WoRMS name details
Nephthea hirsuta Tixier-Durivault, 1966
213043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213043)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Nephthea Audouin, 1828 accepted as Litophyton Forskål, 1775
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 298-301 [details]
page(s): 298-301 [details]
Note MNHN holotype was re-examined. Despite...
Type material MNHN holotype was re-examined. Despite disintegrated sclerites it was obvious that the species belongs to Stereonephthya [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Nephthea hirsuta Tixier-Durivault, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213043 on 2024-08-17
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
original description
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): 298-301 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1976). Alcyonacea from the Seychelles (Coelenterata Octocorallia. <em>Rev. Zool. Afr.</em> 90(3): 497-513. [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 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): 60 [details] Available for editors
[request]
status source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 567: 1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 298-301 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1976). Alcyonacea from the Seychelles (Coelenterata Octocorallia. <em>Rev. Zool. Afr.</em> 90(3): 497-513. [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 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): 60 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
status source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 567: 1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
![](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/circle.gif)
![](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/circle.gif)
![](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/circle.gif)
![](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/circle.gif)
![](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/circle.gif)
From editor or global species database
Type material MNHN holotype was re-examined. Despite disintegrated sclerites it was obvious that the species belongs to Stereonephthya [details]