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Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886

209622  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209622)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Sarcophytidae (Family)
  8. Sarcophyton (Genus)
  9. Sarcophyton ehrenbergi (Species)
accepted
Species
Sarcophyton acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophyton contortum Pratt, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophyton lobulatum Lesson, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophyton molle Tixier-Durivault, 1946 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophyton moseri Roxas, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophyton reichenbachi Schenk, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophytum acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (variant spelling)
Sarcophytum contortum Pratt, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (variant spelling)
Sarcophytum ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Sarcophytum ehrenbergi var. acutangulum v. Marenzeller, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sarcophytum molle Tixier-Durivault, 1946 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (variant spelling)
Sarcophytum moseri Roxas, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (variant spelling)
Sarcophytum reichenbachi Schenk, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (variant spelling)

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(of Sarcophytum ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886) von Marenzeller, E. (1886). Ueber die Sarcophytum bennanten Alcyoniiden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 1: 341-368, plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9959972
page(s): 356-357 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209622 on 2025-04-26
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1997-08-21 10:31:34Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-04-30 14:59:11Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2020-11-24 22:12:53Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Sarcophytum ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886) von Marenzeller, E. (1886). Ueber die Sarcophytum bennanten Alcyoniiden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 1: 341-368, plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9959972
page(s): 356-357 [details] 

original description (of Sarcophyton lobulatum Lesson, 1834) Lesson, R.P. (1829). Zoophytes. In: Voyage medical autour du Monde execute par I ordre du Roi sur la Corvette de Sa Majeste la Coquille, pendant les annees 1822. 1823, 1824, et 1825...par M.L.I. Duperey, Capitaine de Fregate, Zoologie,. 2(2), 151 pages, 16 plates. Paris: A. Bertrand., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663133
page(s): 92-93 [details] 

original description (of Sarcophytum contortum Pratt, 1905) Pratt, E.M. (1905). Report on some Alcyoniidae collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplementary Reports.</em> XIX: 247-266, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19654123
page(s): 251 [details] 

original description (of Sarcophytum molle Tixier-Durivault, 1946) Tixier-Durivault, A. (1946). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. 3. Genre Sarcophytum (Suite). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 18(2): 165-171., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53794105
page(s): 168-169 [details] 

original description (of Sarcophyton moseri Roxas, 1932) Roxas, H.A. (1932). Two new species of Sarcophyton Less. from the Philippines. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin.</em> 2(1): 73-81, plate 1.
page(s): 80-81 [details] 

original description (of Sarcophytum ehrenbergi var. acutangulum v. Marenzeller, 1886) von Marenzeller, E. (1886). Ueber die Sarcophytum bennanten Alcyoniiden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 1: 341-368, plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9959972
page(s): 357-359 [details] 

original description (of Sarcophytum reichenbachi Schenk, 1896) Schenk, A. (1896). Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 23(1): 41-80, plates 2-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16139779
page(s): 74-75 [details] 

basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1976). Alcyonacea from the Seychelles (Coelenterata Octocorallia). <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 90(3): 497-513. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 1-73, plates 1-15.
page(s): 3, 25 [details] 

additional source Kim, I.H. (2006). Poecilostomatoid copepods (Rhynchomolgidae) associated with sea anemones (Actiniaria) from Korea. Integrative Biosciences 10:145-161.
page(s): 156 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Alderslade, P.; Shirwaiker, P. (1991). New species of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Laccadive Archipelago. <em>Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 8: 189-233.
page(s): 207 [details] 

additional source Benayahu, Y. (1995). Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) on the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. <em>Galaxea.</em> 12: 103–124.
page(s): 107, 119 [details] 

additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 13, 17 [details] 

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les octocoralliaires de Nha-Trang (Viet-Nam). <em>Cahiers du Pacifique.</em> 14: 115-236.
page(s): 132 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J.; Tursch, A. (1979). Octocorallia from the Bismarck Sea (Part I). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 54(11): 133-147.
page(s): 140 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1977). Australian Octocorallia (Coelenterata). <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 28: 171-240.
page(s): 173 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J.; Benayahu, Y. (1978). Descriptions of one old and five new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 53(6): 57-74.
page(s): 64 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1977). Octocorallia from various localities in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 150: 1-42, plates 1-10.
page(s): 3 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1974). Octocorallia from New Caledonia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 48(12): 95-122, plates 1-5.
page(s): 95 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1982). A revision of the genus Sarcophyton Lesson (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 192: 1-91, plates 1-24.
page(s): 40-48 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1983). A revision of the genus Lobophytum von Marenzeller (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 200: 1-103, plates 1-31.
page(s): 87 [details] 

