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Homophyton Gray, 1866 
AphiaID: 206030

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Scleraxonia (Suborder) > Anthothelidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Anthothelidae Broch, 1916
Synonymised
taxa
  Spongioderma Kölliker, 1870 (synonym)
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]

basis of record (from synonym): UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Homophyton verrucosum (Möbius, 1861)
Species Homophyton vickersi (Benham, 1928)

Species Homophyton verrucosa Möbius, 1861 accepted as Homophyton verrucosum (Möbius, 1861)
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Note  Remark: Placement in Family from NODC Taxonomic codes <209>. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206030
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-12-04 23:00:00Z  created  Fondo, Esther
1999-06-14 23:21:10Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Homophyton Gray, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206030 on 2013-06-19
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