WoRMS name details
Sarcophytum
291542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291542)
unaccepted (variant spelling)
Genus
- Species Sarcophytum aberrans Thomson & Henderson, 1906 accepted as Anthomastus aberrans (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum acutangulum von Marenzeller, 1886 accepted as Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum agaricoides Thomson & Henderson, 1906 accepted as Anthomastus agaricoides (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Sarcophytum agaricum (Stimpson, 1855) accepted as Sarcophyton agaricum (Stimpson, 1855) (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum ambiguum Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcophytum atlanticum Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Sarcophyton atlanticum Wright & Studer, 1889 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum bicolor Pratt, 1905 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum boettgeri Schenk, 1896 accepted as Sarcophyton boettgeri Schenk, 1896 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum boletiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958 accepted as Sarcophyton boletiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum cherbonnieri Tixier-Durivault, 1958 accepted as Sarcophyton cherbonnieri Tixier-Durivault, 1958 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum cinereum Tixier-Durivault, 1946 accepted as Sarcophyton cinereum Tixier-Durivault, 1946 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum contortum Pratt, 1905 accepted as Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum convolutum Thomson & Dean, 1931 accepted as Sarcophyton roseum Pratt, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum crassocaule Moser, 1919 accepted as Sarcophyton crassocaule Moser, 1919 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum crassum Tixier-Durivault, 1946 accepted as Sarcophyton crassum Tixier-Durivault, 1946 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum Decaryi Tixier-Durivault, 1946 accepted as Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum digitatum Moser, 1919 accepted as Sarcophyton digitatum Moser, 1919 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum dispersum Schenk, 1896 accepted as Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 accepted as Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum elegans Moser, 1919 accepted as Sarcophyton elegans Moser, 1919 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum fungiforme Schenk, 1896 accepted as Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum gracile Burchardt, 1902 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum infundibuliforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958 accepted as Sarcophyton infundibuliforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum latum (Dana, 1846) accepted as Sarcophyton latum (Dana, 1846) (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum molle Tixier-Durivault, 1946 accepted as Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum moseri Roxas, 1932 accepted as Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum mycetoides Gravier, 1908 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcophytum nigrum May, 1899 accepted as Sarcophyton nigrum May, 1899 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum oligotrema Pratt, 1905 accepted as Sarcophyton oligotrema Pratt, 1905 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum pallidum Cohn, 1908 accepted as Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum pauciflorum (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Lobophytum pauciflorum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sarcophytum philippinensis Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcophytum plicatum Schenk, 1896 accepted as Sarcophyton boettgeri Schenk, 1896 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum poculiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1958 accepted as Sarcophyton cinereum Tixier-Durivault, 1946 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum puertogalerae Roxas, 1932 accepted as Sarcophyton crassocaule Moser, 1919 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum pulmo (Esper) accepted as Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcophytum purpureum Koren & Danielssen, 1883 accepted as Anthomastus purpureus (Koren & Danielssen, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum regulare Tixier-Durivault, 1946 accepted as Sarcophyton regulare Tixier-Durivault, 1946 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum reichenbachi Schenk, 1896 accepted as Sarcophyton ehrenbergi von Marenzeller, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum reticulatum Boone, 1938 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcophytum roseum Pratt, 1903 accepted as Sarcophyton roseum Pratt, 1903 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum serenei Tixier-Durivault, 1958 accepted as Sarcophyton serenei Tixier-Durivault, 1958 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum solidum Tixier-Durivault, 1958 accepted as Sarcophyton solidum Tixier-Durivault, 1958 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum spongiosum Thomson & Dean, 1931 accepted as Sarcophyton spongiosum Thomson & Dean, 1931 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum subviride Tixier-Durivault, 1958 accepted as Sarcophyton subviride Tixier-Durivault, 1958 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum tenuis Pratt, 1903 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum tenuispiculatum Thomson & Dean, 1931 accepted as Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum Thomson & Dean, 1931 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum tersum Roxas, 1933 accepted as Sarcophyton tersum Roxas, 1933 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum tongatabuensis Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcophytum tortuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1946 accepted as Sarcophyton tortuosum Tixier-Durivault, 1946 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886 accepted as Sarcophyton trocheliophorum von Marenzeller, 1886 (variant spelling)
- Species Sarcophytum trochiforme Hickson, 1900 accepted as Verseveldtia trochiforme (Hickson, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Sarcophytum lobulatum Lesson, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sarcophytum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291542 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
additional source
Kükenthal, W. (1910). Alcyonaria. 1. Teil. <em>In: Michaelsen, W. and R. Hartmeyer (Eds.), Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise, 1905.</em> 3 (1):1-108., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7196477
page(s): 6-12; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1958). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae: les genres Sarcophytum et Lobophytum. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 36: 1-179.
page(s): 2-10 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1951). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae. Le genre Sinularia May, 1898. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoires.</em> 2(40): 1-146.
page(s): 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 [details]
additional source Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7.
page(s): 36, 48, 50 [details]
additional source von Marenzeller, E. (1886). Ueber die Sarcophytum bennanten Alcyoniiden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 1: 341-368, plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9959972
page(s): 351-352; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 244 [details]
additional source Gohar, H. A. F. (1940). The development of some Xeniidae (Alcyonaria) (with some ecological aspects). Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al Ghardaqa (Red Sea), 3, 27-78, plates I-V
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 6-12; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1958). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae: les genres Sarcophytum et Lobophytum. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 36: 1-179.
page(s): 2-10 [details]
additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1951). Revision de la famille des Alcyoniidae. Le genre Sinularia May, 1898. <em>Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoires.</em> 2(40): 1-146.
page(s): 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 [details]
additional source Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7.
page(s): 36, 48, 50 [details]
additional source von Marenzeller, E. (1886). Ueber die Sarcophytum bennanten Alcyoniiden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> 1: 341-368, plate 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9959972
page(s): 351-352; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 244 [details]
additional source Gohar, H. A. F. (1940). The development of some Xeniidae (Alcyonaria) (with some ecological aspects). Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al Ghardaqa (Red Sea), 3, 27-78, plates I-V
page(s): 66 [details]
