Traits taxon details
Stereonephthya Kükenthal, 1905
205239 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205239)
accepted
Genus
- Species Stereonephthya acaulis Verseveldt, 1968
- Species Stereonephthya acicularis Verseveldt, 1966
- Species Stereonephthya armata (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)
- Species Stereonephthya armata Kükenthal, 1910 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, of Stereonephthya armata (Thomson & Henderson, 1906))
- Species Stereonephthya bellissima Thomson & Dean, 1931
- Species Stereonephthya campanulata Roxas, 1933
- Species Stereonephthya celosia (Lesson, 1834)
- Species Stereonephthya cordylophora Verseveldt, 1973
- Species Stereonephthya crystallina Kükenthal, 1905
- Species Stereonephthya cundabiluensis Verseveldt, 1965
- Species Stereonephthya cupuliformis Verseveldt, 1966
- Species Stereonephthya divergens Thomson & Dean, 1931
- Species Stereonephthya hirsuta (Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
- Species Stereonephthya hirsuta Tixier-Durivault, 1970 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, of Stereonephthya hirsuta (Tixier-Durivault, 1966))
- Species Stereonephthya hyalina Utinomi, 1954
- Species Stereonephthya ilex Thomson & Dean, 1931
- Species Stereonephthya imbricans Thomson & Dean, 1931
- Species Stereonephthya indivisa (Kükenthal, 1895)
- Species Stereonephthya inordinata Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Species Stereonephthya irregulare Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Species Stereonephthya japonica Utinomi, 1954
- Species Stereonephthya kuekenthali Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910
- Species Stereonephthya lutea Shann, 1912
- Species Stereonephthya multispina Verseveldt, 1966
- Species Stereonephthya nosybearia Verseveldt, 1973
- Species Stereonephthya ochracea Kükenthal, 1910
- Species Stereonephthya osimaensis Utinomi, 1954
- Species Stereonephthya papyracea Kükenthal, 1905
- Species Stereonephthya pedunculata Thomson & Dean, 1931
- Species Stereonephthya plessisi Tixier-Durivault, 1970
- Species Stereonephthya portoricensis (Hargitt, 1901)
- Species Stereonephthya rakaiyae (Hickson & Hiles, 1900)
- Species Stereonephthya rubriflora Utinomi, 1954
- Species Stereonephthya scaphis Verseveldt, 1973
- Species Stereonephthya spicata Thomson & Dean, 1931
- Species Stereonephthya ulex (Holm, 1895)
- Species Stereonephthya ulicoides Thomson & Dean, 1931
- Species Stereonephthya unicolor (Gray, 1862)
- Species Stereonephthya whiteleggi Kükenthal, 1905
- Species Stereonephthya zanzibarensis Thomson & Henderson, 1906
- Species Stereonephthya aurantiaca (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1905). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. II. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 2. Teil. Die Gattungen Dendronephthya n.g. und Stereonephthya n.g. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 21: 503-726, plates 26-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27519836
page(s): 511-522 [details]
page(s): 511-522 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Stereonephthya Kükenthal, 1905. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205239 on 2025-05-05
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Stereonephthya Kükenthal, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205239 on 2025-05-05
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Kükenthal, W. (1905). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. II. Die Familie der Nephthyiden. 2. Teil. Die Gattungen Dendronephthya n.g. und Stereonephthya n.g. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 21: 503-726, plates 26-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27519836
page(s): 511-522 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, v, 45, 46, 50, 51, 104, 106, 108-109, 110, 114, 118 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1989). A review of recent research on the sublittoral coral reefs of northern Natal with a provisional assessment of findings regarding the distribution of octocorals on Two-Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science, 85, 140-141
page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 244 [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): 552 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 70, 74, 85 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1908). On the systematic position of Eunephthya maldivensis Hickson. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 33(5-6): 173-176
page(s): 174, 176 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2005). A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zool. Meded. Leiden.</em> 79-4, 30-xi.2005: 1-236, figs 1-177, tabs 1-3.
page(s): 1, 3, 5, 22, 94, 121, 205, 206, 215 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Utinomi, H. (1954). Dendronephthya of Japan, II. New species and new records of Dendronephthya and the allied Stereonephthya from Kii region. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 3(3): 319-338.
page(s): 329 [details]
page(s): 511-522 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, v, 45, 46, 50, 51, 104, 106, 108-109, 110, 114, 118 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1989). A review of recent research on the sublittoral coral reefs of northern Natal with a provisional assessment of findings regarding the distribution of octocorals on Two-Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay. South African Journal of Science, 85, 140-141
page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 244 [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): 552 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1993). Coral Reef Octocorals: An Illustrated Guide to the Soft Corals, Sea Fans and Sea Pens Inhabiting the Coral Reefs of Northern Natal. Durban Natural Science Museum. Durban., pp. 63.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 70, 74, 85 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1908). On the systematic position of Eunephthya maldivensis Hickson. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 33(5-6): 173-176
page(s): 174, 176 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2005). A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Zool. Meded. Leiden.</em> 79-4, 30-xi.2005: 1-236, figs 1-177, tabs 1-3.
page(s): 1, 3, 5, 22, 94, 121, 205, 206, 215 [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Utinomi, H. (1954). Dendronephthya of Japan, II. New species and new records of Dendronephthya and the allied Stereonephthya from Kii region. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 3(3): 319-338.
page(s): 329 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
