WoRMS taxon details
Heteroxenia Kölliker, 1874
204616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204616)
accepted
Genus
Species Heteroxenia coheni Verseveldt, 1974
Species Heteroxenia elisabethae Kölliker, 1874
Species Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Species Heteroxenia ghardaqensis Gohar, 1940
Species Heteroxenia lighti Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia medioensis Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia mindorensis Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia minuta Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia palmae Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia philippinensis Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia pinnata Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia rigida (May, 1899)
Species Heteroxenia bauiana May, 1900 accepted as Xenia bauiana May, 1898 (changed combination, incorrect authority)
Species Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900 accepted as Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900) (original combination)
Species Heteroxenia elizabethae Koelliker, 1874 accepted as Heteroxenia elisabethae Kölliker, 1874 (misspelling)
Species Heteroxenia membranacea (Schenk, 1896) accepted as Xenia membranacea Schenk, 1896 (changed combination)
Species Heteroxenia multipinnata Tixier-Durivault, 1966 accepted as Xenia multipinnata (Tixier-Durivault, 1966) (original combination)
Species Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, possibly a synonym of Malalacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900))
Species Heteroxenia elisabethae Kölliker, 1874
Species Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Species Heteroxenia ghardaqensis Gohar, 1940
Species Heteroxenia lighti Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia medioensis Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia mindorensis Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia minuta Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia palmae Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia philippinensis Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia pinnata Roxas, 1933
Species Heteroxenia rigida (May, 1899)
Species Heteroxenia bauiana May, 1900 accepted as Xenia bauiana May, 1898 (changed combination, incorrect authority)
Species Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900 accepted as Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900) (original combination)
Species Heteroxenia elizabethae Koelliker, 1874 accepted as Heteroxenia elisabethae Kölliker, 1874 (misspelling)
Species Heteroxenia membranacea (Schenk, 1896) accepted as Xenia membranacea Schenk, 1896 (changed combination)
Species Heteroxenia multipinnata Tixier-Durivault, 1966 accepted as Xenia multipinnata (Tixier-Durivault, 1966) (original combination)
Species Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, possibly a synonym of Malalacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kölliker, A. (1875). Die Pennatulide Umbellula und zwei neue Typen der Alcyonarien. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestehens der Physicalisch-medicinischen Gesellschaft in Würzburg.</em> pp. 1-23, plates 1-2.
page(s): 12-16 [details]
page(s): 12-16 [details]

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2023). World List of Octocorallia. Heteroxenia Kölliker, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204616 on 2023-05-28
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Kölliker, A. (1875). Die Pennatulide Umbellula und zwei neue Typen der Alcyonarien. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestehens der Physicalisch-medicinischen Gesellschaft in Würzburg.</em> pp. 1-23, plates 1-2.
page(s): 12-16 [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 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, 400 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 40, 60, 63 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1974). Octocorallia from New Caledonia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 48(12): 95-122, plates 1-5.
page(s): 96 [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): 346 [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
page(s): 168-172 [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 Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 244 [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 [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): 71, 79 [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 12-16 [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 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, 400 [details] Available for editors

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): 40, 60, 63 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1974). Octocorallia from New Caledonia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 48(12): 95-122, plates 1-5.
page(s): 96 [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): 346 [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
page(s): 168-172 [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 Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 244 [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 [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): 71, 79 [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]




Nontype RMNH, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]