World Register of Deep-Sea species - Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869

Deep-Sea taxon details

Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869

AphiaID

1643829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1643829)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Malacalcyonacea

Synonymised names

Sarcophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022 · unaccepted (incorrect authority)

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Genus Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834
Genus Sclerophytum Pratt, 1903

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4. 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479
page(s): 125 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869. 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=1643829 on 2026-02-25

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sarcophytidae Gray, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1643829 on 2026-02-25

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original description Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4. 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479
page(s): 125 [details]

original description (of Sarcophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022) McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 44-45 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarcophytidae) (from synonym Sarcophytidae McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2022)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarcophytidae)