UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Dendronephthya kukenthali (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)

WoRMS taxon details

Dendronephthya kukenthali (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)

AphiaID

289049 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289049)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Dendronephthya Kükenthal, 1905

Original name

Spongodes kükenthali Thomson & Henderson, 1906

Synonymised names

Morchellana kükenthali (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) · unaccepted (changed combination)

Spongodes kükenthali Thomson & Henderson, 1906 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Spongodes kükenthali Thomson & Henderson, 1906) 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): 424-425 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Dendronephthya kukenthali (Thomson & Henderson, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289049 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2018-04-16 13:45:21Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

2019-05-08 17:53:45Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Sources (4)
Attributes (8)

Nomenclature

original description (of Spongodes kükenthali Thomson & Henderson, 1906) 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): 424-425 [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]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1940). Contribution a l'étude du métabolisme du calcium et du fer chez l'Alcyonium palmatum Pallas. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 20(1): 311-379, plate 1
page(s): 372 [details]

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