Heteroxenia fuscescens
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-24
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: Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
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. Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210004 on 2026-08-24
created: 1997-10-30T11:47:35Z
modified: 2019-05-10T05:13:51Z
replaces: 1345565
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Heteroxenia fuscescens (Ehrenberg, 1834)
class: Octocorallia
family: Xeniidae
genus: Heteroxenia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380.
name published in year: 1834
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 204616
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Ehrenberg, 1834)
specific epithet: fuscescens
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted