Sclerophytum capitale
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Sclerophytum capitale Pratt, 1903
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Sclerophytum capitale Pratt, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342617 on 2026-08-30
created: 2019-04-30T05:11:01Z
modified: 2022-10-29T04:59:07Z
replaces: 1342618
replaces: 1342619
replaces: 288500
replaces: 291731
replaces: 291811
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Sclerophytum capitale Pratt, 1903
class: Octocorallia
family: Sarcophytidae
genus: Sclerophytum
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Pratt, E.M. (1903). The Alcyonaria of the Maldives. Part II. The genera Sarcophytum, Lobophytum, Sclerophytum and Alcyonium. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagos. 2(1): 503-539, plates 28-31.
name published in: Shann, E.W. (1912). Observations on some Alcyonaria from Singapore, with a brief discussion on the classification of the family Nephthyidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1912 (3-4): 505-527, plates 61-63.
name published in year: 1903
name published in year: 1912
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 291543
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Pratt, 1903
specific epithet: capitale
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted