WoRMS taxon details
Rhytisma Alderslade, 2000
267812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267812)
accepted
Genus
Litophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775 accepted as Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Rhytisma acoronatum Ekins, Benayahu, Samimi-Namin & McFadden, 2026
- Species Rhytisma calyaceum Ekins, Benayahu, Samimi-Namin & McFadden, 2026
- Species Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775)
- Species Rhytisma fuscum (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Rhytisma inaequale Samimi-Namin, Benayahu, Ekins & McFadden, 2026
- Species Rhytisma karibu Benayahu, Samimi-Namin, Ekins & McFadden, 2026
- Species Rhytisma monticulum (Verseveldt, 1982)
- Species Rhytisma oblongum Benayahu, Samimi-Namin, Ekins & McFadden, 2026
- Species Rhytisma rubiginosum (Verseveldt, 1968)
- Species Rhytisma sperkolae Benayahu, Samimi-Namin, Ekins & McFadden, 2026
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 74: 237-249. [details] Available for editors 
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Neotype SMNHTAU_Co_34126, geounit Red Sea
Neotype SMNHTAU_Co_34126, geounit Red Sea [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Rhytisma Alderslade, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267812 on 2026-06-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 74: 237-249. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Samimi-Namin, K.; Benayahu, Y.; Abadiano, A. J.; Durkin, K. M.; Ekins, M.; Quattrini, A. M.; McFadden, C. S. (2026). Phylogenomics-guided revision of the genus <em>Rhytisma</em> Alderslade, 2000 (Octocorallia: Malacalcyonacea: Lemnaliidae), with descriptions of six new species. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 40(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is25068 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source 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): 52-53 [details]
[request]status source 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): 52-53 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source McFadden, C. S.; Hochberg, F. (2003). Biology and taxonomy of encrusting alcyoniid soft corals in the northeastern Pacific Ocean with descriptions of two new genera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia). <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 122(2): 93-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2003.tb00076.x
page(s): 95 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 17, 34, 45, 46, 49, 88-89, 148, 156, 164 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290
page(s): 20 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source McFadden, C. S.; Hochberg, F. (2003). Biology and taxonomy of encrusting alcyoniid soft corals in the northeastern Pacific Ocean with descriptions of two new genera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia). <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 122(2): 93-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2003.tb00076.x
page(s): 95 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 17, 34, 45, 46, 49, 88-89, 148, 156, 164 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype SMNHTAU_Co_34126, geounit Red Sea [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウスカワトサカ属 | [details] |
