Deep-Sea name details
Halipteris africana Studer, 1878
128507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128507)
unaccepted
Species
Halipteris Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Balticina Gray, 1870
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Studer, T. (1878). Über die mit dem Schleppnetz angestellten Untersuchungen an der Westküste von Afrika während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle. On the trawling investigations on the west coast of Africa during the voyage of the S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 135-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789209
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Halipteris africana Studer, 1878. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128507 on 2026-08-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Halipteris africana Studer, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128507 on 2026-08-02
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Studer, T. (1878). Über die mit dem Schleppnetz angestellten Untersuchungen an der Westküste von Afrika während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle. On the trawling investigations on the west coast of Africa during the voyage of the S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 135-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789209
page(s): 139 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00929.x
page(s): 122 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2001.65n159
page(s): 60, 61, 69, 71, 72 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 38, 40, 74, 97, 98, 111, 113 [details]
status source Pérez, C. D. (2021). Revised nomenclature of the sea pen genus <em>Balticina</em> Gray, 1870 (= <em>Halipteris</em> Kölliker, 1870) (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 237-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.10 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00929.x
page(s): 122 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2001.65n159
page(s): 60, 61, 69, 71, 72 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 38, 40, 74, 97, 98, 111, 113 [details]
status source Pérez, C. D. (2021). Revised nomenclature of the sea pen genus <em>Balticina</em> Gray, 1870 (= <em>Halipteris</em> Kölliker, 1870) (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 237-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.10 [details]
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