WoRMS name details

Nephthea nigra (Kükenthal, 1895)

288679  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288679)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Nephtheidae (Family)
  8. Nephthea (Genus)
  9. Nephthea nigra (Species)
 unaccepted (pre-occupied)
Species
Nephthya nigra (Kükenthal, 1895) · unaccepted (variant spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Spongodes nigra Kükenthal, 1895) Kükenthal, W. (1895). Alcyonaceen von Ternate. Fam. Nephthyidae Verrill. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 18(488-489): 426-442., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9728769
page(s): 429 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Nephthea nigra (Kükenthal, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288679 on 2025-04-03
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2016-04-25 11:32:25Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-05-13 03:29:41Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Spongodes nigra Kükenthal, 1895) Kükenthal, W. (1895). Alcyonaceen von Ternate. Fam. Nephthyidae Verrill. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 18(488-489): 426-442., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9728769
page(s): 429 [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] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy van Ofwegen, L.P. (2016). The genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nephtheidae) in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 567: 1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.567.7212 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Roxas, H.A. (1933). Philippine Alcyonaria, II. The families Alcyoniidae and Nephthyidae. <em>The Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 50(4): 345-470, plates 1-5.
page(s): 417 [details] 

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