine Biology, 142, 1055-1063
page(s): 1055, 1056, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1983). Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Biological Bulletin, 165, 353-369
page(s): 354, 366 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B. (1997). Different modes of adaptation to light conditions in Red Sea Xeniidae reflected by their depth distribution patterns (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 393-402
page(s): 396, 398, 400 [details]
page(s): 277 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 1-73, plates 1-15.
page(s): 4, 62 [details]
additional source 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]
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): 54-55 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1990). Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea, with the description of a new species. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 64(9): 113-120.
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
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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): 344, 352 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie.</em> 6: 1-193.
page(s): 54-55 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1972). Nouvel apport d'Octocoralliares de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Tethys.</em> Suppl. 3: 11-68., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/REF/som/T-pdf/1972_s3-11.pdf
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Octocoralliaires de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 21: 1-456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60030792
page(s): 370-371 [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): 102-104 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1904). Uber einige Korallentiere des Roten Meeres. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 11(1): 31-58, plates 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39299864
page(s): 34-38 [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): 140 [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): 165, 168 [details]
additional source Ben-David-Zaslow, R.; Benayahu, Y. (1996). Longevity, competence and energetic content in planulae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 206, 55-68
page(s): 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 [details]
additional source Achituv, Y.; Benayahu, Y.; Hanania, J. (1992). Planulae brooding and acquisition of zooxanthellae in Xenia macrospiculata (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 46, 301-310
page(s): 302, 308, 309 [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, 83 [details]
additional source Rossi, S.; Gili, J.; Coma, R.; Linares, C.; Gori, A.; Vert, N. (2006). Temporal variation in protein, carbohydrate, and lipid concentrations in Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Octocorallia): evidence for summer-autumn feeding constraints. Marine Biology, 149, 643-651
page(s): 648 [details]
additional source Kruger, A.; Schleyer, M. H.; Benayahu, Y. (1998). Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia: Xeniidae). I. Gametogenesis and larval brooding. Marine Biology, 131, 423-432
page(s): 423, 429, 430, 431 [details]
additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 477 [details]
additional source Gohar, H. A. F. (1940). The development of some Xeniidae (Alcyonaria) (with some ecological aspects). Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al Ghardaqa (Red Sea), 3, 27-78, plates I-V
page(s): 29, 32, 33, 34, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 54, 57, 61, 64, 78 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Yosief, T.; Schleyer, M. H. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) of the southern Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 48, 273-283
page(s): 279 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 57 [details]
additional source Ben-David-Zaslow, R.; Henning, G.; Hofmann, D. K.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). Reproduction in the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: seasonality and long-term record (1991 to 1997). Marine Biology, 133, 553-559
page(s): 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1986). Sexual reproduction of a soft coral: synchronous and brief annual spawning of Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Biological Bulletin, 170, 32-42
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Hwang, S. J.; Song, J. I. (2007). Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae). Marine Biology, 152, 273-284
page(s): 282, 283 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Berner, T.; Achituv, Y. (1989). Development of planulae within a mesogleal coat in the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. Marine Biology, 100, 203-210
page(s): 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Achituv, Y.; Berner, T. (1988). Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Marine Biology, 100, 93-101
page(s): 100 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Schleyer, M. H. (1998). Reproduction in Anthelia glauca (Octocorallia: Xeniidae). II. Transmission of algal symbionts during planular brooding. Marine Biology, 131, 433-442
page(s): 433, 434 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1991). Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Hydrobiologia, 216/217, 125-130
page(s): 125, 126, 127, 128, 129 [details]
additional source Cordes, E. E.; Nybakken, J. W.; VanDykhuizen, G. (2001). Reproduction and growth of Anthomastus ritteri (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Monterey Bay, California, USA. Marine Biology, 138, 491-501
page(s): 497 [details]
additional source Yacobovitch, T.; Weis, V. M.; Benayahu, Y. (2003). Development and survivorship of zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate primary polyps of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: laboratory and field comparisons. Marine Biology, 142, 1055-1063
page(s): 1055, 1056, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1983). Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Biological Bulletin, 165, 353-369
page(s): 354, 366 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B. (1997). Different modes of adaptation to light conditions in Red Sea Xeniidae reflected by their depth distribution patterns (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 393-402
page(s): 396, 398, 400 [details]
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Nontype MNB 6912 [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1938.3.20.7, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMW C.16674, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMW C.2246, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 11852, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 12850, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23559, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23560, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23561, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23562, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23563, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23564, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23565, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23566, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23567, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23964, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 5013, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 8913 [details]
Nontype RMNH 8915, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH Coel. 6698, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMH C3250, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31237, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31298, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heteroxenia fuscescens)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Xenia fuscescens Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heteroxenia fuscescens)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Xenia fuscescens Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)