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Scytalium Herklots, 1858 
AphiaID: 205981

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Subsessiliflorae (Suborder) > Virgulariidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Parent Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868
Sources  basis of record: Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46:351-401. [details]

additional source: Williams, G.C. Index Pennatulacea : Annotated bibliography and indexes of the sea pens of the world 1469-2002 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), available online at http://research.calacademy.org/RESEARCH/izg/index_intro.htm [details]

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 Species Scytalium balssi Hickson, 1916
Species Scytalium martensi Kölliker, 1870
Species Scytalium sarsii Herklots, 1858
Species Scytalium tentaculatum Kölliker, 1880
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205981
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-12-29 15:43:58Z  created  Osore, Kizzie
2005-06-01 21:18:29Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Scytalium Herklots, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205981 on 2013-05-18
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