Octocorallia name details

Xenia purpurea Lamarck, 1816

1345884  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1345884)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Xeniidae (Family)
  8. Xenia (Genus)
  9. Xenia purpurea (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 410 [details] OpenAccess publication
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Xenia purpurea Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1345884 on 2025-06-02
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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 410 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Tixier-Durivault, A.; Prevorsek, M. (1962). Le genre Morchellana (Alcyonaria, Nephtheidae). <em>Skrifter udgivet af Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Kobenhavn.</em> 19: 1-237.
page(s): 116 [details] 

source of synonymy Kükenthal, W. (1902). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. I. Die Familie der Xeniiden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher Jena.</em> 15: 635-662.
page(s): 660 [details] 

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