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Sinularia brassica May, 1898
209989 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209989)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
May, W. (1898). Die von Dr. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1889 gesammelten ostafrikanischen Alcyonaceen des Hamburgers Museums. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 15(2): 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29111318
page(s): 24-25 [details]
page(s): 24-25 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sinularia brassica May, 1898. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209989 on 2025-04-30
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Sinularia brassica May, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209989 on 2025-04-30
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May, W. (1898). Die von Dr. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1889 gesammelten ostafrikanischen Alcyonaceen des Hamburgers Museums. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 15(2): 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29111318
page(s): 24-25 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Ang, P. J.; Lee, M. W.; Fung, H. L. (2010). Provision of Services on Reference Collection and Study on Octocorals and Black Corals in Hong Kong Waters. <em>Report submitted to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department,The Hong Kong SAR Government.</em> [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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]
additional source 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]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1995). Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) on the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. <em>Galaxea.</em> 12: 103–124.
page(s): 119 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 14, 18, 21 [details]
additional source van Ofwegen, L. P. (2001). Sinularia vanderlandi spec. nov. (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Seychelles. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 334: 103-114.
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verseveldt, J.; Benayahu, Y. (1983). On two old and fourteen new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) from the Red Sea. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 208: 1-33, plates 1-7.
page(s): 4 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1980). A revision of the genus Sinularia May (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 179: 1-128, plates1-38.
page(s): 22-25 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 315 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1945). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. II. Genre Sinularia (Suite). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 17(2): 145-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53907920
page(s): 148-149 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (1983). Dampia pocilloporaeformis, a new genus and a new species of Octocorallia (Coelenterata) from Australia. <em>The Beagle.</em> 1(4): 33-40.
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 416-417 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (1987). A new species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Western Australia, with extraordinary massive sclerites. <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4(1): 85-94.
page(s): 92 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1951). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae. Le genre Sinularia May, 1898. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoires.</em> 2(40): 1-146.
page(s): 78-79 [details]
additional source May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 101-102 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1906). Alcyonacea. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13: 1-111, plates 1-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2127878
page(s): 56-57 [details]
additional source Kolonko, K. (1926). Beitrage zu einer Revision der Alcyoniiden. Die Gattung Sinularia. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 12(2): 293-334, plates 1-4.
page(s): 327 [details]
additional source Lüttschwager, H. (1915). Beitrage zu einer Revision der Familie Alcyoniidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Abteilung A.</em> 80(10): 1-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12955834
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Alderslade, P. N. (1998). A case study of variation in two nominal species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), S. brassica May, 1989, and S. dura (Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323, 277-309, available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317654
page(s): 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): 45, 46, 80, 82 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 551, 552 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 69, 71, 78, 79, 81, 84, 88 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 51, 55 [details]
additional source McFadden, C. S.; Alderslade, P. N.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Johnsen, H.; Rusmevichientong, A. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia). Invertebrate Biology, 125(4): 288-305
page(s): 299 [details]
redescription Benayahu, Y.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Alderslade, P. N. (1998). A case study of variation in two nominal species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), S. brassica May, 1989, and S. dura (Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323, 277-309, available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317654 [details]
page(s): 24-25 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Ang, P. J.; Lee, M. W.; Fung, H. L. (2010). Provision of Services on Reference Collection and Study on Octocorals and Black Corals in Hong Kong Waters. <em>Report submitted to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department,The Hong Kong SAR Government.</em> [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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]
additional source 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]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (1995). Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) on the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. <em>Galaxea.</em> 12: 103–124.
page(s): 119 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 14, 18, 21 [details]
additional source van Ofwegen, L. P. (2001). Sinularia vanderlandi spec. nov. (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Seychelles. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 334: 103-114.
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verseveldt, J.; Benayahu, Y. (1983). On two old and fourteen new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) from the Red Sea. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 208: 1-33, plates 1-7.
page(s): 4 [details]
additional source Verseveldt, J. (1980). A revision of the genus Sinularia May (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 179: 1-128, plates1-38.
page(s): 22-25 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 315 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1945). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. II. Genre Sinularia (Suite). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 17(2): 145-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53907920
page(s): 148-149 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (1983). Dampia pocilloporaeformis, a new genus and a new species of Octocorallia (Coelenterata) from Australia. <em>The Beagle.</em> 1(4): 33-40.
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 416-417 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (1987). A new species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Western Australia, with extraordinary massive sclerites. <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4(1): 85-94.
page(s): 92 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1951). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae. Le genre Sinularia May, 1898. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoires.</em> 2(40): 1-146.
page(s): 78-79 [details]
additional source May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 101-102 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1906). Alcyonacea. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13: 1-111, plates 1-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2127878
page(s): 56-57 [details]
additional source Kolonko, K. (1926). Beitrage zu einer Revision der Alcyoniiden. Die Gattung Sinularia. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 12(2): 293-334, plates 1-4.
page(s): 327 [details]
additional source Lüttschwager, H. (1915). Beitrage zu einer Revision der Familie Alcyoniidae. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Abteilung A.</em> 80(10): 1-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12955834
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Alderslade, P. N. (1998). A case study of variation in two nominal species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), S. brassica May, 1989, and S. dura (Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323, 277-309, available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317654
page(s): 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): 45, 46, 80, 82 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 551, 552 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 69, 71, 78, 79, 81, 84, 88 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 51, 55 [details]
additional source McFadden, C. S.; Alderslade, P. N.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Johnsen, H.; Rusmevichientong, A. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia). Invertebrate Biology, 125(4): 288-305
page(s): 299 [details]
redescription Benayahu, Y.; van Ofwegen, L. P.; Alderslade, P. N. (1998). A case study of variation in two nominal species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), S. brassica May, 1989, and S. dura (Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323, 277-309, available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317654 [details]
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