Deep-Sea taxon details
Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775)
290991 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290991)
accepted
Species
Parerythropodium fulvum (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290991 on 2026-07-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290991 on 2026-07-10
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(of ) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 13, 16, 25 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 550 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Yosief, T.; Schleyer, M. H. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) of the southern Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 48, 273-283, available online at https://doi.org/10.1560/hyc7-tuth-ev77-beuq
page(s): 278 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 55 [details]
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): IS25068., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is25068
page(s): 10-13; note: with neotype designation [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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.
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) of the southern Ryukyu Archipelago: The families Tubiporidae, Clavulariidae, Alcyoniidae and Briareidae. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 2002(4): 11-32., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jcrs1999/2002/4/2002_4_11/_article/-char/en
page(s): 13, 16, 25 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Jeng, M. S.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Dai, C. F. (2004). Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns. Zoological Studies, 43(3): 548-560
page(s): 550 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Yosief, T.; Schleyer, M. H. (2002). Soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) of the southern Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology, 48, 273-283, available online at https://doi.org/10.1560/hyc7-tuth-ev77-beuq
page(s): 278 [details]
additional source Benayahu, Y.; Shlagman, A.; Schleyer, M. H. (2003). Corals of the south-west Indian Ocean: VI. The Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) of Mozambique, with a discussion on soft coral distribution on south equatorial East African reefs. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 49-57
page(s): 55 [details]
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): IS25068., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is25068
page(s): 10-13; note: with neotype designation [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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.
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28704, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28705, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28715, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 28718, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 29200, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31241, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31307, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU Co 31318, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Parerythropodium fulvum (Forskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhytisma fulvum)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Parerythropodium fulvum (Forskål, 1775))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (6 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Parerythropodium fulvum (Forskål, 1775))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhytisma fulvum)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Parerythropodium fulvum (Forskål, 1775))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (6 records)
