Sarcophyton pulchellum
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-09
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: Sarcophyton pulchellum (Tixier-Durivault, 1957)
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. Sarcophyton pulchellum (Tixier-Durivault, 1957). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288304 on 2026-08-09
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2019-04-30T16:59:11Z
replaces: 1342906
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Sarcophyton pulchellum (Tixier-Durivault, 1957)
class: Octocorallia
family: Sarcophytidae
genus: Sarcophyton
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Tixier-Durivault, A. (1957). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. IV. Genre Lobophytum (Fin). Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2. 29(1): 106-111.
name published in year: 1957
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 205483
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Tixier-Durivault, 1957)
specific epithet: pulchellum
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted