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Sinularia May, 1898

205854  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205854)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Sinulariidae (Family)
  8. Sinularia (Genus)
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  1. Species Sinularia capillosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum capillosum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  2. Species Sinularia compacta Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum compactum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  3. Species Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 accepted as Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Sinularia corpulenta Li Chupu, 1982 accepted as Sclerophytum corpulentum (Li Chupu, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  5. Species Sinularia densa (Whitelegge, 1897) accepted as Sclerophytum densum (Whitelegge, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Sinularia exilis Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum exile (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  7. Species Sinularia facile Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum facile (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  8. Species Sinularia fibrillosa Li Chupu, 1982 accepted as Sclerophytum fibrillosum (Li Chupu, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  9. Species Sinularia flexibilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Sclerophytum flexibile (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Sinularia gibberosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum gibberosum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  11. Species Sinularia grandilobata Verseveldt, 1980 accepted as Sclerophytum grandilobatum (Verseveldt, 1980) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  12. Species Sinularia granosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum granosum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  13. Species Sinularia halversoni Verseveldt, 1974 accepted as Sclerophytum halversoni (Verseveldt, 1974) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  14. Species Sinularia inexplicita Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum inexplicitum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  15. Species Sinularia inflata Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum inflatum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  16. Species Sinularia lochmodes Kolonko, 1926 accepted as Sclerophytum lochmodes (Kolonko, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  17. Species Sinularia mayi Lüttschwager, 1915 accepted as Sclerophytum mayi (Lüttschwager, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  18. Species Sinularia microclavata Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum microclavatum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  19. Species Sinularia mollis Kolonko, 1926 accepted as Sclerophytum molle (Kolonko, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Sinularia monstrosa Li Chupu, 1982 accepted as Sclerophytum monstrosum (Li Chupu, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  21. Species Sinularia muralis May, 1899 accepted as Sclerophytum murale (May, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977 accepted as Sclerophytum nanolobatum (Verseveldt, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  23. Species Sinularia numerosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum numerosum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  24. Species Sinularia papillosa Li Chupu, 1982 accepted as Sclerophytum papillosum (Li Chupu, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  25. Species Sinularia partita Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum lochmodes (Kolonko, 1926) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Sinularia pavida Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum pavidum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  27. Species Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Sinularia prattae Verseveldt, 1974 accepted as Sclerophytum prattae (Verseveldt, 1974) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  29. Species Sinularia querciformis (Pratt, 1903) accepted as Sclerophytum querciforme Pratt, 1903 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Sinularia ramulosa Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum lochmodes (Kolonko, 1926) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Sinularia renei Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum inflatum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Sinularia scabra Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Sclerophytum scabrum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  33. Species Sinularia tenella Li Chupu, 1982 accepted as Sclerophytum tenellum (Li Chupu, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 101 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sinularia May, 1898. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205854 on 2026-01-18
Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Sinularia May, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205854 on 2026-01-18
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1997-09-01 14:43:33Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-16 09:11:12Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-06-20 17:10:48Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2022-11-04 22:11:55Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2024-04-30 22:32:43Z
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McFadden, Cathy

original description May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 101 [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 Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and new species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from the south western region of Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 175: 1-10.
page(s): 3 [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 74: 237-249.
page(s): 240 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Alderslade, P. (2002). A new soft coral genus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Palau. <em>Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, The.</em> 18, 1.
page(s): 1 [details] 

additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290
page(s): 20, 28 [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71, 72 [details] 

additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2005). A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zool. Meded. Leiden.</em> 79-4, 30-xi.2005: 1-236, figs 1-177, tabs 1-3.
page(s): 210 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Williams, G.C.; Alderslade, P. (1999). Revisionary systematics of the Western Pacific soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae), with descriptions of a related new genus and species from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(7): 337–364.
page(s): 344 [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): 20, 27 [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): 3, 5, 10 [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): 315-316 [details] 

additional source Alderslade, P. (1983). Dampia pocilloporaeformis, a new genus and a new species of Octocorallia (Coelenterata) from Australia. <em>The Beagle.</em> 1(4): 33-40.
page(s): 35-36, 37, 40 [details] 

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1958). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae: les genres Sarcophytum et Lobophytum. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 36: 1-179.
page(s): 1, 4 [details] 

additional source Utinomi, H. (1976). A review of the Japanese species of Alcyonium, with descriptions of two new species and an almost forgotten rare species (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 23(3/5): 191-204., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/175942/1/fia0233-5_191.pdf
page(s): 191 [details] 

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1951). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae. Le genre Sinularia May, 1898. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoires.</em> 2(40): 1-146. [details] 

additional source Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7.
page(s): 36, 47 [details] 

additional source d'Hondt, M.J. (1992). Description d'Anthomastus globosus n. sp. (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Remarques sur quelques especes de genre. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 4.</em> 14, sect. A (3-4): 623-638.
page(s): 623 [details] 

additional source DeFelice, R.; Minton, D.; Godwin, L. S. (2002). Records of Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, with a Note on Noningenous Species: Report to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Hawaii., pp. 78.
page(s): 25, 50 [details] 

additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335., available online at https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers07-09/010025716.pdf
page(s): 90, 91, 208, 209, 314, 315 [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 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): 559 [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): 78, 82, 83 [details] 

additional source Tanaka, J.; Yoshida, T.; Benayahu, Y. (2005). Chemical diversity of Sarcophyton soft corals in Okinawa. Galaxea, 7, 1-9
page(s): 7 [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): 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 78, 84 [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
page(s): 274 [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): 288, 289, 291, 305 [details] 

additional source Williams, G. C. (1989). A provisional annotated list of octocorallian coelenterates occurring on the sublittoral coral reefs at Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay, northern Natal, with a key to the genera. South African Journal of Science, 85, 141-144
page(s): 142 [details] 

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 45 [details] 
 
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