Marine Species Traits - Scleronephthya gracillima (Kükenthal, 1906)

WoRMS taxon details

Scleronephthya gracillima (Kükenthal, 1906)

AphiaID

288107 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288107)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Scleronephthya Studer, 1887

Original name

Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906

Synonymised names

Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906) Kükenthal, W. (1906). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Alcyonaceen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 30(8/9): 280-289., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258982
page(s): 284 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Scleronephthya gracillima (Kükenthal, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288107 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-16 09:11:12Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-03-06 01:53:25Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906) Kükenthal, W. (1906). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Alcyonaceen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 30(8/9): 280-289., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258982
page(s): 284 [details]

basis of record 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]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Ang, P. J.; Lee, M. W.; Fung, H. L. (2010). Provision of Services on Reference Collection and Study on Octocorals and Black Corals in Hong Kong Waters. Report submitted to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department,The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]

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

additional source Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 74: 237-249.
page(s): 237, 239 [details] Available for editors

[request]

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): 551, 553, 558 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype (of Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906) SMBL, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 29196, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZMTAU Co 29199, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	ベニウミトサカ	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (182 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906)