Conglomeratusclera coerulea

Conglomeratusclera coerulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alcyoniina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Alcyoniina

Familia: Xeniidae
Genus: Conglomeratusclera
Species: Conglomeratusclera coerulea

Name

Conglomeratusclera coerulea (May, 1898) Benayahu, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2018

original combination: Cespitularia coerulea May, 1898

Syntypes:

PMJ 993

ZMUH C 2518

ZMB Cni 3671

Type locality: Zanzibar Archipelago

Synonymy

• Cespitularia coerulea May, 1898
• Cespitularia taeniata May, 1899

Holotype: ZMUH C 2519

Type locality: Mozambique

References

• Benayahu, Y., van Ofwegen, L.P. & McFadden, C.S. 2018. Evaluating the genus Cespitularia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850 with descriptions of new genera of the family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). ZooKeys 754: 63–101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.754.23368. Reference page.  [recombination reference]
• May, W. 1898. Die von Dr. Stuhlmann im Jahre 1889 gesammelten ostafrikanischen Alcyonaceen des Hamburger Museums. Mitteilungen des naturhistorischen Museums Hamburg 15 (Doctoral dissertation), Supplement 2: 3–38. Reference page.  [see page 21 as Cespitularia coerulea, original description]

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• Kükenthal, W.G. 1902. Versuch einer Revision der Alcyonarien: I. Die Familie der Xeniiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 15: 635–662. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.19040 Reference page.  [see page 659 as Cespitularia coerulea and C. taeniata]
• May, W. 1899. Beitrage zur Systematik und Chorologie der Alcyonaceen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 33: 1-180. Reference page.  [see pages 89-90 as Cespitularia taeniata, original description] [see page 90 as Cespitularia coerulea]

Links

• Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2020). World List of Octocorallia. Conglomeratusclera coerulea (May, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304885 on 2020-07-04

• BHL bibliography
• Conglomeratusclera coerulea – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Conglomeratusclera coerulea.
• ION

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