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Anthelia Lamarck, 1816 
AphiaID: 125291

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Xeniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
Sources  basis of record: van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS[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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål snømoseslekta  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk snømoseslekta  [details]
Swedish snömossor  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Anthelia elongata Roxas, 1933
Species Anthelia fallax Broch, 1912
Species Anthelia fishelsoni Verseveldt, 1969
Species Anthelia glauca Lamarck, 1816
Species Anthelia gracilis (May, 1898)
Species Anthelia hicksoni Gohar, 1940
Species Anthelia japonica Kükenthal, 1906
Species Anthelia mahenensis Janes, 2008
Species Anthelia rosea Hickson, 1930
Species Anthelia simplex Thomson & Dean, 1931
Species Anthelia strumosa Ehrenberg, 1834
Species Anthelia ternatana (Schenk, 1896)
Species Anthelia tosana Utinomi, 1958

Species Anthelia boquetei (Roxas, 1933) accepted as Sansibia boquetei (Roxas, 1933)
Species Anthelia borealis Koren & Danielsen, 1883 accepted as Clavularia borealis Koren & Danielsen, 1883
Species Anthelia flava (May, 1899) accepted as Sansibia flava (May, 1899)
Species Anthelia formosana Utinomi, 1950 accepted as Sansibia formosana (Utinomi, 1950)
Species Anthelia inermis Berenguier, 1954 accepted as Cervera atlantica (Johnson, 1861)
Species Anthelia inermis Berenguier, 1954 accepted as Cervera inermis (Berenguier, 1954)
Species Anthelia lineata (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Sansibia lineata (Stimpson, 1855)
Species Anthelia scintillans Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910 accepted as Ingotia scintillans (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910)
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125291
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
2010-09-14 06:31:48Z  changed  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Anthelia Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125291 on 2013-05-26
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