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WoRMS taxon detailsXenia membranacea Schenk, 1896
210012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210012)
accepted
Species
Heteroxenia membranacea (Schenk, 1896) · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine,
Schenk, A. (1896). Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 23(1): 41-80, plates 2-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16139779
page(s): 60-62 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Xenia membranacea Schenk, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210012 on 2025-05-02
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Schenk, A. (1896). Clavulariiden, Xeniiden und Alcyoniiden von Ternate. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 23(1): 41-80, plates 2-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16139779 page(s): 60-62 [details] basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Taxonomyredescription
Halász, A.; McFadden, C.S.; Toonen, R.; Benayahu, Y. (2019). Re-description of type material of Xenia Lamarck, 1816 (Octocorallia: Xeniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4652(2): 201-239. page(s): 217-218 [details] Othercontext 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 Benayahu, Y. (1995). Species composition of soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) on the coral reefs of Sesoko Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. <em>Galaxea.</em> 12: 103–124. page(s): 119 [details] additional source Reinicke, G.B. (1997). Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea, with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. <em>Fauna of Saudi Arabia.</em> 16: 5-62. page(s): 50-51 [details] additional source Verseveldt, J. (1977). Australian Octocorallia (Coelenterata). <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 28: 171-240. page(s): 176 [details] additional source Benayahu, Y. (1990). Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea, with the description of a new species. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 64(9): 113-120. page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Verseveldt, J.; Benayahu, Y. (1978). Descriptions of one old and five new species of Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 53(6): 57-74. page(s): 58 [details] additional source Verseveldt, J. (1977). Octocorallia from various localities in the Pacific Ocean. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 150: 1-42, plates 1-10. page(s): 3 [details] additional source Verseveldt, J. (1974). Octocorallia from New Caledonia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 48(12): 95-122, plates 1-5. page(s): 96 [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): 412 [details] additional source Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie.</em> 6: 1-193. page(s): 48 [details] additional source Verseveldt, J. (1960). Biological results of the Snellius expedition. XX. Octocorallia from the Malay Archipelago (Part I). <em>Temminckia.</em> 10: 209-251, plate 7. page(s): 244-246 [details] additional source May, W. (1899). Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft.</em> 33: 1-180. page(s): 86 [details] additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1970). Les Octocoralliaires de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>L'Expédition française sur les récifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie organisée sous l'égide de la fondation Singer-Polignac 1960-1963.</em> 4: 171-350. page(s): 323 [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Roxas, H.A. (1933). Philippine Alcyonaria. The families Cornulariidae and Xeniidae. <em>The Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 50: 49-110. page(s): 90 [details] additional source Kükenthal, W. (1902). Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien. I. Die Familie der Xeniiden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher Jena.</em> 15: 635-662. page(s): 654 [details] additional source Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7. page(s): 81 [details] additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (1996). Octocorallia from the Bismarck Sea (part II). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 70(13): 207-215. page(s): 210 [details] additional source Ashworth, J.H. (1900). Report on the Xeniidae collected by Dr. Willey. <em>Zoological results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897.</em> 4: 509-530, plates 52-53., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21340343 page(s): 512-513 [details] additional source Thomson, J.A.; Dean, L.M.I. (1931). The Alcyonacea of the Siboga expedition with an addendum to the Gorgonacea. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> XIIId: 1-227, plates 1-28. page(s): 31 [details] additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44 page(s): 27 [details] additional source Benayahu, Y. (1991). Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Hydrobiologia, 216/217, 125-130 page(s): 126 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype FLMH 37 [details]
Nontype NMW C.16615, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 23901, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMH C11571, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype SMF 41, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Heteroxenia membranacea (Schenk, 1896)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Xenia membranacea) To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 19 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) |
