WoRMS name details
Nephthea columnaris Studer, 1895
288660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288660)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Nephthea Audouin, 1828 accepted as Litophyton Forskål, 1775
Nephthya columnaris Studer, 1895 · unaccepted (original combination, variant spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nephthya columnaris Studer, 1895) Studer, T. (1895). Alcyonarien aus der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lubeck. <em>Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft und des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lubeck.</em> 2 Ser., 7/8: 103-128, plates 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39375417
page(s): 125 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Nephthea columnaris Studer, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288660 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nephthya columnaris Studer, 1895) Studer, T. (1895). Alcyonarien aus der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lubeck. <em>Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft und des Naturhistorischen Museums in Lubeck.</em> 2 Ser., 7/8: 103-128, plates 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39375417
page(s): 125 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 567: 1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Roxas, H.A. (1933). Philippine Alcyonaria, II. The families Alcyoniidae and Nephthyidae. <em>The Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 50(4): 345-470, plates 1-5.
page(s): 410 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
page(s): 298 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 410 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