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Quelques Octocoralliaires Australiens. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 37(4): 705-716., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55113050
page(s): 705, 707 [details] 

additional source Utinomi, H. (1971). Intertidal alcyonarians in the vicinity of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 28(5): 87-110, plates 15-16.
page(s): 91 [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): 59 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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): 112-114 [details] 

additional source Roxas, H.A. (1933). Philippine Alcyonaria, II. The families Alcyoniidae and Nephthyidae. <em>The Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 50(4): 345-470, plates 1-5.
page(s): 374-375 [details] 

additional source Utinomi, H. (1959). Fleshy alcyonarians from southern Formosa. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 7(3): 303-312.
page(s): 306 [details] 

additional source Verseveldt, J. (1965). Report on the Octocorallia (Stolonifera and Alcyonacea) of the Israel south Red Sea expedition 1962, with notes on other collections from the Red Sea. <em>Sea Fish Research Station Haifa, Bulletin.</em> 40: 28-48, plate 1.
page(s): 31 [details] 

additional source Moser, J. (1919). Beitrage zur eine Revision der Alcyonarien, I. Die Gattungen Sarcophyton Lesson und Lobophytum Marenzeller. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 9: 219-293, plates 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12133833
page(s): 240-242 [details] 

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
page(s): 232 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (1996). Octocorallia from the Bismarck Sea (part II). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 70(13): 207-215.
page(s): 208 [details] 

additional source Dullo, W.; Gektidis, M.; Golubic, S.; Heiss, G. A.; Kampmann, H.; Kiene, W.; Kroll, D. K.; Kuhrau, M. L.; Radtke, G.; Reijmer, J. G.; Reinicke, G. B.; Schlichter, D.; Schuhmacher, H.; Vogel, K. (1995). Factors controlling Holocene reef growth: an interdisciplinary approach. Facies, 32, 145-188
page(s): 162, 167 [details] 

additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 550, 552, 556 [details] 

additional source Cornish, A. S.; DiDonato, E. M. (2004). Resurvey of a reef flat in American Samoa after 85 years reveals devastation to a soft coral (Alcyonacea) community. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 48, 768-777
page(s): 771, 773 [details] 

additional source Tanaka, J.; Yoshida, T.; Benayahu, Y. (2005). Chemical diversity of Sarcophyton soft corals in Okinawa. Galaxea, 7, 1-9
page(s): 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 [details] 

additional source Benayahu, Y.; Yosief, T.; Schleyer, M. H. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) of the southern Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 48, 273-283
page(s): 278 [details] 

additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 55 [details] 

additional source McFadden, C. S.; Alderslade, P. N.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Johnsen, H.; Rusmevichientong, A. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia). Invertebrate Biology, 125(4): 288-305
page(s): 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 298, 303 [details] 

additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 21 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Sarcophyton acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886) RMNH Coel. 6637, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sarcophyton acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886) RMNH Coel. 6638, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sarcophyton acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886) RMNH Coel. 6639 [details]
Nontype (of Sarcophyton acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886) RMNH Coel. 6640, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sarcophyton acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886) RMNH, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G14729, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G14730, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C014139, geounit American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C014251, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C014455, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C14455, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH C011136, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH C011208, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH C013983, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH Coel. 6641, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH Coel33077, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28384, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28385, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28447, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28449, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28454, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28457, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28460, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28461, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28665, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28674, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 30241, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 30261, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31248, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31257, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31311, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarcophyton acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarcophyton contortum Pratt, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarcophyton molle Tixier-Durivault, 1946)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarcophyton reichenbachi Schenk, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarcophyton ehrenbergi) 
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 66 proteins) 
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 66 proteins) (from synonym Sarcophytum ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) 
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