WoRMS name details
Ammothea africana May, 1898
1342608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1342608)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Ammothea Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Lemnalia Gray, 1868
marine, fresh, terrestrial
May, W. (1898). Die von Dr. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1889 gesammelten ostafrikanischen Alcyonaceen des Hamburgers Museums. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 15(2): 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29111318
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 33 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Ammothea africana May, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342608 on 2026-06-19
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May, W. (1898). Die von Dr. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1889 gesammelten ostafrikanischen Alcyonaceen des Hamburgers Museums. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 15(2): 1-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29111318
page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1969). Octocorallia from north-western Madagascar (Part I). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 106: 1-38, plates 1-7.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 33 [details]
basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1969). Octocorallia from north-western Madagascar (Part I). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 106: 1-38, plates 1-7.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180.
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
