African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Sphenopidae Hertwig, 1882

AphiaID

266945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266945)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Brachycnemina

Direct children (1)

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Genus Palythoa Lamouroux, 1816

Environment

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

Original description

Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 106 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2025). World List of Zoantharia. Sphenopidae Hertwig, 1882. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266945 on 2026-01-20

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. Sphenopidae Hertwig, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266945 on 2026-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-09 13:56:12Z

created

Decock, Wim

2008-09-06 18:40:41Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-10-04 13:36:00Z

changed

Reimer, James Davis

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original description Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 106 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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