WoRMS taxon details
Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900)
213058 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213058)
accepted
Species
Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900 · unaccepted (original combination)
Malacacanthus rufus Thomson, 1910 · unaccepted (synonym)
Xenia capensis (Hickson, 1900) · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900) Hickson, S. J. (1900). The Alcyonaria and Hydrocorallinae of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1: 67-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12040386
page(s): 70-72 [details]
page(s): 70-72 [details]
Lectotype SAfM H916, geounit South African Exclusive...
Lectotype SAfM H916, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Malacacanthus capensis (Hickson, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213058 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900) Hickson, S. J. (1900). The Alcyonaria and Hydrocorallinae of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1: 67-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12040386
page(s): 70-72 [details]
original description (of Malacacanthus rufus Thomson, 1910) Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41731265
page(s): 583-55 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Williams, G.C. (1987). The aberrant and monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) endemic to southern Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21: 1337-1346. [details]
page(s): 70-72 [details]
original description (of Malacacanthus rufus Thomson, 1910) Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41731265
page(s): 583-55 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Williams, G.C. (1987). The aberrant and monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) endemic to southern Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21: 1337-1346. [details]
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 Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C.; Starmer, J. (2000). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(8): 87-96.
page(s): 87, 89, 90, 94, 95 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1988). Four new species of southern African octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea), with a further diagnostic revision of the genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 92: 1-26.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 312-314 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud. (I. Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(1): 385-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823606
page(s): 390 [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 Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C.; Starmer, J. (2000). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(8): 87-96.
page(s): 87, 89, 90, 94, 95 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1988). Four new species of southern African octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea), with a further diagnostic revision of the genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 92: 1-26.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 312-314 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud. (I. Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(1): 385-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823606
page(s): 390 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype SAfM H916, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 118498, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3192, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3192, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3353, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3662, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3864, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3864, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3865, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3865, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3866, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SAfM H718 [details]
Unknown type SAfM H718, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacacanthus capensis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacacanthus capensis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Heteroxenia capensis Hickson, 1900)
