WoRMS name details

Nephthea hirsuta Tixier-Durivault, 1966

To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-132)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-132)

213043  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213043)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Nephtheidae (Family)
  8. Nephthea (Genus)
  9. Nephthea hirsuta (Species)
 unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Octocoralliaires de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 21: 1-456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60030792
page(s): 298-301 [details] 
Note MNHN holotype was re-examined. Despite...  
Type material MNHN holotype was re-examined. Despite disintegrated sclerites it was obvious that the species belongs to Stereonephthya [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Nephthea hirsuta Tixier-Durivault, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213043 on 2025-05-04
Date
action
by
1997-08-21 10:31:34Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2016-04-22 09:18:44Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-05-16 22:51:00Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2019-06-13 23:07:34Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2021-01-06 05:04:15Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Tixier-Durivault, A. (1966). Octocoralliaires de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 21: 1-456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60030792
page(s): 298-301 [details] 

basis of record Verseveldt, J. (1976). Alcyonacea from the Seychelles (Coelenterata Octocorallia). <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 90(3): 497-513. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 567: 1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source 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 Tixier-Durivault, A. (1972). Nouvel apport d'Octocoralliares de Madagascar et des iles avoisinantes. <em>Tethys.</em> Suppl. 3: 11-68., available online at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/REF/som/T-pdf/1972_s3-11.pdf
page(s): 60 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type material MNHN holotype was re-examined. Despite disintegrated sclerites it was obvious that the species belongs to Stereonephthya [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-132) 
From editor or global species database
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-132)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-132)
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