WoRMS taxon details
Balticina africana (Studer, 1878)
1508605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1508605)
accepted
Species
Halipteris africana Studer, 1878 · unaccepted
Halipteris heptazooidea Acuña & Zamponi, 1992 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pavonaria africana (Studer, 1878) · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) 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. Balticina africana (Studer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1508605 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) 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]
original description (of Halipteris heptazooidea Acuña & Zamponi, 1992) Acuña, F.H.; Zamponi, M.O. (1992). Pennatulacea (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) de la región subantarctica: nuevos taxa y registros. <em>Iheringia.</em> 73: 47-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34350169
page(s): 49-50 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 139 [details]
original description (of Halipteris heptazooidea Acuña & Zamponi, 1992) Acuña, F.H.; Zamponi, M.O. (1992). Pennatulacea (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) de la región subantarctica: nuevos taxa y registros. <em>Iheringia.</em> 73: 47-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34350169
page(s): 49-50 [details]
basis of record 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 (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 279, 280 [details]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 279, 280 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-102, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-104, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-116, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-117, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-118, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-119, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-119, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-119, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-134, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) ICM GBN-95, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) LBM ANT-103, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) LBM ANT-144, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) SAfM H3237, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) SAfM H4027, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Halipteris africana Studer, 1878) SAfM H4847, geounit Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
