WoRMS name details
Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995
292065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292065)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie.</em> 6: 1-193.
page(s): 24-25 [details]
page(s): 24-25 [details]
Holotype RMNH 19664, geounit Jordanian Exclusive...
Holotype RMNH 19664, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292065 on 2025-06-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie.</em> 6: 1-193.
page(s): 24-25 [details]
new combination reference 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): 51 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 24-25 [details]
new combination reference 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): 51 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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): 29 [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): 80 [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): 394, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400 [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): 29 [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): 80 [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): 394, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400 [details]
Holotype RMNH 19664, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 19666 [details]
Nontype RMNH 19667 [details]
Nontype RMNH 19668, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23582, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23583, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype RMNH 19664, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype RMNH 19665, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
