WoRMS name details
Halipteris africana Studer, 1878
128507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128507)
unaccepted
Species
Halipteris Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Balticina Gray, 1870
Halipteris heptazooidea Acuña & Zamponi, 1992 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pavonaria africana (Studer, 1878) · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Studer, T. (1878). Über die mit dem Schleppnetz angestellten Untersuchungen an der Westküste von Afrika während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle. On the trawling investigations on the west coast of Africa during the voyage of the S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 135-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789209
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Halipteris africana Studer, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128507 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Studer, T. (1878). Über die mit dem Schleppnetz angestellten Untersuchungen an der Westküste von Afrika während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle. On the trawling investigations on the west coast of Africa during the voyage of the S.M.S. Gazelle. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 135-139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789209
page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Pérez, C. D. (2021). Revised nomenclature of the sea pen genus <em>Balticina</em> Gray, 1870 (= <em>Halipteris</em> Kölliker, 1870) (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4966(2): 237-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.10 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 122 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74.
page(s): 60, 61, 69, 71, 72 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 38, 40, 74, 97, 98, 111, 113 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]
additional source 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]additional source Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
page(s): 122 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 51(2): 19-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74.
page(s): 60, 61, 69, 71, 72 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1990). The Pennatulacea of southern Africa (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum.</em> 99:31-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40684114
page(s): 38, 40, 74, 97, 98, 111, 113 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype ICM GBN-102, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-104, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-116, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-117, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-118, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-119, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-119, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-119, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-134, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICM GBN-95, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype LBM ANT-103, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype LBM ANT-144, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3237, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H4027, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H4847, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
