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))
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. (2024). 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 2024-04-16
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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] Available for editors [request]
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
[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] Available for editors
[request] 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype RMNH, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
