WoRMS name details
Efflatounaria Gohar, 1939
205247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205247)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Genus
- Species Efflatounaria alba Verseveldt, 1977 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Efflatounaria tottoni Gohar, 1939 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Efflatounaria mantoni (Hickson, 1931) accepted as Cespitularia mantoni Hickson, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Efflatounaria nana (Hickson, 1931) accepted as Aldersladum nana (Hickson, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, changed combination)
- Species Efflatounaria sodwanae Benayahu, 1993 accepted as Aldersladum sodwanum (Benayahu, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gohar, H.A.F. (1939). On a new xeniid genus Efflatounaria. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 11, 3: 32-36. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Efflatounaria Gohar, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205247 on 2026-08-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Gohar, H.A.F. (1939). On a new xeniid genus Efflatounaria. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Ser. 11, 3: 32-36. [details]
basis of record NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
basis of record NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Benayahu, Y.; McFadden, C.S. (2011). A new genus of soft coral of the family Alcyoniidae (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) with re-description of a new combination and description of a new species. <em>Zookeys.</em> 84: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.84.781 [details] Available for editors 
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[request]Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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): 6, 7, 22, 55, 59 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050335
page(s): 429 [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): 85 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0679-z
page(s): 273, 274 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050336
page(s): 433 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1991). Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Hydrobiologia, 216/217, 125-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026452
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 10, 64 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 393 [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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): 6, 7, 22, 55, 59 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050335
page(s): 429 [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): 85 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0679-z
page(s): 273, 274 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050336
page(s): 433 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1991). Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Hydrobiologia, 216/217, 125-130, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026452
page(s): 129 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76
page(s): 10, 64 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 393 [details]
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