WoRMS taxon details
Sclerophytum megalosclerum (Aldersladum, 1987)
1608904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1608904)
accepted
Species
Sinularia megalosclera Alderslade, 1987 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sinularia megalosclera Alderslade, 1987) Alderslade, P. (1987). A new species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Western Australia, with extraordinary massive sclerites. <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4(1): 85-94. [details]
Holotype (of Sinularia megalosclera Alderslade, 1987)...
Holotype (of Sinularia megalosclera Alderslade, 1987) NTM C1050, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sclerophytum megalosclerum (Aldersladum, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1608904 on 2025-04-05
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(of Sinularia megalosclera Alderslade, 1987) Alderslade, P. (1987). A new species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Western Australia, with extraordinary massive sclerites. <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 4(1): 85-94. [details]
new combination reference McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 45 [details]
new combination reference McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 45 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Sinularia megalosclera Alderslade, 1987) NTM C1050, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
