WoRMS taxon details
Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834)
1344227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1344227)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Amocella polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lobularia polydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lobularia polydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 282 [details]
page(s): 282 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1344227 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983) Verseveldt, J.; Benayahu, Y. (1983). On two old and fourteen new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia) from the Red Sea. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 208: 1-33, plates 1-7.
page(s): 11-13 [details]
original description (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) Tixier-Durivault, A. (1945). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. II. Genre Sinularia (Suite). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 17(2): 145-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53907920
page(s): 150-151 [details]
original description (of Lobularia polydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 282 [details]
basis of record Pratt, E.M. (1903). The Alcyonaria of the Maldives. Part II. The genera Sarcophytum, Lobophytum, Sclerophytum and Alcyonium. <em>The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagos.</em> 2(1): 503-539, plates 28-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11165236
page(s): 524-525 [details]
page(s): 11-13 [details]
original description (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) Tixier-Durivault, A. (1945). Les Alcyonaires du Museum: I. Famille des Alcyoniidae. II. Genre Sinularia (Suite). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 17(2): 145-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53907920
page(s): 150-151 [details]
original description (of Lobularia polydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 282 [details]
basis of record Pratt, E.M. (1903). The Alcyonaria of the Maldives. Part II. The genera Sarcophytum, Lobophytum, Sclerophytum and Alcyonium. <em>The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagos.</em> 2(1): 503-539, plates 28-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11165236
page(s): 524-525 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pratt, E.M. (1905). Report on some Alcyoniidae collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplementary Reports.</em> XIX: 247-266, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19654123
page(s): 255 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 418-419 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 2: 1-319, 9 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8350460
page(s): 5-6 [details]
additional source Pratt, E.M. (1905). Report on some Alcyoniidae collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fisheries Supplementary Reports.</em> XIX: 247-266, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19654123
page(s): 255 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 418-419 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Simpson, J.J. (1909). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. II. The alcyonarians of the littoral area. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 2: 1-319, 9 plates., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8350460
page(s): 5-6 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) AM Coll. no. 9, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MNHN [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MNHN [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MNHN, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MNHN, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MNHN, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) MNHN, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH Coel. 6646, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH Coel. 6647, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH Coel. 6648, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH Coel. 6649, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH Coel. 6650, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH Coel. 6651, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH Coel. 6652, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) RMNH, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28414, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28415, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28418, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28522, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28527, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28528, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28624, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28625, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28632, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 28637, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 30335, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834)) ZMTAU Co 31310, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) RMNH, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) ZMTAU Co 28940, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) ZMTAU Co 29253, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) ZMTAU Co 31272, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) ZMTAU Co 31292, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype (of Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983) ZMTAU Co 19207 [details]
Paratype (of Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983) RMNH Coel. 15305, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983) ZMTAU Co 19209 [details]
Paratype (of Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983) ZMTAU Co 19210 [details]
Paratype (of Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983) ZMTAU Co 19225 [details]
Paratype (of Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983) ZMTAU Co 25062, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945) MNHN, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinularia polydactyla) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Lobularia polydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2015-2075) (from synonym Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sinularia polydactyla) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Lobularia polydactyla Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2015-2075) (from synonym Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834))
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