African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Sinularia schleyeri Benayahu, 1993

AfReMaS name details

Sinularia schleyeri Benayahu, 1993

AphiaID

209998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209998)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Accepted name

Sclerophytum schleyeri (Benayahu, 1993)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sinularia May, 1898

Original name

Sinularia schleyeri Benayahu, 1993

Environment

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

Original description

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)
page(s): 7-11 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sinularia schleyeri Benayahu, 1993. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209998 on 2026-07-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Sinularia schleyeri Benayahu, 1993. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209998 on 2026-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-09-01 14:43:33Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-10-29 20:55:14Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (5)
Documented distribution (1)

original description 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)
page(s): 7-11 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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. (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): 21 [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): 52 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality