WoRMS taxon details

Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828

125271  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125271)

accepted
Family
Antheliadae Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (in part)
Sympodiadae Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (in part)

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  1. Genus Anthelia Lamarck, 1816
  2. Genus Asterospicularia Utinomi, 1951
  3. Genus Bayerxenia Alderslade, 2001
  4. Genus Caementabunda Benayahu, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2018
  5. Genus Conglomeratusclera Benayahu, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2018
  6. Genus Ezziona Alderslade & Janes, 2017
  7. Genus Fasciclia Janes, 2008
  8. Genus Funginus Tixier-Durivault, 1978
  9. Genus Heteroxenia Kölliker, 1874
  10. Genus Ingotia Alderslade, 2001
  11. Genus Latissimia Benayahu, Ekins & McFadden, 2022
  12. Genus Orangaslia Alderslade, 2001
  13. Genus Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001
  14. Genus Protodendron Thomson & Dean, 1931
  15. Genus Quattuoria Benayahu & McFadden, 2022
  16. Genus Sansibia Alderslade, 2000
  17. Genus Sarcothelia Verrill, 1928
  18. Genus Sympodium Ehrenberg, 1834
  19. Genus Unomia Benayahu, van Ofwegen, Allais & McFadden, 2021
  20. Genus Xenia Lamarck, 1816
  21. Genus Yamazatum Benayahu, 2010
  22. Genus Actinantha Lesson, 1826 accepted as Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Genus Fungulus Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Funginus Tixier-Durivault, 1978 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  24. Genus Ixion Alderslade, 2001 accepted as Ezziona Alderslade & Janes, 2017 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  25. Genus Loridella Gray, 1869 accepted as Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Genus Massarella Gray, 1869 accepted as Sympodium Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Genus Suensonia Brundin, 1896 accepted as Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Genus Wardella Gray, 1869 accepted as Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Genus Xaenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (variant spelling)
  30. Genus Cespitularia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  31. Genus Efflatounaria Gohar, 1939 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125271 on 2024-03-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description  (of Antheliadae Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479
page(s): 118 [details]   

original description  (of Sympodiadae Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479
page(s): 119 [details]   

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS[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): 70 [details]   

additional source Hwang, S. J.; Song, J. I. (2007). Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae). Marine Biology, 152, 273-284
page(s): 274 [details]   

redescription McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 53 [details]   
 
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Japanese ウミアザミ科  [details]